A decade ago, Dr. Jeffrey Towbin gave Le Bonheur a 30-page single-spaced plan for how he would build a world-class pediatric heart program in Memphis.

After spending three years away, LSU transfer and former MUS star point guard Curtis Givens III is making a homecoming with the Memphis Tigers.

The way to curb speeding at first glance might be to put more police officers on the street. But it’s not that simple.

The Old Brownsville Farm will open this weekend, allowing visitors to stroll the grounds and pick their own flowers.

The number of speeding tickets dropped in 2020 and has never increased back to pre-pandemic numbers. The number of fatalities have gone the other way.

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This week’s puzzle is a breeze for crossword fans.

The Arkansas baseball team bested defending national champion Tennessee in the opening game of the best-of-three Fayetteville Super Regional. 

Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski were the first all-British team to reach a Grand Slam men’s doubles final in the Open era.

Each year, the two-day Memphis festival celebrates June 19, 1865, when enslaved Texans learned of the Emancipation Proclamation.

The Grizzlies on Tuesday announced a new medical update for Edey. The team said he will be reevaluated in four months after having surgery Tuesday on his left ankle.

Edible Memphis editor Stacey Greenberg comes back to “Sound Bites” to talk about her food tour of Mexico City and old-school, longtime Memphis restaurants.

The McDonald Murrmann clinic has been caring for women’s bodies for nearly 30 years, and now it’s adding mental health offerings.

IKEA confirmed it was making changes to the store at 7900 Ikea Way in Cordova, Tennessee’s only IKEA retail store. 

University of Tennessee-Martin officials hope former Olympic equestrian Melanie Smith’s Wildwood Farm in Germantown will be available to students by 2027.

“There’s a lot of homeless children in Southeast Memphis,” Hospitality Hub Executive Director Kelcey Johnson said. “Southeast Memphis leads the county in evictions, almost three times as many as the rest of the city combined.”

“Landscape is the quickest way to ingratiate yourself and understand what it is to be in Memphis and what it means to be in the Delta South,” Hank Miles Smith said.

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

Though Memphis opted into the settlement, athletic director Ed Scott said in late April that the Tigers did not have the means to share the full $20.5 million with their athletes.

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Starting pitcher Quinn Mathews allowed five hits, struck out six and walked none in 5.0 innings, his longest start of the season.

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The sweeping terms of the so-called House settlement include approval for each school to share up to $20.5 million with athletes over the next year.

This year’s Memphis Juneteenth events include concerts, festivals, parades, film screenings, dance, theater and spoken word. 

In June, attendees can choose from events including parties, parades, drag brunches and drag bicycle races during Pride Month.

Meant to be showcase intimate performances by Memphis musicians, Beale Street Live kicked off Friday with a performance by local artist Savannah Brister.