Ja Morant said every player has their own journey. His happened to be "getting it out the mud."

A desired duel turned into more of a dud, as rookie Ja Morant and the Grizzlies easily handled top prospect RJ Hampton and the New Zealand Breakers. 

The 60-year-old Allen Fossil plant is scheduled for demolition in 2022, Tennessee Valley Authority President and CEO Jeff Lyash said Tuesday as leaders got a look at possible future uses for the 500-acre site.

Memphis will have strong representation on Tennessee’s Health Care Modernization Task Force, charged with forming policies to improve one of the unhealthiest states in the nation and Shelby County, which ranks in Tennessee’s bottom fourth.

Major Trevor Joseph was honored Tuesday for his service in the Army. Joseph served as a medical services officer and medevac pilot.

Patricia Ange is seeking $350,000 in damages against Memphis Academy of Health Sciences High School, which enrolled about 400 students last year.

FedEx Returns Technology will be deployed at FedEx pickup and dropoff locations inside about 9,000 Walgreens stores in time for the holiday peak season.

Penny Hardaway said despite all the nonsense in the air about his team, it won't change who they are and what they want to do. 

Bigger crowds on Mud Island's south end during a hot summer made keeping people out of the Gulf of Mexico replica hard work. The Memphis River Parks Partnership will use the fall and winter to rethink how the Gulf should be used.

The Memphis schools have shown enough improvement to be eligible to leave the Tennessee Achievement School district next school year. Since that's never happened before, no one knows how that should work.

The assistant surgeon general is a dentist and the nation's spokesman on oral health issues.

Baseball romanticists often argue that part of the game’s charm is that it is played off the clock. In theory, they like to marvel, a game could last forever. Speaking literally, no game ever has. It just seems like most of them do.

Rib lunches, legal triumphs and more family revelations marked week three of "Bluff City Law," where chemistry among the cast seems to be building. 

The Germantown Municipal School District is considering charging tuition for non-residents living in Shelby County, but school board members want to look at the impact and hear from the community before deciding.

NBA scouts jammed into the gym for the Memphis Tigers pro day. It's a sign of how the program has changed. 

Shelby County Commission Chairman Mark Billingsley has asked the county attorney for an opinion on a plan for the county to get its "fair share" of the city's newly approved sales tax increase. Meanwhile, Commissioner Edmund Ford now has questions for Memphis city government.

Memphis running back Patrick Taylor "could" return from an injury while coach Mike Norvell expects defensive back Chris Claybrooks to play against Temple this weekend. 

Calling on Democrats to drop political attacks, Vice President Mike Pence pushed Monday for passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement at a Tyson Foods plant in Goodlettsville.

The Division of TennCare will hold a Medicaid block grant hearing Oct. 15 at the University of Memphis, adding the event to three already held across the state.

Collierville community partners came together to help put on a special needs baseball league for children and adults.

Patterson Warehouses received a six-year, payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) incentive in July from the Economic Development Growth Engine for Memphis and Shelby County.

Mac Edwards wishes the best for Caritas Village and says interim executive director Kristin McMillin would've been his choice as successor.

State Rep. John DeBerry took shots at teachers and their union – but said it’s also important to bring them into the fold – in an American Enterprise Institute event in Washington focusing on federal “education freedom scholarship” legislation.

Suffragettes, Larry Finch, the Memphis Underworld of a century ago, an Orange Mound teenager named Elton Hayes, Georgia Tann's child trafficking organization and Jimmy Lunceford's syncopation are featured in the second installment of the Memphis 200.

Memphis fans got their first real glimpse of Ja Morant Sunday. And what they saw was good.