In addition to the injured officer, the Aug. 2 crash, which occurred Downtown near Danny Thomas and Mississippi boulevards, killed officer Demetrice Johnson and a civilian. 

Liberty Park, formerly known as the Mid-South Fairgrounds, could see a broad transformation in the coming years with $112.5 million in private development now cleared for takeoff.

The Memphis Touchdown Club’s 2024 fall speakers series features college football coaches, administrators and national media members.

The Redbirds plan to play as the Memphis Red Sox and wear throwback Negro Leagues jerseys Saturday night, Aug. 10, as part of their participation in MiLB’s The Nine project.

Collierville officials didn’t plan for the project south of Tenn. 385 near Collierville Road to coincide with the first week of school.

Massey was hired as EDGE vice president of operations in February 2023.

Former U.S. Steel and Sysco Corp. executive Kenneth Jaycox will join the executive committee at Memphis-based automotive-parts retailer AutoZone.

Meanwhile, Mud Island’s River Terrace restaurant has a new tenant and the I-55 construction near the set of three bridges will include a pedestrian path.

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The 2023 Ed Murphey Classic pole vault champion wins his second Olympic medal.

The treated wastewater from the plant would replace demand on the region’s supply and save hundreds of millions of drinking water a year from industrial use.

Mason Jambon, formerly involved with Loflin Yard, Railgarten, and Bounty on Broad, gets tentative approval for a new residential development at the site of the old Bartlett Nursery.

Mayor Paul Young also said the City plans to hire an outside transit consultant to help plot the transit system’s next steps. 

The 42-year-old owner of a local construction company said he wants to run due to “a perceived age gap on the board.”

It’s time for the second half of Chris Herrington’s annual Memphis Grizzlies Mid-Summer Mailbag. In this installment, he addresses rotation issues, trade deadline matters and more.

Frederick H. Agee says, “The will of the people elected Steve Mulroy and a legislator recklessly proposing to remove him from office through legislative action — and not an election — would be more in line with Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-Un’s dictates than George Washington and Thomas Jefferson’s democracy.”

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University of Memphis fans who come to the FedEx St. Jude Championship next week will have the chance to meet a few Tigers basketball players.

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The new owners said this project will help to define the future look of The Half Shell and should be open by early October.

Officers with the Olive Branch Police Department responded to a traffic incident near Terrace Stone Drive during the early morning hours of Saturday, Aug. 3, later confirming the death of the rising baseball star. 

Under Walker’s leadership, Alpha Omega Veterans Services grew from a duplex in South Memphis to a nonprofit that helped more than 15,000 veterans get training, treatment and access to the benefits they were due.

Players will take part in the Mississippi’s only professional men’s tennis tournament for $25,000 in prize money.

Memphis and UNLV have met five times previously but haven’t faced each other since the Tigers fell to the Runnin’ Rebels 66-62 in the first round of the 1997 National Invitation Tournament.

At least 12 Memphis-Shelby County Schools closed early on the first day of classes Monday, Aug. 5. At least two schools, Sheffield High and Sherwood Middle, will dismiss early on Tuesday due to HVAC issues.

The City Council also could take final action on ground leases for the planned development at Liberty Park. The leases for an entertainment venue, hotel and apartments would bring much-needed sales tax to the Liberty Park Tourism Development Zone.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools welcomed more than 100,000 students back to classrooms for the first day of the 2024-25 school year.