The City of Memphis pushed back the opening of its public pools a week this summer, partly due to a nationwide lifeguard shortage. 

As Memphis embarks on the NBA offseason, it does so with once-unexpected notes of both certainty and uncertainty.

The council scorecard looks at two key votes at the May 16 council session, both on issues connected to the October Memphis ballot.

Two neighborhoods in northeast Germantown are the first to see a new traffic calming measure. If successful, the city could implement it in other neighborhoods.

Mandy Gunasekara’s effort to be on the August ballot for public service commissioner in Mississippi’s Northern District could be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Folk singers who have lived around the country will take the Hernando’s Hide-A-Way stage, local hip hop and R&B acts will perform in a Green Room showcase and Drake comes home to the FedExForum.

Downtown Memphis has a new rooftop party series and a crystal skull may or may not be involved. 

Those who died this weekend were a man at a Downtown Exxon gas station and a man in North Memphis. Two children, a 2-year-old and a 15-year-old, were among those wounded.

“That’s an entitled bunch there,” Bruce McMullen said to U.S. District Judge Mark Norris. “That holds no credibility at all. One person is on Earth, and the other is on another planet.”

“I always use an analogy when people say this is not a ‘real college.' If your air conditioning unit stops working in the middle of the summer, are you going to call someone with a doctorate degree or are you going to call someone with an HVAC license?”

Tigers coach Penny Hardaway and his staff are looking to get ahead of the game this season when it comes to building team chemistry. 

As a child, Jennifer Dobbs and her little brother were separated from their parents in China when the Japanese invaded. Her memoir was named one of Kirkus Reviews' Best Indie Books in 2022.

Cherie Canelas, a native of Miami, said her interest in baking was sparked in January 2021 when she stumbled upon a basic bread baking recipe.

Memphis has been identified as a target of the Big 12, but it has plenty of competition. Several factors would have to fall into place for the Tigers to make a move from the Group of Five to a Power 5 conference.

Cameras installed across Memphis and Shelby County can identify and alert law enforcement to vehicles connected to crimes, like missing person cases. Critics say the cameras, which are tied into a national network of surveillance, threaten the privacy of citizens.

Tigers fans had their eyes on a handful of recruits when Session 4 of the Nike EYBL season came to Memphis.

“A final inventory cannot be completed until this remaining pipework is delivered to Boston, but we are hopeful that it contains everything that is missing,” the church said in an Instagram post. 

Memphians took time out of their Memorial Day holiday Monday to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. 

“All I can say is Sam was a great dog,” said Richard Clark. “The stuff that he did, I can’t take credit for.”

Mayoral contender and Downtown Memphis Commission president Paul Young drew a crowd of around 150 Saturday, May 27, to his campaign headquarters at Poplar Plaza — the first among the contenders.

The win was just the second for the Redbirds in their six-game series with International League-leading Norfolk.

“Life can be hard, and the best way for all of us to make it through the troubles of the world is to care for one another. If we can commit to this, we will make it through the difficult road we all travel down.”

Bronia Jenkins is on a mission to grow the game of bridge, promoting the card competition from Horn Lake, Mississippi.