The move of part of the barbecue contest to Beale Street follows an earlier relocation of the Blues Tent from the Beale Street Music Festival to the entertainment district.

The library branch has been closed since MPD officer Geoffrey Redd was shot after responding to an altercation at the branch on Feb. 2. 

The redshirt freshman sank a 3-pointer that gave the Tigers a five-point lead late in their 83-78 win over Wichita State.

Who would you crown the King of Memphis rap? And, a Memphis author gives away free books.

Memphis will open its fifth year in the USL with a March 11 home match at AutoZone Park against Loudoun United.

“Tennessee cities produce 92% of all sales tax revenue generated in the state. However, sales tax revenues returned to cities make up only 20% to 30% of their annual operating revenue.”

Moody’s departure from Memphis city government comes after 20 combined years in administration.

The Daily Memphian Sports Department has earned a Top 10 Digital showing. Geoff Calkins, Drew Hill and Tim Buckley have been honored with individual awards.

We’re showing all the originality of a bad band covering somebody else’s song, and not even a Memphis song at that.

The Memphis Tigers are battered, weary — and now they’re missing a key player who broke his hand punching a door. So how do they keep winning games? By any means necessary. On a Memphis team that richly deserves a trip to the NCAAs. 

Memphis led every minute from the 10:38 mark of the first quarter until it slipped away in the final 39 seconds.

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Memphis got bucket after bucket out of the gate but didn’t finish off pesky Wichita State until the final few minutes.

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Box score: Memphis 83, Wichita State 78

Jackson Ransom of MUS and Madison Hughes of Center Hill were voted players of the week for Week 13.

Clearway Energy Group, which is constructing the county’s first solar farm near Walls, Mississippi, recently notified government officials that activity to the site will increase.

The County Commission approved a new TIF for the area of Lakeland north of Interstate 40 and Canada Road, a benefit that should enhance the area.

Julius Freeman and Ladarius Marion, now both out on bond, are suspects in the shootings at and near Live Lounge on Sunday, Feb. 19.

None of the health care-related organizations that contribute the most heavily to Tennessee politicians is publicly opposing legislation that bans transgender health care for youth despite support for that care from leading medical associations.

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Ikea offers different meal deals Mondays through Thursdays, but on Wednesdays, one adult and two kids can eat for $10.

In this bonus edition of the Daily Memphian Grizzlies Podcast, Chris Herrington welcomes back recurring guest Keith Parish, host of the Grits and Grinds and Fastbreak Breakfast podcasts.

The inaugural cohort is composed of junior business students at the U of M.

This week, the U.S. Poet Laureate will read at Rhodes, Spillit stops in Orange Mound and Ballet Memphis pays homage to love.

House Bill 1233 and Senate Bill 1029 — requiring people to attend a safety class if they fail to lock up guns in their vehicles or boats or if they don’t report gun thefts from a vehicle or boat within 24 hours — would be a small, but important, first step toward fixing the problem the Tennessee General Assembly created in 2021.

The season opens April 15 with the Showboats playing host to the Philadelphia Stars.

The site, which is within walking distance of Silo Square and Snowden Grove Park, borders the northern boundary of the recently approved mixed-use development Crossover. 

FedEx and the Air Line Pilots Association have been in contract negotiations since May 2021.