Trezevant, Archer Malmo, Memphis University School, ALSAC and WLOK announce promotions and additions. 

Anne Boyd celebrated her 90th birthday with her first Grizzlies game at FedExForum. That says a lot about her. And a lot about what the Grizzlies have come to mean to this city over the past 22 years. 

Notebook: The Memphis Redbirds’ home-opener gave fans their first look at top prospect Masyn Winn and scorekeeper John Guinozzo, 74, was at his usual post and recalling a 40-year-old run-in with Nashville manager Stump Merrill.

The Tigers couldn’t recover from a strong fourth inning by Ole Miss that helped lift the Rebels to a 7-2 win over Memphis at FedExPark Avron Fogleman Field.

Memphis trailed by five in the fourth quarter, but found a late surge from Desmond Bane to beat the Portland Trail Blazers. 

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The museum was transformed into a living memorial for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at NCRM’s MLK55 commemoration. King’s distinctive and punctuating speeches echoed through the plaza at full volume as visitors entered and exited the museum.

The wrongful death lawsuit was filed April 4 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee by Gershun Freeman’s wife, Nicole Freeman, on behalf of herself, their child and other wrongful-death beneficiaries. 

Collierville’s Planning Commission favored plans for a new subdivision near Hinton Park.

World Central Kitchen and local volunteers are delivering meals to folks in need in Covington and Wynne, Arkansas.

Dorothy’s Cottage is named in memory of the late Dorothy Lee Wilson, wife of Holiday Inn founder Kemmons Wilson, for her dedication to children and families. 

The White House reaction to the threatened expulsion of three Democratic state Representatives by the majority Republican leadership of the Tennessee House includes calls for an assault weapons ban among other measures.

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Memphis’ 2022-23 season offered plenty of shining moments.

The city council meets Wednesday, April 5, in special session to take the first of three votes on changes to its district lines for the October elections.

Arlington’s medical services grow as OrthoSouth opens its ninth clinic in the same medical complex as Baptist’s new emergency department that opened in January at 5150 Airline Road. 

Arlington officials got a look this week at master plans for a new Town Hall and the surrounding amenities, along with the future improvements of parks.

An additional suspect in the shooting at Prive restaurant was apprehended by U.S. Marshals and local law enforcement agencies, and a third suspect has been identified by the Memphis Police Department.

New Memphis offensive line coach Jeff Myers likes to highlight to recruits that his head coach is an offensive line guy.

Memphis will make its sixth Maui Jim Maui Invitational appearance in 2024.

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Amy Lenkszus opened Sumits Yoga eight years ago. Now she’s expanding what the Germantown studio created, rebranding it as SANA Yoga under her direction, including licenses for new locations.

We’ll have one more breakfast/brunch option next month when the second location of The Liquor Store opens at Williamsburg Village.

Jim Strickland is bullish on the Memphis Tigers as a deserving candidate for promotion from the American Athletic Conference as the Big 12 and Pac-12 look to expand.

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Olive Branch used cutting-edge software to create priority list of the top 15 streets in need of repaving and other improvements.

The National Civil Rights Museum will break ground May 16 on the expansion of the museum’s Legacy Building.