-
Transportation & Logistics
Memphis International Airport has been trying to get nonstop service restored to Boston since Delta grounded the flight in January 2014 as part of steep cuts at its former hub. -
Memphis Grizzlies
Grizzlies Podcast: Opening the mailbag
Chris Herrington takes listener questions about Josh Jackson, De’Anthony Melon, the Grizzlies’ offseason plans and more.
-
Food
Weekend food and drink for Women’s History Month
Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day are celebrated with fancy chocolates and whiskey this weekend.
-
Metro
Trump surveys Tennessee tornado damage
President Donald Trump traveled to Tennessee on Friday to tour neighborhoods where lives and homes were destroyed by tornadoes that swept through parts of the state earlier this week.
-
Memphis Tigers Basketball
Just win: Tiebreaker scenarios for Memphis basketball
If Memphis beats Houston on Sunday, it will claim a first-round bye and the No. 4 seed in the conference tournament. If they lose, things get really dicey.
-
Transportation & Logistics
Airport lands a new flight, and it’s a big one
Desire for the service was heightened when Indigo Ag announced in 2017 it would establish its North American commercial operations headquarters in Memphis.
-
Opinion
Sanford: Black voters bring Uncle Joe back
Voters are yearning to be free – of the nutty, crude and corrupt. They want moderation in our national politics, and a center-left leader at the helm of the executive branch whom everyone knows and a majority of Americans trust.
-
Elections
Local Democratic Party chairman questions Bloomberg’s message
Michael Harris and party Democratic Party Vice Chair Sarah Beth Larson also talked on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast about Saturday’s local Democratic convention, the first of two steps to select delegates to this summer's Democratic National Convention.
-
Performing Arts
Celebrating 100 years, Theatre Memphis gets a facelift, a land deed and a national award
TM executive producer Debbie Litch has a hardhat in every color and goals for every week to bring the $5.7 million campaign of improvements to completion by August.
-
Geoff Calkins
Calkins: A night the Memphis Tigers deserved
The 100th season of Memphis Tiger basketball wasn’t the grand romp everyone expected. But the last home game was certainly sweet.
-
Memphis Tigers Basketball
Memphis dominates Wichita State to set up critical game at Houston
Memphis put together its most impressive performance of the season in a dominant win over Wichita State.
-
Sports
FACS outlasts ECS in overtime to advance to championship
Daniel Egbuniwe scores 18 points as FACS wins its 17th straight game.
-
State Government
Legislature’s tornado reaction turns political amid death, destruction
Democrats say Tennessee’s controlling Republicans took care of Gov. Bill Lee’s permitless carry and anti-abortion initiatives even though a terrible tornado killed people across the state and left a path of destruction.
-
901 FC
He’s a keeper: Tim Howard to start in goal Saturday for Memphis
Tim Howard's resume includes more than 100 appearances with the U.S. National Team, and now being an owner/sporting director/starting goalkeeper for Memphis 901 FC.
-
State Government
Memphis lawmaker: State not prepared for potential coronavirus epidemic
Hours after Tennessee officials confirmed the state's first case of the coronavirus, one Memphis lawmaker said the state is “absolutely not” prepared to deal with a potential health crisis stemming from COVID-19.
-
Business
CBHS principal leaving at end of term
Chris Fay became principal in 2009, the first non-Brother to lead CBHS, and has been working at the high school since 2003.
-
Shelby County
Second inmate files suit against Shelby County jail health care provider
A former Shelby County Jail inmate has filed a lawsuit against the company contracted by the county to provide medical care to detainees. It is the latest of a series of lawsuits against the company.
-
Business
New Starbucks may rise by iBank, Clark towers
A new, 2,100-square-foot Starbucks coffee shop would rise along Poplar in front of the iBank Tower in East Memphis, according to a new building permit application.
-
901 FC
Memphis 901 FC: Meet the team
Get to know the players who will compete for Memphis 901 FC in the USL Championship in 2020.
-
Business
Southwest launches Atlanta nonstop Saturday
Southwest Airlines on Saturday, March 7, will bring competition back to the Memphis-Atlanta nonstop flight market for the first time since September 2016.
-
Education
SCS superintendent’s teacher council excludes union leaders
Though Superintendent Joris Ray decided to exclude union leadership to “give other people an opportunity to lead too,” at least 10 schools voted for a union leader to represent them on the council anyway.
-
Health Care
UT researchers seek drug to stem coronavirus effects
Gov. Bill Lee has confirmed the state’s first case of coronavirus, a Williamson County man who traveled to Boston, Massachusetts, as the state steps up its efforts to combat the virus.
RELATED
-
Memphis Grizzlies
Ja Morant vs. Trae Young can make Grizzlies-Hawks a real rivalry
The battle between Trae Young and Ja Morant could fuel years of highlight-reel plays and a rivalry between the Hawks and Grizzlies.
-
Real Estate
‘For Sale’ is sign of concern for Annesdale Mansion neighbors
Neighbors and preservationists are concerned about new developments that could arise from the sale of the historic mansion.
-
State Government
Shelby water rights bill on hold with Health Department changes pending
Legislation designed to reduce Shelby County’s control over landowners’ drilling of water wells – a move some believe could threaten the Memphis Sands Aquifer – is being put off for at least a year.
RSS