The University of Memphis’ Center for Applied Earth Science has hired a professor known for using data to guide long-term planning for infrastructure.

At least 15 city employees traveled to the Caribbean island for a recruiting fair last July. The event, designed to attract police officers and employees for other hard-to-fill jobs, failed to attract a single candidate.

City of Memphis leaders have urged drivers to stay off the streets until roads are clear of ice. That means more time at home to play your favorite games.

The latest location of popular Bartlett restaurant has the potential to bring the restaurant to hotels across the U.S. 

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The Grizzlies’ offense sputtered without their stars in a 125-96 loss to the Bulls on Saturday at the United Center. 

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A winner of the lottery for free tickets to the Orpheum concert said the hometown singer’s “focus was on us, the people of Memphis.”

The Memphis Grizzlies had a notable visitor at shootaround on Saturday morning at the United Center as the Grizzlies prepared to face the Chicago Bulls.

The Tigers played their first game at FedExForum since 2015, after icy roads forced the move Downtown from the University of Memphis campus.

The Tigers’ matchup with Tulane on Sunday represents an opportunity for the group to grab its seventh Quad II victory of the season and get back on track before things further unravel.

For the first time in about a week, temperatures are expected to rise above freezing Jan. 21 and officials say that will likely reveal more water main breaks and help them gauge the full extent of damage.

Recent winter weather coupled with MLGW’s indefinite boil-water advisory is making life a little bit more challenging for restaurants as they have to figure out what to do about food, drinks and even the restrooms. 

MLGW’s water customers remain under a precautionary boil-water advisory.

Lee Todd writes, “This effort against crime in Memphis will take everyone’s efforts. Citizens and people of authority must stand united. Until that happens, it will be about as beneficial as pouring water into the wind.”

Some of the 120 prosecutors working in the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office make as much as $70,000 more than their colleagues who work next to them.

Roshun Austin and Archie Willis III of the Klondike Partners development group talked on “Behind The Headlines” about the financial hoops the adaptive reuse of Northside High School has had to jump through.

“Check washing” is a crime the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network says is surging despite the fact that the use of checks is declining.

Cyrena Wages is nothing if not honest. Honest about her music, her career and herself. It shows on her debut album, Vanity Project, and in the conversation Eric Barnes had with her on this week’s Sidebar.

Today’s sudoku is a hard one!

She wrote the 450-page novel late at night in her East Memphis home around her day job in admissions at the Southern College of Optometry.

Greg Gaston, Tim Buckley and Parth Upadhyaya discuss all that went wrong for Memphis in its loss to South Florida and what comes next on the latest episode of The Daily Memphian Tigers Podcast.

After nearly a week of winter weather, the Orpheum confirmed Jan. 18 that Timberlake’s Friday concert would continue as planned. Also Thursday, the artist posted a five-second clip from a rehearsal at the Orpheum.

Saturday’s Memphis women’s basketball game against Florida Atlantic will be played at FedExForum due to winter weather impact on campus and at Elma Roane Fieldhouse.

Water pressure has continued to drop Friday, Jan. 19, for some Memphis Light, Gas and Water customers. 

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“This program will accelerate and amplify this region’s work to create more pathways to prosperity for all, and especially for people who are looking for a second chance,” said Ted Townsend, Chamber president and CEO.