Tee Morant is hurting for his son Ja, but he vowed Tuesday night that the star point guard will come back and return to the top of the game. 

Daily Memphian volleyball player of the year Emily Farm of St. Agnes headlines a group of local players named to TSWA All-State volleyball team.

Former Tiger replaces defensive line coach Kyle Pope, who spent four years with the program.

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The Memphis Grizzlies were on fire Tuesday night and took down the Dallas Mavericks despite missing Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr.

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The Roadrunners are arguably the worst team in an AAC that’s largely weak from top to bottom. 

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The ordinance that would apply to four council members who left the council just last month would extend city health insurance to city elected officials who serve two terms or eight years in office.

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The delay would pass the responsibility to Russell Dyer, the suburb’s new superintendent, who is expected to assume his role in March.

Members of the public were only given a fraction of the seats in the two galleries overlooking the House floor.

Easily accessible for out-of-state patients, Planned Parenthood’s Carbondale health center is just four miles from the clinic Memphis-based Choices Center for Reproductive Care opened shortly after Tennessee banned abortion.

Founded in 1993, North American Electric distributes electric motors and gearing. 

Greg Gaston, Parth Upadhyaya and Tim Buckley have plenty to talk through after a wild week for the No. 13 Memphis Tigers basketball team.

A Goldwax Records standout and a co-founder of Memphis’ Center for Southern Folklore are among the newest Blues Hall of Fame members.

Sleet falling outside the National Weather Service of Memphis office Tuesday afternoon is an indication of the weather expected later this week; a light dusting of snow isn’t out of the question.

Drew Hill and Chris Herrington react to the news that Ja Morant is done for the season. What comes next for the Memphis Grizzlies?

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.