The Sounds handed Memphis five losses in a six-game International League series at AutoZone Park.

Four Bartlett High students are learning about some of the suburb’s inner workings during summer internships with the city.

MPD Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis discusses body cams, reckless driving, and says, “Sometimes, it’s difficult for one officer to deal with individuals, especially when they have guns. And many ... have all kinds of weapons.”

Collierville Mayor Stan Joyner called the latest outage ‘a gut punch’ to those already affected. MLGW President and CEO Doug McGowen said weather-related repairs delay long-term reliability improvements.

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The Grizzlies played from behind for much of the game, but sealed their victory with a David Roddy/Kenneth Lofton Jr. combo in the game’s final minute.

The initiative began several years ago when Crosstown Concourse was still under construction. The Moonpie Project was a brainchild of muralist Michael “Birdcap” Roy. 

Some suburban residents are still dealing with power issues related to the devastating June 25 storm this holiday weekend, including some who already endured a week without electricity.

The negotiation period for NBA free agency is now mostly over, but the big moves of the offseason have perhaps just begun.

The injunction will be in place until the lawsuit runs its course. Supporters of the law say they’re prepared to appeal all the way to the Supreme Court.

As a 21-year-old housekeeper at Gould’s, Eunice Boddie got up the courage to ask her boss in 1955 if she could be a hair stylist instead. Today she’s celebrating her 68th consecutive year of working with the company. 

Both prospects for the new DeSoto County sheriff have history and law enforcement and agree the biggest public safety issue facing the county is crime from Memphis and surrounding Mississippi counties.

Nine former Tigers are expected to play in the NBA’s 2023 Summer League.

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“I’m from the projects from a single mother — if I can open a restaurant, anybody can do it. I want to send a message to people.”

“Treatments are being skipped and delayed, doses are being reduced, treatment plans are being changed, and sequences of usual treatment are being altered,” said Dr. Sylvia Richey, chief medical officer at West Cancer Center & Research Institute. 

The problem with common sense, as the saying goes, is that it’s so uncommon. Memphis businessman Bill Courtney is trying to change that with his new podcast, “An Army of Normal Folks.”

Former DeSoto Central standout Austin Riley and former Evangelical Christian School star Brent Rooker were named Sunday, July 2, as reserves for the MLB All-Star Game that will be played July 11 in Seattle.

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The Shelby County Commission Scorecard follows the complex four-month path of the $25 wheel-tax hike, with a mix of the roll call votes and developments outside commission meetings that shaped the compromise.

“The Tuesday soup kitchen, run by students at Rhodes, is the longest-running college student-led soup kitchen in the country. I find this jaw-droppingly impressive.”

The recent approval of a number of a apartment projects concerns some residents, but many stem from zoning classifications made decades ago. 

From tennis courts in South Memphis to funding for a study of a Memphis crime lab, this year’s budget negotiations had something for everyone. 

Mahaffey Event and Tent Rentals began in 1924, making circus tents and more. Now the Memphis firm has bought Holliday Events’ furnishings and supplies, with plans for “full-service event planning.”

“We would head back to Busch Stadium and find our spot on the fold-down, red plastic chairs — the ones you would have to peel the backs of your thighs off of each time you would stand up to cheer. Because it was hot. So, so hot.”

Three new brunch spots have Memphians’ mouths watering for everything from chicken and waffles to beignets and salmon croquettes. And the people behind one of those brunch places are already opening a sister location in East Memphis. 

The former Whitehaven High star played at Missouri and Jackson State before signing this year with the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent.

The Grizzlies will generate a trade exception by doing the sign-and-trade that sends Brooks to Houston.