Construction begins this winter where the old campus gym sat. Buckman Hall will be torn down in 2024 for the second phase of the campaign. 

When the moon is full, it’s time to empty the discount freezer at Sugaree’s Bakery in New Albany.

During the Tyre Nichols funeral, the forceful messages from the pulpit and soul-stirring music from the choir celebrated Nichols’ life, but the service also became a spark for a renewed call for police reform — locally and nationally.

“No pursuit is worth the loss of innocent life,” Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said.

“There is both urgency and conviction here in what to do about the killing of Tyre Nichols, in what to do about police brutality, and it has national implications. We’re doing it. We must do it. And in memory of your gentle soul, Mr. Nichols, we must continue.”

Dillon Brooks and Donovan Mitchell were ejected following a skirmish in the third quarter. The Grizzlies went on to lose for the seventh time in eight games. 

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Former band members from new participant Arkansas at Pine Bluff can’t wait to see their school play Tennessee State in Memphis.

Reid Chauhan and Teniya Morant won this week’s poll by comfortable margins.

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The transfer portal has become a major part of roster management but Memphis coach Ryan Silverfield likes to have a balance of transfers and high school recruits. 

Arlington, Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown and Lakeland students will return to school Friday as the Memphis area begins to thaw out. Millington Municipal Schools, Memphis-Shelby County Schools and DeSoto County Schools will remain closed.

The demolition of the three 400-foot-tall chimney stacks at the now-defunct Allen Fossil Plant is the final step in a four-phase plan to prepare the site for redevelopment, and repurpose the 500 acres of land it occupies in Southwest Memphis.

The women who formed a grief group last summer are organizing “A Time to Mourn” — a special service of grief and lament at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 17 in the Church Health Community Room in Crosstown Concourse.

A heavy police presence was spotted at the White Station Poplar Library around 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2.

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“As artists, we’re sometimes cultural ambassadors, and we can say with our bodies what people can’t always say with words,” Ashley Murphy-Wilson said. 

The Augusta National Women’s Amateur’s first two rounds will be played March 29-30, at Champions Retreat Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

This week, Hattiloo Theatre and Crosstown Arts share coming-of-age stories on the stage and screen. And Tennessee Shakespeare Company shares a classic love story switcheroo. 

Memphis Pizza Café has a menu full of $10 Deals, from sandwiches to calzones, pizzas and combos.

Memphis will take on Tulane at 1 p.m. Saturday at FedExForum in a rematch of its New Year’s Day loss in New Orleans.

Memphis City Council member Frank Colvett formally announced his candidacy Thursday, Feb. 2.

It took five years — five years — for New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo to be fired after Eric Garner’s death in 2014. In Memphis, in 2023, it took 13 days for five officers to be fired for their roles in Tyre Nichols’ death. 

A new festival focused on celebrating Black authors and literature will kick off at Crosstown Concourse this weekend. 

It’s exactly one week until the NBA trade deadline. And the Grizzlies need help!