Alfonso Ivy, 47, had a lengthy arrest history in Shelby County on drugs and weapons charges, and had been out of prison for about 16 months after serving nine years behind bars.

DeSoto County Schools board member Michele Henley filed suit last week accusing Barton of defamation.

The planned development, Memphis Jazz, is located across from one of UMH’s existing developments, Memphis Blues.

“Revisiting history is an opportunity to make sure that you don’t repeat … things that you don’t want to repeat,” said reader Memphis Mayor Paul Young.

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens’ Julie Pierotti joins Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of “The Sidebar” to talk about the Dixon’s new exhibit, “Café Society: Art and Sociability in Paris, 1855-1914.”

The new director of scouting is the latest addition to several new hires this offseason.

In this week’s To-Do List, you can learn to listen like an artist and help some art kids get to Italy. 

The restaurant’s Lunch Box is its No. 1 order during the summer and comes with a half sandwich, fresh fruit and frozen yogurt. 

The chamber is looking for a permanent replacement for Ted Townsend, who left in April.

A prominent local developer’s lawsuit alleges the landowner of a proposed Chick-fil-A “orchestrated a ‘smear campaign’” to cast him in a negative light.

Today’s puzzle features the restored sign at the Memphis Visitor Center in Whitehaven, taken by Patrick Lantrip.

Are you ready for it? Here are today’s sudokus. 

This puzzle follows some of the conventions of Wordle. 

Dusty May and Penny Hardaway will always be inextricably linked. The outcome of their meeting in the NCAA Tournament three years ago charted a path for them both; one led to the NBA, and one that may yet lead to an unceremonious divorce.

Initially billed as an opportunity for residents to connect with local resources and hear from top public safety officials, the event was cut short after repeated outbursts from the crowd. 

Redbirds snag a solid game two on the road at Stripers Wednesday night.

A 2004 White Station High graduate co-founded Magnus Labs — an AI, data and robotics company — in Silicon Valley. Now, he wants to bring his expertise and work with Sparco, a computer- and tech-consulting business in Millington, to bring robotics and a curriculum to Memphis-area schools.

The layoffs are affecting Regional One Health Extended Care Hospital, which will be closing later this year.

The Memphis Classic, being played July 25-Aug. 2 at Leftwich Tennis Center, announced the event’s lineup for its special exhibition night, which will take place July 25 to kick off the Classic.

Food writer Sophia Surrett says she’s always preferred local produce, and “you might say I love local food from my head to-mah-toes.”

Memphians might have to wait a little longer for an In-N-Out burger.

The two federal lawsuits claim DeSoto officials tried to block Black performers from being booked at the venue, then fired leaders who refused to go along.

Sanjeev Kumar, 45, a gynecological oncologist and founder of the Memphis-based Poplar Avenue Clinic, was arrested in February 2025.

Officials want a second look at the sentencing of former Evolve Bank CEO Robert Hartheimer, who solicited sex from someone he believed to be a 15-year-old boy. 

IKEA Way — where IKEA’s recently-closed Memphis store was located — could change back to its original name.