A contingent of coaches and others from the UT athletics department will visit with fans of the Volunteers at the Memphis Botanic Garden’s Hardin Hall.

“If history teaches us anything, it’s this: Clayborn Temple will rise again, because its foundation was never merely physical. It was spiritual. It was communal. And that foundation cannot be burned,” said NCRM President Russ Wigginton.

Parth Upadhyaya and John Martin weigh in on the Tigers’ basketball roster rebuild, the possibility of a PJ Haggerty return and more.

Here are the top performances by Memphis-area TSSAA track and field athletes through Sunday, April 27.

Standouts from Collierville, Houston, Lakeland Prep, Lausanne, MUS and Northpoint are up for consideration this week. 

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With a new Kroger and Baptist emergency department firmly in place on Airline Road near Interstate 40 in Arlington and new businesses opening nearby, developers are envisioning mixed-use projects in the area.

In spite of the divisive legislation that may crop up in rows from January to April every year, Tennessee lawmakers actually agree on more than one may realize.

“Some people, their goal in life is to be their authentic selves. Most people never get there,” said a longtime friend. “(Lamar Sorrento’s) gotten there and gone past it, I think.”

This week’s puzzle features a photo from the 12th annual Independent Bookstore Day celebration at Burke’s Book Store in Midtown. 

There have been a lot of whispers in recent weeks of the potential for major change on the Grizzlies roster this summer.

“Expectations are here,” Desmond Bane said Sunday from the Grizzlies’ final media session. “This is reality, and we came up short. We have to be better.”

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Also happening this week: The University of Tennessee Athletics’ department brings its “Big Orange Caravan” to Memphis.

The Redbirds came up one win short of sweeping their road series with the Norfolk Tide.

Memphis had a player taken in the NFL Draft for the first time since 2022, and several others were extended undrafted free agent offers or invitations once the draft concluded. 

Former Memphis forward Damarien Yates plans to unite with Alabama State coach Tony Madlock, who was a point guard for then-Memphis State from 1989-92.

The two victims, both students and football players at Booker T. Washington High School, have been identified. 

“About 30% of online reviews are fake and cost U.S. businesses nearly $152 billion per year in damaged reputations and lost revenue.”

When she began offering swim lessons nearly 40 years ago, Holly Self had no idea she was starting a family legacy.

Before Lakeland became a city in the late 1970s, the area north of Canada Road and Interstate 40 was an amusement park with hopes of becoming a Disneyland-type destination,

After four months of argument, compromise, bickering and squabble, the 2025 Tennessee General Assembly concluded April 22.

The state criminal trial for three former Memphis police officers charged in the 2023 death of Tyre Nichols begins Monday, April 28.

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After spending his first few weeks in the Methodist Hospital-Germantown NICU, Jayden Kyles is having a full-circle moment as he fosters his dream to become a pediatrician. 

One of the nation’s oldest optometry colleges is focusing on providing local people with visual impairments the latest technology, like AI-powered glasses. 

Are you ready for it? Here are today’s sudokus.