Memphis coach Ryan Silverfield hit some hot topics as said as the Tigers look forward to facing North Texas in their first home conference game of the season.

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From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 15, free flu shots will be available at three Memphis sites, including one drive-thru location. 

In April, International Paper said it had reached an agreement to acquire DS Smith and expected to close the deal by the fourth quarter. 

Two candidates for Bartlett alderman are contending they are the target of unfair attacks, while not pointing an accusatory finger at each other.

Memphis author Lora Chilton writes: “What can be done to remedy the ongoing and past violence against Native people? Acknowledging the history by telling the stories is one way to start the healing process.”

Spooky season is well underway, and there are more pumpkin patches, haunted houses and pop-ups than you can shake your broomstick at. 

Mayor Paul Young says the board will not replace MATA leadership at least for now. Council members also expect Tuesday to consider a Frayser landfill expansion that was rejected seven years ago.

Along with play performances, the festival will include panel discussions, talk backs and workshops.

In DeSoto County, 6,089 voters have requested absentee ballots. Of those requested, 5,146 ballots have been sent to voters, returned and accepted. 

Couture Collective, the museum’s new fashion affinity group, and award-winning designer and University of Memphis fashion design professor Sonin Lee are hosts of “Come as Thou Art.” 

Taylor Jenkins said the Grizzlies coaching staff is thinking about effective backcourts that do not include Ja Morant. Can the combination of Desmond Bane and Marcus Smart improve this season?

Before the new application process, the city was issuing permits in some cases just hours before events started.

ESPN college football expert Paul Finebaum answers The Daily Memphian’s questions after Week 7 games.

Standouts from Bartlett, Central, East, Munford, Tipton-Rosemark and Westwood are up for consideration this week. 

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Donte Johnson, 23, of Memphis, no longer lives with chronic pain caused by sickle cell disease, thanks to the gene therapy he received as clinical trial participant at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. 

The Greenline will grow to nearly 13 miles when the last planned extension eastward is complete in fall 2025.

If all falls into place as expected at the start of the 2025-26 school year, House vs. the NCAA could change the look of college sports as we know it now.

A new Tennessee law named for Dr. Benjamin Mauck, who was killed by a patient at Campbell Clinic in Collierville last year, is running into a conflicting issue with a law already on the books.

This week’s jigsaw puzzle features a photo from the Graceland Soundstage and shows the crowd to see Elvis' granddaughter, Riley Keough, speak about her book “From Here to the Great Unknown.”

Here’s how to find the three gun referendums on the Nov. 5 ballot and then translate the wordy language in which they are written.

“You’re supposed to be prepared for the moment,” Tyrese Hunter said Sunday during Day 1 of AAC Media Days. “Everybody asked for this. You can’t want something and then when it comes, you’re not prepared for it or you’re not ready for it.”

After a tumultuous 2023-24 season that ended in disaster, the University of Memphis basketball coach took a different approach this offseason. Now, he says he and the Tigers are better for it.

Juvenile Court was scheduled to resume in-person proceedings after being closed for more than five months for mold and lead remediation. But those hearings will be virtual after Shelby County Sheriff’s Office says it will no longer transport youths. 

The Tigers’ home winning streak ends at 17 games, but their unbeaten streak at home extends to 25 games.