Ja Morant has a lot of new ink and it includes some imagery every local fan can recognize. 

Friends and family confirmed that the alleged gunman witnessed a traumatic event while in middle school, when his father was fatally shot by police officers.

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Santo Domingo native David Jones, who played for the Dominican Republic National Team in its exhibition game win over Memphis on Wednesday, expects to join Memphis later this month.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools released an updated superintendent application Thursday, Aug. 3, as the board spends an additional $19,000 to continue the search.

“Watching ‘The Bear’ has been the most simultaneously cathartic and traumatic television experience of my life.”

A report verified by a third-party arbiter and reviewed by the city administration shows 252 separate items of damage totaling $1.4 million, most of it incurred during the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.

This is almost an entirely new-look Memphis squad that had four of its players physically join the group in the last eight days alone. It was a Tigers game unlike any other.

The Tigers lost four games by seven points or less last season. Coach Ryan Silverfield plans to fix that in pursuit of an AAC championship. 

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More than 80 Memphis high school graduates were honored with a dinner reception at Memphis City Hall Wednesday night after being awarded scholarships from the Memphis City Council HBCU Scholarship Fund. 

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has charged a man in connection to a shooting at Margolin Hebrew Academy-Feinstone Yeshiva of the South in East Memphis.

Some have called Roxie’s burgers the best in the city. 

The St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend is the largest single day fundraiser for the hospital.

The collaboration is a new joint effort between the three districts to engage with industries and create opportunities for students.

The court announced Wednesday, Aug. 2, that it’s partnering with a residential boarding school “designed to train young boys to excel in academics and athletics.”

TennCare officials say the new lactation benefits are funded by shared savings from the state’s Medicaid waiver agreement with the federal government. 

If you seek movie and show recommendations about food, cooking or chefs — this episode is for you.

We’re under an excessive heat warning, and the best idea might be to fight fire with fire. 

After several days of clear tests, Germantown had a low level of detection of diesel from one of its fire hydrants near City Hall.

Voters on the western edge of Shelby County go to the polls Thursday, Aug. 3, to elect their state representative for the fourth time this year.

Nikki Dildine and her team will work on a school-by-school basis supporting transportation safety programs.

The 2023-24 schedule includes country, bluegrass and gospel artists; a comedian; full-scale live theater productions; a ballet and even some ‘70s and ‘80s throwback musical tributes.

Welcome to Memphis, Carter Malone Group, Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Greater Memphis Medical Device Council, FedEx Employees Credit Association and Community Foundation of Greater Memphis announce promotions and additions. 

The Memphis Tigers spent the first night of their weeklong Dominican Republic trip on a golf range. Though they hadn’t even played one of their three scheduled exhibition games yet, Caleb Mills' competitive fire was already burning.

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The Zoom meeting was one of many meetings with individuals and groups the federal agencies will host in response to the U.S. DOJ’s pattern or practice investigation into the Memphis Police Department. 

The University of Memphis women’s soccer team plays the first of three exhibition games Aug. 7. Head Coach Brooks Monaghan expanded on the team’s new norm of being national contenders, due to last year’s postseason run.