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Memphis ends the year with a 7-7-3 mark and will miss out on a second straight NCAA Tournament trip.

Retiring Mayor Stan Joyner was surprised Thursday night as he was informed his former school building will be named in his honor. 

“No matter what happens with respect to the Trump administration, the city and county are prepared to make this office sustainable and continue the commitments,” Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said of the question of continued federal support in the Trump administration.

Casts created in hollowed-out spaces of volcanic ash and other artifacts from the frozen city of Pompeii, which was destroyed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., are on display at Graceland starting this week. 

The voters have spoken. And they have chosen Canon Day as The Daily Memphian high school football player of the week for Week 12.

Due to security concerns, Malco began installing 6-foot, black aluminum poles around the property in July. Zoning officials issued a stop work order, halting the project. 

Friday night in San Francisco, the Grizzlies will complete their first West Coast road trip against a team that’s so far had even more success this season with a similar approach: the Golden State Warriors.

The Shelby County Election Commission decided Thursday that a Collierville runoff will be held Dec. 10 to fill the office held by Alderman John Worley.

The wearable device can track a COPD patient’s personal exposure to pollutants and respiratory triggers, assess their lung function and transmit critical health data to their provider in real-time. 

At a Thursday, Nov. 14, hearing in Collierville, Lydia McGuinn, a clinic manager for at the time of the shooting, spoke on the stand. 

The commercial and industrial HVAC solutions manufacturer will invest $238.5 million in Memphis and create 291 new jobs with an average wage of $56,232. 

Lee called it “a great idea” to dismantle the agency, which was created under a 1979 federal law during President Jimmy Carter’s administration.

This week, learn cocktail science at Lichterman, spend an evening in Paris at the Orpheum and hear IMAKEMADBEATS’ new album — but with lasers.

Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Advisors will try to salvage the plans for The Lake District after the multifamily development suffered financial problems.

Memphis Whistle is a cocktail bar where standard pub fare is spun on its head.

When the Grizzlies hit the FedExForum court on Sunday, they are throwing it back to 1974 with new city edition uniforms themed after the American Basketball Association’s Memphis Sounds.

The city’s soccer team is heading for greener pastures, but the moments and memories will remain. As The Daily Memphian’s 901 FC reporter since the beginning, John Varlas was there for most of them.

The Tigers will look to keep their early-season momentum going when the struggling Bobcats visit FedExForum at 7 p.m. Friday (ESPN+).

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If Memphis doesn’t find the money to make needed repairs, Geoff Calkins says, there could be an empty ballpark at B.B. King Boulevard and Union Avenue before long.

In an opinion piece, Otis Sanford says Jesse Turner has a section of Regional One Health named in his honor, as well as a South Memphis park and a small bridge on Elvis Presley Boulevard. But is it enough? 

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