Semmes Murphey Clinic announces additions. 

MSCS rejected requests for Kirby Middle and Hillcrest High to become district charter schools once their ASD terms end. The denials could carry consequences, under a new state law.

For the third time this season, Memphis Redbirds shortstop JJ Wetherholt led off the game with a home run.

The four schools in Southwest Memphis that xAI has proposed supporting have some of the greatest deferred maintenance needs in the district. 

Following the recent retirement of former Assistant Chief Don Crowe, MPD officials promoted a longtime employee to the vacant position. 

At mid-year, the biggest comedy hit at a somewhat resurgent American box office has been a sleeper-success female-buddy movie. Maybe that will change in the weeks ahead.

A 33-year-old inmate died Monday at the Shelby County Jail, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. 

Days after her sold-out Glo Bash at FedExForum, national and international brands are spotlighting the Memphis native.

Memphis football has a variety of position battles to sort through after losing most of its production from last year’s 11-2 team.

ARTSmemphis president and CEO Elizabeth Rouse joins Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of “The Sidebar.”

The City of Memphis is planning a $55 million renovation of AutoZone Park and potential redevelopment of the area around the stadium, according to public records reviewed by The Daily Memphian.

One artist uses performance, mixed media, collage, and video “to converse with other young, alienated women and femmes who struggle to find their entire selves in a capitalistic landscape.”

Parker’s next court date is set for 9 a.m. on Sept. 4.

Coach Penny Hardaway’s team’s preseason matchup in Atlanta against Auburn will serve as a good litmus test before it officially begins the 2025-26 season.

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Word Flower is a fun and challenging game people of all ages can play.

The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office reports in its June 2025 Jail Report Card that booking and processing took an average of 72 hours last month, a 67% increase from the 43 hours it took in May.

While some commissioners said the resolution the could end terms early for some MSCS board members is “unfair” and that there were “pure hypocrites in this room,” unhappy community members said, “It’s time for change.”

Former Tigers Penny Hardaway, Isaac Bruce and Jerome Woods are a few of the celebrities who will compete in the Danny Thomas Celebrity-Am golf tournament on Aug. 7 at Spring Creek Ranch.

The report details further expenditures from the embattled bus system that raised questions with auditors about how taxpayer money for bus-riders was being spent. 

An earring company will open its first Tennessee location in a Germantown retail center.

During the deposition, Feagins also denied sexual harassment allegations that an attorney for the MSCS board said are part of a “formal complaint.”

American commissioner Tim Pernetti said improving the basketball league is about “bringing the bottom up.” 

“Just because we don’t have an official preseason poll doesn’t mean we can’t set a baseline of expectations for Memphis football this season. That’s where Las Vegas comes in.”

The Mississippi River is a treacherous, deceptive body of water that will kill you if you don’t know what you’re doing. That’s why many experts caution people to be very wary around the river, wear protective gear if you must but stay out of it if at all possible.