Kam Jones scored 18 consecutive points for Marquette during the second half to help the Golden Eagles pull away from Vermont.

The families of Gershun Freeman and Tyre Nichols stood with attorney Ben Crump Friday afternoon outside the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center, demanding prosecution of the corrections officers responsible for Freeman’s death. 

Tennessee lawmakers are close to amending the state’s total abortion ban to allow doctors to terminate pregnancies to save patients’ lives. But the amended bill is more vague than the original about when abortion would be legal.

Memphis Police Department Lt. Dewayne Smith, a 25-year veteran, has been identified as the officer who retired before an administrative hearing into his involvement in the death of Tyre Nichols.

The 1972-73 Memphis State Tigers NCAA Tournament team’s impact on the city still is examined and debated 50 years later.

Former MSCS deputy superintendent John Barker has proposed a new vo-tech charter school for the district to consider.

The rally was hosted by OUTMemphis and the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ civil rights organization. Other participating organizations included Choices Memphis and My Sistah’s House Memphis.

MLGW has processed bills for more than 34,000 users who were behind on payments because of faulty meters. That’s about 8% of MLGW electricity customers. 

The Memphis Grizzlies guard was fined $35,000 for “the unsportsmanlike act of shoving a camera person on the sideline after pursuing a loose ball,” the NBA announced Friday.

Mustangs can’t get anything going on the offensive end and end the season with a 26-10 record.

Bill Nye dances to a song from a Memphis rapper and another debuts an Apple Music short documentary.

Turner’s lawsuit is likely to be combined with a similar challenge of the five-year residency requirement filed Monday by Sheriff Floyd Bonner.

Senior scores 36 points in in boys basketball 4A semifinal win over Hillsboro.

The 2020 football season was built on coach Ryan Silverfield’s team finding ways to win close games. The 2021 and 2022 seasons were derailed because Memphis lost too many close ones.

In Memphis, leaders seem to agree that youth are able to get guns too easily and that they are seeing a trend of younger juvenile offenders and more violent offenses. But there are varying opinions on how to deal with those trends.

The Tigers, playing in front of a loud, large crowd at Elma Roane Fieldhouse, never trailed. Memphis will play Ball State Monday in the second round.

Tomcats make enough plays down the stretch and end Roadrunners’ underdog run.

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In the full interview, Ja Morant said the negative publicity has been tough on him because he knows that his parents raised him right. 

Sam’s Deli, a Highland Avenue favorite, offers a nice veggie pita sandwich for a lighter lunch and half sandwiches for those who can’t put away a huge hoagie.

Knights had a chance to win or tie at the buzzer but the Bobcats hang on and advance to Class 2A semifinals.

FedEx says continued demand weakness, particularly at FedEx Express, affected its most recent earnings period. 

PFAS are a class of more than 12,000 human-made compounds. They accumulate in the environment and human bodies over time and don’t easily degrade, which is why some call them “forever chemicals.”

An early unaffiliated poll shows Memphis NAACP President Van Turner, former mayor Willie Herenton and Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. tightly bunched at the top of the crowded Memphis mayoral race.