Nakiyah Westbrook is among this week’s top performers after helping her team to a big win on Tuesday.

The event begins 10 a.m. Thursday at 1602 Dellwood Ave., in the parking lot between Frayser Corning Elementary and Martin Luther King College Prep, two FCS schools operated under ASD.

Legacy of pro baseball in Memphis dates to the 1870s.

The 588 new cases come from 5,588 tests, giving the day a positivity rate of 10.5%.

Normally the busiest time of the year, restaurants are instead open for sparsely populated dining rooms. PPP money would help, two local restaurateurs say. And sharing holiday recipes is good for all of us.

Dragons are 5-0 for the first time in 20 years.

The Tigers exhibited improved passing, but 3-point shooting remains a weakness.

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Collierville students are worried about their safety as they return to school.

Memphis will be facing another mobile quarterback in Houston’s Clayton Tune.

After eight years as Alderwoman Position 6, Paula Sedgwick said her final goodbyes to the other members of the legislative body and Mayor Keith McDonald at Bartlett’s Board and Mayor of Aldermen meeting Tuesday, Dec. 8.

It’s ‘one day at a time,’ and the first preseason game is just three days away in Minnesota. 

The Civilian Law Enforcement Review Board elected former MPD Col. James Kirkwood as its new chairman Tuesday. 

The average price of a house sold in Shelby, Fayette and Tipton counties during November was $217,080, up 10.7% from a year earlier. But the number of houses for sale continues to shrink.

FedEx shares closed above $300 for the first time in the company’s history on Tuesday Dec. 8, after falling as low as $88.68 in mid-March.

The Memphis Regional Megasite made the organization’s top 3 in its 15-year list of worst government waste.

Turnout for the runoff election for two Collierville offices seemed slow Tuesday, according to candidates. The runoff is the town’s first in 17 years.

National nonprofit, FedEx and Memphis Athletic Ministries partner to distribute the coats across the city of Memphis.

Among the 14 newest applications submitted to the planning board are ones to accommodate a short move by Third Church of Christ, Scientist, to allow construction of a Shelby County fire station, and to double the size of a Downtown condo development.

“If you are a licensed medical provider in any domain, we need you,” said Doug McGowen, City of Memphis chief operating officer. “There are paid and unpaid positions. We also need non-medical volunteers.”

Running back Dallan Hayden and lineman Dietrick Pennington won in their respective divisions.

About 41% of area ICU patients were either COVID-positive (151) or suspected of having the virus (9), as of 5 p.m. Monday, according to Tennessee’s Healthcare Resource Tracking System.

The Center City Revenue Finance Corp. voted unanimously in support of $129.5 million worth of public incentives for One Beale’s fourth phase, plus a 5 percent tax surcharge on One Beale customers that is projected to generate another $139 million over 30 years.

Shelby County has about one primary care physician for every 1,200 people, according to Clint Cummins, executive director of the Memphis Medical Society.