Memphis ended the year 2023 with 397 homicides, breaking the city’s previous homicide record by more than 50 additional killings. 

Fouché served in city government for years, succeeding Ursula Madden for the top communications job in September 2022.

In an NPR interview in 2018, Elmore Nickelberry said, “I knew I wasn’t no garbage man. I just worked in garbage.”

From David Jones’ play for the No. 15 Tigers to Seth Henigan’s in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, there’s plenty to discuss on the first 2024 edition of The Daily Memphian Tigers Podcast with Greg Gaston.

The donation includes 75 works created by Black local, national and international artists. Mediums represented include painting, photography, video and sculpture.

This year promises to be a big election year not only on the national level, but also in the northeastern suburbs of Shelby County.

The Tennessee Supreme Court has appointed a senior judge to fill in for Shelby County Criminal Court Division 9 Judge Melissa Boyd while she is suspended. 

College basketball analytics website Bart Torvik shows just how up and down the Tigers have been so far this season.

At shootaround, Marcus Smart’s peeled back the bandage on his left hand exposing a gnarly wound. He’s playing through it, and setting an example for Grizzlies teammates.

Philadelphia Eagles kicker Jake Elliott is 14-of-15 on field-goal attempts of 40 yards or more. He’s only missed two of his 31 total field goal tries all season. 

Memphis Mayor Paul Young offered fresh “hope” at his swearing-in ceremony. And while that won’t solve the city’s many problems, it is at least a good start. 

Here’s a good New Year’s Resolution: Play more. 

Chicken and waffles and cheesecake are now all together at Fannie Lou’s.

After a bit of trouble getting materials for the infrastructure, developers of Union Depot in Bartlett expect to pick up the pace on the mixed-use project in the coming months.

In 2023, 11 new businesses opened in the Memphis Medical District, helped by the district’s pre-development grants and other incentives. 

A day before the University of Memphis and Iowa State University football teams squared off at the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, the schools’ bands met up in Handy Park to do their own battle.

Paul Young and 12 of the 13 city council members took the oath of office at the Cannon Center to begin new four-year terms at City Hall. Young said the city will rise or fall depending on what happens in the next four years.

The Tigers first cracked the AP Top 25 this season in the Dec. 18 edition of the poll.

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Standouts from Arlington, East, Hamilton, Houston and Whitehaven up for consideration this week. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 4.

Standouts from Bartlett, CBHS, Cordova, Hillcrest and MUS up for consideration this week. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 4.

The Showboats were announced Monday, Jan. 1, as one of eight teams in the United Football League, a newly formed merger of the USFL and XFL spring pro football leagues.

In this killer sudoku, you’ll have to figure out the numbers off of the sum of the cages. IYKYK. 

Sometimes, the best food is the least messed with, and the folks at Public Bistro, Midtown’s new dinner spot, are keen on this.

The project is being directed by the not-for-profit Poplar Corridor Business District Association of Owners using tax increment financing the group was awarded in 2018 from the Economic Development Growth Engine for Memphis & Shelby County.

Danny Bubnick passed away in 2018, and his family has made it a priority to continue his mission at Midtown Framer and Art.