“Jimmy Moore was a good-natured and gentle man. ... Yet he understood what politics was all about. For Moore, politics was about helping people who needed help. Getting things done. “

Chandler announced last week that he was leaving his position as executive director of the Germantown Performing Arts Center.

This week’s puzzle features a photo from the 2025 Experience Memphis Gardens tour. 

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“XAI is creating hundreds of jobs — from skilled trades to advanced technical roles — offering higher wages and economic stability. These jobs can lift families out of poverty, boost local businesses, fund improvements to our schools and infrastructure.”

The renovated European-style boutique hotel has been through many iterations, including a bordello, a bar, a recording studio and a bathhouse. 

You know the Memphis NBA team is named the Grizzlies because they moved from Vancouver. But why did the Vancouver team have that name? 

Progress on xAI’s water-recycling facility has slowed to a bureaucratic trickle, but construction could come like a flood in a matter of weeks. 

The smoky, salty octopus pepperonata was a close second. 

Here are the stories behind the stats for the teams and individuals from the Shelby-Metro area taking part in Spring Fling.

Also happening this week: The city’s new arts office wants to hear from local artists about how it can help them thrive.

Memphis Redbirds manager Ben Johnson tied Chris Maloney for most wins all time as the club’s manager on Sunday afternoon. 

Forty-five different area schools will be represented in Murfreesboro this week.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris has proposed a property tax rate for the new fiscal year that starts July 1 but the commission may leave the ordinance setting the new tax rate blank for now.

“I don’t think hope is what we need in Memphis right now. I don’t even think a disciplined hope is the answer. Rather we need hope joined to action and plain old stubbornness. We need courage.”

Now the cash-based, concierge-style medical practice has a waiting list for memberships and is doubling its space at Laurelwood Shopping Center.

Brooke Ehrhart, vice president of development at Make-A-Wish Mid-South, said the Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council tournament this year will grant a Senatobia, Mississippi, child’s wish to swim with pigs in Hawaii.

Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. calls out political rivals, campaigning for 2026 has already started and county budget hearings will be missing a lot of key people.

The Chinese tile game is social, strategic and good for one’s cognitive ability. It’s also becoming increasingly popular. 

“Had my stepmom broken a limb or cut herself open or gotten cancer or a chronic disease, she and my dad and the family would all would have talked about it. But not with dementia.”

Fifty years ago, a team of Magicians now largely forgotten won the only college basketball national championship Memphis has ever known.

With attractions such as Snowden Grove, Top of the Sipp and Silo Square, Southaven is drawing visitors while providing interests for local residents.

When wedding photographer Savannah Kenney was diagnosed with celiac disease, she suddenly found herself cut off from the shared experiences that surround food.

The Daily Memphian now offers readers all four sudoku-puzzle difficulty levels every day.

Chef Judd Grisanti, a name famous on the local restaurant scene, is bringing his Italian cuisine to Marshall Steakhouse near Holly Springs.