Southaven Mayor Darren Musselwhite doesn’t want trucks from a new development in Memphis ruining the city’s roads, so he plans to issue fines against the vehicles using Tulane Road.

After years of moving from team to team and trying to stick in the majors, Brent Rooker’s bat is popping this season.

An old hobby becomes a new taproom, Guy Fieri plans to open his first restaurant in Mississippi and Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is back on the river.

He has been out on bond since Nov. 14, 2019, the day he was booked.

“Blaming ‘bail reform’ is a political talking point — a red herring — that does nothing to address the problem. We can do better.”

The project is expected to take two years and will change much of the museum’s campus on Downtown’s Mulberry Street.

After years of delays because of changing conditions and economic setbacks, a development has changed for a site near Goodman and Hacks Cross roads.

A representative of FedEx said the decision should not affect the company’s operations at this time. 

Nearly half a million people contract Lyme disease annually nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The 901 Fund raised $831,437 in 2022, and co-founder Clay Presley expects that to increase in 2023.

In 2003, a golfer from Memphis used a 7-iron to seal the deal and win a major at Oak Hill Country Club.

Tanya Powell-May is a CPA and CEO, with a college basketball background of her own. With a son like Memphis Grizzlies’ big man Xavier Tillman Sr., she knew success was coming.

Fogelman College of Business & Economics at the University of Memphis announces an addition. 

The poll showed Van Turner and Floyd Bonner tied with about 15.9% of the vote. Willie Herenton trailed them at 13.9%, and Paul Young had 12%.

Despite the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest’s smaller scale, Tom Lee Park was active Tuesday afternoon with contestants building booths and hauling in grills and smokers.

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A year ago, council members spoke privately with their attorney about an issue in the city charter. The resulting step to change the clerk’s office only surfaced the day before Tuesday’s council session.

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The Board of Aldermen unanimously approved designs for the projects, including a new Embassy Suites by Hilton hotel, which will be part of the Landers Center expansion. 

The University of Memphis Collierville Center is owned by the suburb. The town is looking to sell the building to the suburban district for its central offices.

A Memphis documentary, “Me and the Light,” inspired the school curriculum Grounded that has touched hundreds. 

The initiatives are part of an effort to address the issue of crime in Memphis and discuss solutions to move the city forward, according to a press release.

The chair of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board will meet with community leaders May 22 to discuss the recent ban that was placed on several local activists after a special board meeting Tuesday, May 9.

Shelby County Environmental Court wants to create a fund that would help indigent and elderly people remediate blight on their property. 

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The City of Memphis needs new development within the Liberty Park Tourism Development Zone to begin paying the debt on projects such as The Memphis Sports and Events Center. The problem: The city hasn’t collected a dime of the financing yet.