Accused of kidnapping and killing a man in 2021, the former MPD officer pleaded guilty to five of the charges he was facing.

The California native goes eagle-birdie-birdie to cap off his best round of the year. He leads by one stroke over Tommy Fleetwood heading into Friday’s second round.

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In 2024, Joshua Zimmerman escaped DeSoto County custody, where he was being held for attempted murder. Before he came to Mississippi, he wanted for murder in Texas.

Here are the scores from Thursday’s opening round and Friday’s second-round pairings for the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind. Play begins at 7:20 a.m. Friday.

The $5.6 billion BlueOval City is where Ford is manufacturing its new electric pickups and BlueOval SK batteries for the truck.

Both the Ja 1 and Ja 2 sneakers featured a more traditional look. But the Ja 3 is different. 

The deaths are two of at least seven housed at the overcrowded jail to die this year.

This week, Elvis Week begins and a Jeff Buckley documentary screens.

The combination of beef and cheese, encased in a corn dog breading, and then topped with cinnamon cereal is not supposed to work. But it does. 

“I want to add more bigs,” Penny Hardaway told reporters before teeing off in the Danny Thomas Celebrity-Am golf tournament. “At least two more bigs, for sure.”

This is the second of a three-part Mid-Summer Grizzlies Mailbag, with the third installment coming next week.

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“With a striking sense of amnesia, the lawmakers are eager to take over Memphis’ school board, apparently forgetting the state has already taken over many low-performing schools and been unable to do anything to help them.”

This puzzle follows some of the conventions of Wordle. You get six tries to guess each individual word.

Today’s puzzle features a photo from the new Overton Park walkway, which recognizes donors and golf history in West Tennessee.

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Starting pitcher Curtis Taylor helps the Memphis Redbirds win Wednesday night in their six-game homestand against the Durham Bulls at AutoZone Park.

A 38-year-old Germantown man was arrested after an alleged incident of sexually soliciting minors at Howard McVay Park. He entered a not guilty plea Wednesday. 

Blaze Jordan, once a YouTube sensation, now finds his baseball journey coming full circle.

Methodist Olive Branch President David Baytos has served as Methodist University interim president since Tim Slocum left in January. 

Youth hasn’t hindered the 20-year-old South African in a successful 2025 season.

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Here’s your guide to Elvis Week events in Memphis, including Graceland tours, Elvis Presley tribute artists, and the somber Candlelight Vigil. 

“I was able to lay a great foundation with this group,” Memphis coach Penny Hardaway said. “Getting a new group, it’s really tough. But they definitely were all in on the buy-in.”

Wolf River Hospitality Group is bringing a new concept to the Germantown building where Asaderos Mexican Grill formerly operated. The restaurant company has owned the space since 2021.

A group of about 50 men trying to start their day with a workout last week was met by Germantown police as they were wrapping up at the suburb’s Soccerplex on CD Smith Road.

While most county commissioners support building a new jail, not all of them agree on where its built, who pays for it and who’s included. 

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