Some members of a faculty organization at LeMoyne-Owen College are calling for the resignation of school president Andrea Lewis Miller over a speech they claim was plagiarized from a popular Joel Osteen sermon.

After taking Thanksgiving off, it’s time for a return of the Grizzlies Mailbag, where we’re updating predictions after 20 games and already gazing ahead to the All-Star game and the trade deadline.

It’s true that UCF has beaten Memphis three times since Sept. 30 of last year. And it would seem to speak to dominance.

East High center James Wiseman, who announced last week he will attend the University of Memphis, has officially signed with the Tigers, Memphis coach Penny Hardaway said Thursday.

The biggest news out of Penny Hardaway’s press conference on Thursday, Nov. 29, was that top recruit James Wiseman had signed his national letter of intent.

Ten games, 20 games? Arbitrary designations over the course of an 82-game season. But the Grizzlies are six games into a more tangible turning point: the return of JaMychal Green.

After 12 years of leading Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, president and CEO Meri Armour plans to retire in 2019.

Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker visited Memphis Wednesday to announce a new initiative in which the Memphis Police Department will partner with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to form a “Memphis Crime Gun Strike Force.”

The development company with a plan to supply Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division with electrical power from the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant has put that plan on the back burner.

However Overton Park’s two iconic buildings are reused in the future, they should welcome the public with open arms, continue to celebrate art and support artists, and provide continuing education.

Just like in 2016, the Whitehaven football team is in the state championship game. They’ll play Murfreesboro Oakland on Thursday – just like in 2016.

Whitehaven resident Brenda Jones is no stranger to making history.

At 6:30 p.m. Saturday of the Thanksgiving holiday, I was standing in my kitchen and heard four pops from a gun near McLean and North Parkway. News coverage the next morning indicated shots were fired in traffic congestion as people were taking their children to see the annual display of holiday lights at the Memphis Zoo.

State Sen.-elect Raumesh Akbari is running for the Senate Democratic Caucus chairmanship, saying she wants to “tackle the role” of electing Democratic candidates across the red state of Tennessee.

A long-planned modernization and expansion of the 44-year-old Memphis Cook Convention Center is in the clear after approval of a $163.5 million construction contract Wednesday, Nov. 28.

Caesars Entertainment Corp. is ending gaming operations at Tunica Roadhouse Casino.

There were at least moments of reason. Somewhere along the Penny Hardaway timeline – from rumor of his hiring to today when his first team stands 3-3 – there were small moments when people seemed to understand.

Memphis is one of Frommer’s travel guide’s “Best Places to Go in 2019” on the strength of the city’s 200th anniversary celebration next year, Memphis Tourism announced Wednesday.

Tuesday night at FedExForum felt a whole lot like Sunday afternoon. Once again, the Grizzlies built a game-high double-digit lead early in the third quarter and lost (nearly) all of it before the quarter was over.

At a time when brick-and-mortar retailers are competing with e-commerce, Downtown Memphis is trying to figure out if it can support retail at all.

A familiar East Memphis office building, with its script “Century Building" sign in front and mechanized, louvered windows on the sides, is proposed to be demolished and replaced with a car wash.

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.’’

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.

The Madison@McLean apartments under construction in Midtown will include ground-floor retail space, the developers confirmed Monday.

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.