The USL Championship veteran played in San Antonio last season.

Senior leadership, defense has MUS off to its best start in 26 years.

Now that the meeting minutes are approved, the U of M Auxiliary Services Foundation will receive Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium.

There was a time when violence against suspects was talked about freely within the force, according to former and current MPD officers. Relatively recent evidence suggests that kind of culture may have continued within the department.

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Whether Memphis City Council’s ban on pretextual traffic stops is being followed, and what will happen in the future, remains unclear.

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The Grizzlies notched one of their best wins of the season without Morant on Sunday, before the team knew of his fate. Perhaps that will help them carry confidence into a “rest of the season” they now know will continue without him.

Daily Memphian Player of the Year Houston High’s Ellett Smith and three players from state champion ECS lead a strong local contingent on the All-State soccer team.

Collierville leaders denied a new roomier Chick-fil-A due to concerns with traffic.

The panel, which Daily Memphian CEO Eric Barnes will moderate, is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. at Church of the Holy Communion, at 4656 Walnut Grove Rd.

The first Shelby County Commission meeting of the year saw a first step toward a review board to hear misconduct allegations against the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.

“Before it could even really begin, the Mikey Williams era at the University of Memphis is over.”

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Shelby County Criminal Court Division 3 Judge James Jones Jr. made the ruling in Joel Bowman’s case Monday, Jan. 8, after hearing from witnesses, including the victim of the burglary and Bowman’s former basketball coach.

More than 60% of money has been pledged; the finished library and science suite will open in summer 2025. 

In taking down the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday and then the Phoenix Suns on Sunday, Memphis won consecutive games for only the third time this season.

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Nine local schools ranked in first boys state rankings, including Bartlett High at No. 1 in Class 4A and Douglass High at No. 1 in Class 2A.

At the birthday celebration, Joel Weinshanker presented an acetate record of Elvis Presley’s “That’s Alright Mama,” which was the late singer’s first commercial recording. 

More than half of the 20 players Memphis drafted came from the New Orleans Breakers’ roster. The Showboats also selected Case Cookus, one of the USFL’s top quarterbacks last season. 

The Memphis Grizzlies are staying humble as they try to climb their way out of the bottom of the West. 

The Tigers rise in the AP Top 25 poll for the fourth consecutive week.

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Standouts from Memphis School of Excellence-Winchester, St. Benedict, St. George’s, Trezevant and Westwood are up for consideration this week. 

Standouts from Bartlett, ECS, FACS, Harding and Memphis Business Academy are up for consideration this week.

Shelby County commissioners start the new year Monday, Jan. 8, with a short agenda and a deeper dive into the details and rules of getting to votes on resolutions and ordinances.

Other than Gov. Bill Lee’s proposal to expand private school vouchers, legislation intended to fight crime is likely to be the General Assembly’s biggest focus in its 2023 legislative session, which begins Tuesday.

Five former Memphis Police Department officers received state and federal charges for their alleged roles in Tyre Nichols’ death. They were also named as defendants in a civil wrongful death suit Nichols’ family filed. Here’s where their cases stand.