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Real Estate Church Health will soon start building an outdoor swimming pool behind Crosstown Concourse, with a goal to open it by next summer. -
Public Safety Sherra Wright deemed mentally fit to stand trial in death of Lorenzen Wright
Sherra Wright is mentally fit to stand trial in the 2010 fatal shooting of her ex-husband, NBA player Lorenzen Wright, Judge Lee Coffee said at her report hearing Friday. -
Otis Sanford Trenary’s legacy lives on and we’re all obligated to help carry his work forward
What might he have been thinking? And what was he saying? -
25 years ago we thought the NFL screwed us; turns out it did us a favor
In an alternate universe the Memphis Hound Dogs are playing the NFL’s Thursday game tonight. In the real world it’s the eve of the Memphis Grizzlies’ first NBA preseason home game against the Atlanta Hawks. -
Chris Herrington The Memphis 10: Trump visit, aftermath of Trenary murder mark a messy week
It was a week of sobering news and a news-making Presidential visit. Because the opening items underscore reckonings that came, alternately, from us and to us, I kept it light on the rest of this week’s 10. -
Business Memphis Habitat celebrates milestone with 500th house
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis has two reasons to celebrate, and the organization is recognizing those milestones by working. -
Business Family, community celebrate Phil Trenary’s life, career
Thursday’s service for Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Phil Trenary was not a funeral. It was a celebration of life. -
Reviews P.O. Press expertly provisions Collierville
P.O. Press Public House and Provisions opened in Collierville on Monday and it’s fair to say that owners Jimmy Gentry and Chris Thorn have pulled together an excellent team and created a top-notch fine-dining restaurant with reasonable prices. -
Memphis Tigers Basketball Memphis Madness a raucous occasion for coaches, players and recruits
The Memphis Tigers basketball fan base had waited months for the moment. Since mid-March at least. -
Geoff Calkins Calkins: Penny Hardaway brought the stars out to Madness, just not who you’d think
Resh Short drove in from Cincinnati. He hopped in his car and pointed it toward Memphis and arrived by the time the doors opened at 6 p.m. -
Real Estate Brooks wants ‘visual landmark’ museum at the river
A "great achievement in museum design." That is what the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art leaders are telling architects they want for the museum’s future home overlooking the Mississippi River in Downtown Memphis. -
Transportation & Logistics FedEx volunteers make short work of 14,000 care packages for military
It would be hard to find a community service project more in FedEx’s wheelhouse than the assembly of holiday care packages for U.S. military personnel that took over the FedEx Event Center at Shelby Farms Thursday. -
Business William Mitchell, Crye-Leike’s first African-American broker, earns emeritus honor
William Mitchell’s fascination with real estate began during the summer of 1974 when his brother urged him to take a real estate course at then Memphis State University. -
Real Estate South of the tracks: U of M seeks improved path between campuses
Just south of the tracks on South Highland Avenue, the new Sam’s Deli restaurant churned out huge sandwiches for a lively Friday lunch crowd. Country music filled the room, as well as the mountings of five deer heads, a big bass and bobcat. A dozen diners, including one accompanied by his dog on the front deck, consumed sandwiches so big that half a ham-and-cheese could not quite fit into a carryout box. -
Geoff Calkins Calkins: When Penny Hardaway is introduced, all you’ll hear is joy
It will be the Memphis sports moment of the year. It will be a moment that summons the past and embraces the future and celebrates the return of a favorite son. -
State Government Boyd’s gubernatorial campaign haunts UT presidency vote
Randy Boyd probably knows the age-old sermon about reaping what you sow by heart. -
State Government Gubernatorial candidates disagree on education approach
Tennessee’s gubernatorial candidates say they will make education the focal point of their administration, but they have vastly different views on how to do it. -
Geoff Calkins Calkins: The complete, colorful history of Memphis Madness
Derrick Rose brought down the house with a preposterous dunk. Rapper Rick Ross canceled on his first Madness visit but made it for the next. Gary Parrish won a chicken-wing eating contest, Larry Finch returned (after he was fired) to coach an alumni game and D.J. Stephens paid tribute to one of the greatest Memphis players ever by wearing his jersey for a dunk contest. All these things happened at Memphis Madness, which is what John Calipari renamed it sometime along the way. So here’s the complete and colorful history of the event, drawn from my notes, columns, memories and newspaper archives. -
Memphis Grizzlies Conley, Parsons strong in Grizzlies preseason debut
The Grizzlies made their preseason debut Tuesday night in Birmingham with a 131-115 loss to the Houston Rockets. Scores don’t really matter in the preseason, but here’s a chain of thoughts on things that might: -
Bartlett Man, 39, killed in officer-involved shooting in Bartlett; TBI investigating
Authorities were on the scene Wednesday morning after an officer-involved shooting led to the death of a man on Stage Road near the Bartlett-Memphis border. -
Metro Trump defends Kavanaugh, stumps for Hyde-Smith in Southaven
President Donald Trump defended his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s qualifications — amid allegations of sexual misconduct against him — during a stump speech for U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith’s election campaign in Southaven Tuesday night at the Landers Center. -
State Government Lee, Dean sound off on TBI investigations, guns in Memphis during first debate
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Karl Dean and Republican Bill Lee drew distinctions on the question of automatic TBI investigations into police-involved shootings in their first debate Tuesday at the University of Memphis. -
Suburban Dispatch: Campaign videos – the polished, the basic and the memorable
Candidates have an array of tactics this year to get their names and campaign message across to voters in the suburbs. -
Health Care Chili’s, St. Jude partnership is good for business
Today’s consumers have higher expectations. They not only want a great product, but they are willing to buy from or boycott companies based on corporate values. -
$10 Deal: The Farm Fowl
About two years ago, Sear Shack showed us how good simple can be. The restaurant opened in Collierville with three items: Burgers, fries and shakes. Sure, you could customize a little—a single or a double, add bacon, put cheese sauce on your fries—but the core menu was limited.
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