Monday prep report: CBHS blanks MUS in region opener
The Brothers get more than enough offense to support a fine start from Nathan Ferris.
The Brothers get more than enough offense to support a fine start from Nathan Ferris.
Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 40 points and Brandon Clarke had a huge fourth quarter to lead the Grizzlies’ comeback victory over the Pistons in Detroit. Box score: Grizzlies 110, Pistons 108 Grizzlies Insider: UConn’s Donovan Clingan is the pick among Grizzlies fans. Is the team on board?Related stories:
Removing developer Yehuda Netanel from The Lake District project east of Canada Road seems headed to its conclusion.
FedEx’s pilots union said the change will diminish FedEx’s competitive advantage, but the logistics giant said it will improve profitability as soon as the 2025 fiscal year.
Collierville officials broke ground on the suburb’s newest and biggest fire station, which will be right across from the high school on East Shelby Drive. Collierville hasn’t opened a new station since 2001.
The proposed Whataburger would include a drive-thru and outdoor patio, but the original, 2022 plan for the site said no drive-thru restaurants would be allowed there without approval from the Land Use Control Board and Memphis City Council.
Days before a vote that could see her removed from the bench, a criminal court judge wants to resign from her post, according to a letter obtained by The Daily Memphian. But the vote should move forward, regardless.
Belltower Coffee is hosting a new festival at the end of April, which kicks off its new initiative focused on community, connection and, of course, coffee.
“I’ve been ... hearing some great stories and then hearing some of the sharper and harder stories about the work that remains ahead and lies ahead,” New MSCS superintendent Marie Feagins said at the first stop on her tour of 20 schools this month.
The University of Memphis got in on the April Fools' Day foolery with an announcement that the college’s nickname would no longer be the “Tigers.”
Standouts from Central, Collierville, Covington, Crosstown, Harding and Houston are up for consideration this week.
“We all know anytime there are gifts being opened, anytime there’s ice cream and field trips and dress up and games, anytime someone is empowered to do something they could not do before, there’s a party going on.”
Baptist Health Sciences University inaugurated Hampton Hopkins just as its College of Osteopathic Medicine opens. Its other programs range from nursing to biomedical sciences to public health.
The 100,000-square-foot college on Union Avenue in the Memphis Medical District will open its doors April 6 and welcome its first class of osteopathic medicine students in August.
The first Memphis City Council Scorecard of the body’s term of office finds the council cleaning up a few leftover matters and examines the vote that didn’t happen on a North Memphis biomass facility.
MPD’s establishment of the second lieutenant field supervisor role was meant to fill a gap within the force. But after arbitration and further negotiations, the process has left officers divided.
Rob Carter’s contributions at FedEx are a large portfolio of innovation for a company that would be a fraction of itself without web interface, cloud-based computing and automated sorting.
Today’s sudoku is rated medium.
“That’s the best thing about our job,” Craig Unger, Redbirds president and general manager said. “To see the excitement that kids and families have when they come to a game, and then to be able to do something like this, there’s no better feeling to see all those kids just lined up around the warning track.”
The Memphis Showboats set sail on the United Football League season with a road win over the Houston Roughnecks at Rice Stadium on Sunday.
Also happening: Baptist Health Sciences University’s cuts the ribbon on a new college, and the deadline to file a petition for the August election is this week.
Tennessee Vols fall one game short of reaching the Final Four.
When West African chef Bala Tounkara noticed all the barbecue drama in Memphis, a proverbial light bulb came on.
Greenhaus at 356 N. Main St. also added a hallway connecting to neighboring Comeback Coffee. The plant shop was formerly known as Golden Hour.
“Every year on June 21, my brother Landon Williams sends me some version of the same text message ... ‘Hey Sister! Today is the 6-year anniversary of the day when Everett was supposed to die.’”