New Orleans’ win complicates Memphis’ chances for a USFL playoff berth.

It’s fitting for a Collierville elementary school named Tara Oaks, that the idea for a campus garden would sprout from an acorn. Now kids are putting down the devices and getting their hands dirty.

The Raptors are hiring Grizzlies assistant Darko Rajakovic as their next head coach, according to a report from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. 

“When the elections actually occur and you go to vote, please remember one definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result.”

Sour cream makes this ice cream super rich, the brown sugar sweetens it and adding sweet croutons takes it over the top.

With several thousand volunteers scheduled to come all summer, Brinkley Heights Baptist runs walk-up Bible camps on empty lots for hundreds of kids every day.

“This is a destination job for me,” said Townsend, who recently celebrated 100 days as the Greater Memphis Chamber’s president and CEO. In that time, Townsend has met with 100 business leaders, attended 44 ribbon cuttings and had a lot of conversations about public safety.

The long-awaited and discussed office of the Shelby County Clerk at 3785 Riverdale Road opened this week after many delays. 

Gina Harris, the Botanic Garden’s director of education and events said the venue has grown “by leaps and bounds” in the last 20 years, adding new gardens and areas, as well as communities served.

Memphis Juneteenth events include concerts, a poetry slam, cultural conversations, a bike ride, a run, a “B.A.P.S.”-themed black tie gala, chamber music and a festival featuring Project Pat.

Big 12 commissioner speaks to ESPN about a reported trip to Memphis by conference officials.

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The board plans to officially ratify their decision on the revised qualifications at a special called meeting Tuesday, June 13, before presenting them to the district’s search firm.

Nearly 30 to 40 protesters gathered at Poplar Avenue and Highland Street on Friday to protest the alleged police brutality against Jamil Ibrahim after he called police about a bag of bullets he had found at his warehouse while cleaning, according to accounts from his family.

The Daily Memphian’s Geoff Calkins wins the prestigious Gary Lundy Sports Writer of the Year award; John Varlas, Drew Hill also take victories in the annual TSWA state writing contest.

After three seasons — the last filmed entirely in Memphis — Dwayne Johnson’s NBC sitcom “Young Rock” ends. 

The local St. Francis Hospitals held a cereal-eating contest Friday as part of the effort to furnish food banks and provide for children who otherwise might go hungry.

The restaurant, which opened in 2013, is scheduled to close on Friday, June 30. 

Carnell Lake, defensive coordinator of the USFL’s Memphis Showboats, spent his NFL career with Pittsburgh, Jacksonville and Baltimore.

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More than 100 Memphis basketball supporters will peek inside Penny Hardaway’s house Saturday, June 10, as the coach hunts for stronger backing from program boosters.

“In the time since the PILOT was approved, macro-economic conditions in the real estate industry have not only not improved but have instead deteriorated further,” one of the developers wrote in a letter attached to the extension request.

As the Shelby County Health Department cautions sensitive groups to reduce outdoor air exposure on Friday, June 9, due to smoke from Canadian wildfires, some scientists question whether the whole idea of “wildfire season” still applies.

Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss all of the most relevant offseason storylines. 

Free-flowing form bolsters USL Championship-member Memphis’ team chemistry along with a won-loss record.

This comes after Mississippi’s Supreme Court upheld a lower trial court’s decision that she failed to establish Mississippi citizenship by Nov. 7, 2018, the five-year cut-off date to run in this year’s Nov. 7 general election.

Adam Walker is headed back to his alma mater after spending more than a decade with the Memphis Tigers. 

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