A light wintry mix of snow and sleet dusted Memphis Wednesday, Nov. 14, causing some schools to close early, a wedding party to take cover, and the city and local businesses to take precautions as winter weather conditions threatened the area on a late fall day.

The University of Memphis announced the signings of class of 2019 forward DJ Jeffries and center Malcolm Dandridge this afternoon. 

To build a vertical village, you might as well start with food on the ground floor. Folks have to eat, and at Crosstown Concourse, where they also live, go to school, work and play, choices about where to dine continue to expand.

Jambalaya, gumbo, lasagna soup, chili, shrimp and crab meat casserole – those are just a small sample of the dishes served up Sunday at Taste of the Boulevard.

On Saturday I joined 100-plus folks in a banquet room at a Holiday Inn, where we spent the day learning how to be a certified Memphis in May barbecue judge.

Memphis (1-1) fell 85-76 to LSU (3-0) in their first road test of the season. Here are highlights, struggles and takeaways from the game.

With nine new charter schools opening in Memphis next year and another seven closing due to low performance, local education leaders say charters create accessibility to choices – but also are accountable for meeting standards.

The proposed $950 million Union Row development will soon start appearing on the agendas of local government boards, which will consider everything from tax incentives to the design of the massive mixed-use project. 

The Grizzlies stayed undefeated on the FedExForum floor with a 112-106 win over the Philadelphia 76ers, but it took an extra five minutes to get there.

The Grizzlies weren’t just missing shots. No, they were missing so badly that a spontaneous Tony Allen conversation broke out on press row. How bad was it? The official play-by-play sheet for the early minutes of the first quarter looked like a reading of beauty pageant contestants: MISS K. Anderson, MISS M. Gasol, MISS J. Jackson, MISS G. Temple …

Dillon Brooks exited Grizzlies practice on Tuesday afternoon with a brace on his left knee and a cane in his right hand. It’s a disappointing turn in what had already been a disappointing start to the second season for the team’s unexpected break-out rookie of last season.

Memphis (1-1) challenged No. 22 LSU (3-0) in head coach Penny Hardaway’s first road test of the season. Here are the tip-ins and turnovers from the first loss of his career. 

The Downtown Memphis Commission is collecting feedback that will help it shape the next decade of development and initiatives for the Bluff City’s core.

Memphis will soon be home to a unique indoor skatepark, complete with a skate shop and coffee shop. Society Skatepark & Coffee, a 10,000-square-foot facility just off Broad Avenue, should open the weekend of Nov. 17.

Sears Holdings will shutter the doors of its Southland Mall store, the company announced Thursday, Nov. 8.

Loosely holding a rolled-up program in his hand, Dustin Lehmann tapped it on his knee as if playing along with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra’s Veteran’s Day performance Saturday night.

Construction plans indicate a new Uptown brewery project would involve at least some renovation and partial demolition at an old industrial or mill facility. 

Phil Bredesen spent his last four minutes and 12 seconds in the spotlight Tuesday night coming to grips with the sobering reality that his time in politics is over.

So much to talk about after the Mid-South midterm elections. Let me focus on some non-obvious things that happened in Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Memphis last night – in that order.

“Our country has changed,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in Shelby County v. Holder, a landmark decision that overturned a key provision of the 1965 Civil Rights Act and ended the enforcement of federal oversight of voting practices in states that have historically disenfranchised minority voters.

Memphis’ civic pride was wounded by the homegrown Church of God in Christ’s 2009 decision to move its biggest annual gathering up the Mississippi River to St. Louis. In a changing landscape of church leadership and amid complaints about Memphis’ lack of capacity to host such a large (30,000-plus) gathering, the Memphis-based Pentecostal denomination inked its first three-year deal with St. Louis.

My first reaction when I saw Elvis Presley was getting the Presidential Medal of Freedom was puzzlement: This hasn’t already happened? And, why now?

Several major Downtown Memphis apartment projects received tax breaks Tuesday morning, causing some board members to question just how many apartments are too many?

With an eye toward prepping the Memphis Regional Megasite for its next potential suitor, the State Building Commission has approved a $500,000 site consulting contract to ensure it doesn’t miss out on another jobs deal.

Based on the Shelby County Election Commission's number of provisional ballots from Germantown precincts, it appears unlikely challenger John Barzizza can overcome the 127-vote lead of incumbent mayor Mike Palazzolo.