Alcenia’s owner B.J. Chester-Tamayo will kick off Black History Month on “Good Morning America” by cooking with co-host Michael Strahan on Wednesday, Feb. 1.

The award recognizes a business organization that has diligently built and maintained a strong and dependable relationship with the Lakeland community.

Adams led the Eagles to a 13-1 record and a Division 2-AA state championship in 2019.

Standouts from Briarcrest, FACS, Hamilton, Harding and Houston are up for consideration this week. 

Standouts from Covington, Germantown, MUS, Northpoint and Tipton-Rosemark are up for consideration this week. 

The moves are designed to allow Flinn Broadcasting to focus more tightly on its home market of Memphis. 

Yes, we made it through the weekend peacefully. But now what? The Grizzlies got a win Sunday, and that’s great. Then they shared that they’re struggling with grief and anger, just like the rest of us.

U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.), chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, said during an interview on Politics Nation on MSNBC that he extended the invitation to the family.

Offensive lineman Jacob Gray out of Providence High School in Florida committed to Memphis after the Tigers landed a kicker hours earlier. 

Prominent leaders of the Memphis Black community are calling for legislative action in the wake of the death of Tyre Nichols.

Ja Morant had 27 points, 15 assists, 10 rebounds in win over Indiana and went toe-to-toe with Pacers guard Andrew Nembhard, jawing like a boxing promo. 

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Memphis now has four new athletes joining the kicking staff for the 2023 season. 

Davis poured in 26 points to save the day in an 80-68 win for the Tigers (17-5, 7-2 AAC) over Tulsa on Sunday afternoon.

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One protester said local activists will keep protesting until all the officers involved in the events that lead to Tyre Nichols’ death have been identified. 

As public officials expressed outrage about Tyre Nichols’ death online, the protests marking the release of the videos returned to the symbol of local protest in the age of Black Lives Matter — the bridges across the Mississippi River.

Offensive lineman Judea Milon originally committed to the Tigers in December. 

The Tigers’ four-star duo Mikey Williams and JJ Taylor had big games for San Ysidro High School (San Diego) in a late tip-off Saturday on ESPN2.

The Daily Memphian analyzed the earliest available footage of the Nichols traffic stop in detail, creating a moment-by-moment timeline of the Memphis Police Department officers’ increasingly aggressive responses, even as Nichols himself remains calm and compliant.

What’s at stake in the case is the federal jurisdiction over the nation’s most valuable natural resource: water. 

In a museum in Hernando, DeSoto Countians can get a look at their past and an appreciation for those who settled there.

“We want everyone to feel a piece of Shell magic in their community,” said the Shell’s executive director. “The Shell is a bright spot in Memphis, and everyone should have this joy that we have here.”

The Memphis Police Department’s SCORPION unit, which MPD announced Saturday is being disbanded, is reminiscent of a controversial defunct unit in Atlanta over which MPD Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis was once in charge. 

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The Memphis Police Department footage of Tyre Nichols’ beating spurred hundreds of people to participate in Downtown marches Saturday. As the gatherings concluded, a trumpet player offered a bluesy hymn.

The Memphis Grizzlies stats crew is one of the best in the NBA, but leave it to Reddit and Twitter trolls to create a controversy, says a former Memphis stats keeper.

When Memphis takes on Tulsa on the road Sunday, it’ll mark the third time in the past four games where it’ll face a team in the bottom half of the AAC standings.