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Real Estate
A new, larger Wiseacre brewery Downtown would enable the Memphis company to double its full-time employment and expand distribution of its craft beer initially into all of Alabama as well as Georgia and the Florida Panhandle. “We’re in seven states full-time,’’ co-founder Kellan Bartosch said Friday of Wiseacre Brewing Co.'s current footprint. “And we’ve had conversations with markets all over.’’ -
Chris Herrington
The Memphis 10: From ‘Mystery Train’ to ‘The Firm’ and more, the best use of city locations on the big screen
This past weekend, the Hallmark Channel premiered “Christmas at Graceland,” a made-for-television feature film where country star Kellie Pickler offers key support to the film’s real star: Graceland. -
Real Estate
Retail is part of Madison apartment building
The Madison@McLean apartments under construction in Midtown will include ground-floor retail space, the developers confirmed Monday. -
State Government
Memphis attorney Wiseman to serve on Lee’s staff
Memphis attorney Lang Wiseman will serve as deputy to the governor and chief counsel for Gov.-elect Bill Lee. He is among the next governor’s staff appointments announced Tuesday and the only one from Shelby County so far. -
Sports
Memphis Express unveil new uniforms
The Memphis Express, the Bluff City’s Alliance of American Football team, unveiled its inaugural uniform design Tuesday. -
Memphis Grizzlies
At the Horn: Lowry, VanVleet lead Raptors to 122-114 win over Grizzlies
Kyle Lowry had 24 points and six assists, Fred VanVleet added 18 points and Toronto used a 3-point shooting burst in the fourth quarter to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 122-114 on Tuesday night. -
Otis Sanford
Sanford: Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith continues Mississippi’s history of defiance
“Everything is not about race,” Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant boldly proclaimed this week while struggling to defend an indefensible comment from the person he handpicked to be an interim U.S. senator. -
Nelson: Overton Park and how the good guys finally won
With a new master plan for Overton Park in the works – the first in 30 years – what better time than now for Brooks Lamb’s new University of Tennessee Press book “Overton Park: A People’s History” to appear in Memphis bookstores? -
Public Safety
Migrants receiving care through grassroots Memphis group
Kathleen Meier is giving thanks this holiday season by volunteering for Migration Is Beautiful. A retired nurse, Meier is a new volunteer who helps sort food and other donations for the grassroots organization. -
Memphis Tigers Football
Both Memphis and UCF quarterbacks thriving in the run game
When Memphis and UCF face each other Saturday in the American Athletic Conference championship game, it will mark the first time in the last two seasons Knights star quarterback McKenzie Milton won’t appear against the Tigers. -
City of Memphis
Interest high in two Memphis City Council vacancies
Former Memphis City Council member Edmund Ford Sr. is among six applicants for the District 6 seat held by his son Edmund Ford Jr. -
Business
It’s crunch time for convention center overhaul after three rounds of bidding
The third time may be the charm for the Memphis Cook Convention Center’s $175 million transformation, which is proposed for award to a Mississippi contractor after three rounds of bidding. -
Memphis Tigers Football
Norvell says focus on championship game, not his future
Memphis coach Mike Norvell set aside rumors associating his name with college coaching vacancies across the country Tuesday, saying his focus is solely on the American Athletic Conference Championship against UCF. -
Memphis Grizzlies
Grizzlies Game Day: Three reasons to be concerned about the Grizz
For most NBA teams, individual game outcomes shouldn’t be surprising, and despite their unexpected appearance atop the Western Conference standings a few days ago, the Grizzlies are one of those teams. -
Health Care
‘They love them as their own’
Amanda and David Bass’ chances of having a healthy pregnancy were not good. Their fertility specialist told them there was a 75 percent chance that Amanda and/or the baby would not make it. -
Shelby County
Election Commission certifies November election results, concerns remain
Shelby County election commissioners put the last election of 2018 to rest Monday evening, but not questions and concerns about the conduct of the Nov. 6 elections. -
Public Safety
Memphis and Shelby County homicide victims remembered with ceremony
Jaylon Cohen was out with friends enjoying Fourth of July fireworks when he was shot in the parking lot of a Taco Bell in Bartlett. -
Memphis Tigers Football
Norvell’s name again popular in a possible replacement for growing coaching vacancies
The coaching carousel is spinning, and for the second straight year Memphis fans are watching and wondering if Mike Norvell could head elsewhere. -
Shelby County
Shelby County organizing legislative agenda for General Assembly
Additional funding for TBI tops Shelby County government’s list of requests to the Tennessee General Assembly for its upcoming legislative session in January. -
Real Estate
Metal Museum makes its case for Overton Park’s Rust Hall
The Metal Museum proposes to spend $21 million to renovate Overton Park’s Rust Hall and make it a “world class museum and educational center." The museum board approved what it calls the “expansion plan" in September as part of its campaign to win the keys to Rust Hall. The 78,000-square-foot headquarters of Memphis College of Art becomes available after the school closes in May 2020. -
Memphis Grizzlies
Grizzlies Postgame: Grizz come undone, run out of gas in loss to Knicks
The Grizzlies took a second straight loss and in both cases they needed Mike Conley a little too much. -
Transportation & Logistics
High-tech push fuels expansion of FedEx Ground Olive Branch hub
Dakota Garrity presides over central control at FedEx Ground in Olive Branch, Mississippi, like a NASA flight director overseeing a moon mission. -
North Memphis
State approves TDZ for Fairgrounds redevelopment
A state panel approved Memphis’ request Monday for a Fairgrounds Tourism Development Zone to help fund an estimated $150 million project complete with a youth sports and events complex that will depend on construction of a privately developed hotel. -
State Government
Camper makes history with Democratic Caucus election
Memphis Democratic Rep. Karen Camper won election Sunday within the House Minority Caucus to become the group’s leader, the first African-American caucus leader in Tennessee history. -
Memphis Tigers Football AAC Title Game Notebook: Commissioner Aresco not holding back
American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco is taking the approach that the UCF and Memphis offenses did in a 62-55 double-overtime game in last year’s league championship.
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