A new health directive is looming – one that could significantly tighten restrictions for the upcoming holidays.

On Thursday, the Frayser Exchange Club awarded Steve Lockwood its 2020 Community Service Award. He’s credited in helping turnaround one of the city’s worst housing markets during the past decade. 

Several dozens activists and organizers working for Democratic candidates in the 2020 elections have drafted a “roadmap to renewal” for the state party. A Memphis organizer talks about the roadmap on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast. The recommendations come as the party prepares to elect a new statewide leader in January.

CBHS wins eighth in a row to open the season.

Staffer snaps, edits the thrill on her iPhone to snappy “My Shot” from Hamilton. 

The early success is hard to break down because of preseason motivation and lousy defensive competition. 

This will be the Tigers’ seventh straight bowl appearance, but they also have lost five in a row.

Leaders implore citizens, particularly those of color, to gather virtually for the holiday.

The Memphis In May International Festival is calling off the Beale Street Music Festival in May as the Memphis City Council considers urging a Christmas week “safer at home” order. 

Under this public servant with old-school values, gross revenue at the firm increased more than six fold in 10 years.

The Shelby County Health Department reported 625 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, Dec. 18. 

Bryant’s Breakfast can be yours if you’re ready to jump in the restaurant business; after 50+ years, the Bryants are retiring.

Little Bettie is a tiny kitchen in an enormous brewery, but the pizzas are top notch, the menu is clever and fun, and the beer at Wiseacre is good as ever.

Works by Luther Hampton, who graduated from the Memphis Academy of Arts in 1973, will go to three museums, including Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, the Baltimore Museum of Art and Tennessee State Museum.

The recent surge associated with the COVID-19 pandemic trickles down to local fire departments in Bartlett, Collierville and Germantown and their response.

The offense has been dominant through three preseason games. The efficiency of Dillon Brooks is a big reason why. 

Related Story: Box score: Grizzlies 128, Hawks 106.

From the Second Season Leap to the Kyle Anderson Belief Society, a few quick preseason notes on the Grizzlies and other NBA items of local relevance.

The industrial real estate firm Faropoint had acquired in 2016 five of the buildings it just sold, and bought the other 23 buildings in 2018. Faropoint still owns a substantial amount of industrial space in Memphis.

Memphis-based FedEx Corp. reported strong second quarter earnings on Thursday, Dec. 17, but withheld guidance for the full year.

As the first COVID-19 vaccinations began in Memphis hospitals Thursday, Gov. Bill Lee offered a message of hope that the pandemic’s end is close but also acknowledged the challenges of Tennessee being in the midst of its worst surge yet.

Pat Neely is remarried, the father of young children, and coming to your kitchen Friday night if you want to join the folks at Mississippi Boulevard online.

Oregon signee won Class AA Mr. Basketball last season.