It wasn’t perfect, but the Memphis Tigers’ 2024 football season is chock-full of accomplishments worth celebrating.

The Collierville intersection at North Byhalia Road and Wolf River Boulevard will get a shopping center, South Main to get new retail spots and the three-building Mendenhall Road Collection was sold for $1.175 million.

Red Door Wealth Management and Etairos HVAC announce additions. 

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The Tigers held off the Mountaineers, 42-37, to capture the Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl.

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Tigers coach has two friends, former co-workers in College Football Playoff

This is the box score for the NCAA football game between the University of Memphis Tigers and the University of West Virginia Mountaineers on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, at the Frisco Bowl in Frisco, Texas.

Grant Wells, a teacher, joined hundreds of others in support of Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Marie Feagins Tuesday night. His explanation for the entire fiasco? “This is Memphis stuff,” he said.

Even though the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board voted to postpone a final decision on Superintendent Marie Feagins until January, it’s unclear if the rowdy crowd’s anger had any effect on the board’s thinking.

Memphis Tigers coach Ryan Silverfield has two friends and former colleagues in the expanded 12-team playoff: Dan Lanning at Oregon, and Kenny Dillingham at Arizona State.

However, the termination proceedings will continue into the new year and be decided in the board’s business meeting at the end of January. 

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The proposed gates have been met with opposition, with an attorney for those in surrounding neighborhoods saying it gives “at least the appearance of being elitist and exclusionary.”

A dish from The Lobbyist has made The New York Times’ list of “The 26 Best Dishes We Ate Across the U.S. in 2024.”

Coach Alex Simmons and her Tigers basketball team will play 18th-ranked Tennessee on Wednesday before hosting Louisville on Saturday. Both games will be held at FedExForum.

The Memphis Area Transit Authority Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday, Dec. 17, to install three consultants at the top of the troubled bus system — at some future point.

On Dec. 16, a grand jury indicted Stephen Russell Jr. on one charge of felony escape after he reportedly faked a medical emergency when authorities prepared to transport him from the Hernando courthouse Dec. 9. 

BlueOval SK, a joint venture between Ford Motor Co. and a Korean EV battery maker, was created to supply batteries for Ford and Lincoln electric vehicles.

With additional investigators and fewer murders this year compared to last, MPD’s CJ Davis says the department is seeing improvements. 

Morris brings more than 30 years of experience to Lakeside, a 55-year-old hospital specializing in behavioral health care and addiction treatment for Mid-South patients. 

More turmoil at Memphis-Shelby County Schools could bring back proposals for state intervention in Tennessee’s largest school district, a state lawmaker told The Daily Memphian. 

One of the year’s best films mostly bypassed theaters and will be available on HBO’s streaming service, Max. It’s a little bit “12 Angry Men,” a little bit Alfred Hitchcock and a little bit John Grisham. 

Last year, there were 344 murders in Memphis as of Dec. 14. There were 235 this year during that same time period. 

Penny Hardaway doesn’t simply want to make the NCAA Tournament after missing it a season ago — he wants to earn a top-four seed.

On Monday, members of the Memphis Police Department and the Secret Order of the Boll Weevils visited families that have been affected by crime. 

The department said it has been working to secure the grant for four years. 

The Tigers will have an opportunity to pick up a Quadrant 2 win when they face the Cavaliers in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Wednesday.

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