“Kids are winners when they build something and think, ‘I built that,’” said Lego Master Emmanuel “Manny” Garcia. “That reverberates for adults.”

If there’s something big going on around town, there’s a good chance The Daily Memphian photographers Mark Weber and Patrick Lantrip are there to capture the moment. Take a look at this week’s images.

Most Memphis children will be on Spring Break next week, March 13-17, and if you’re hoping to find some fun (and maybe free) activities for kids, here are a few local places that have you covered.

A trip to Evelyn & Olive this week had our food writer wondering how much trouble it would be to make Jamaican Beef Patties at home. The answer: No yeast, no frying and just a basic crust you knead by hand. 

Kendric Davis and DeAndre Williams each scored more than 30 points in leading Memphis over UCF Friday. That’s the first time two Memphis players have scored 30 or more in the same game in over 52 years.

The All-AAC duo combined for 68 points on 24-39 shooting, 14 rebounds and nine assists. Tigers advance in the AAC Tournament to play Tulane in a Saturday semifinal game.

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Box score: Memphis 81, UCF 76

The Mobility Center, scheduled to open in July, already has four parking spaces that are equipped for the installation of electric chargers for public use.

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland delivered a letter to Shelby County officials questioning low bail and weak sentences and asking for bail-setting forms and judgments to be posted online. 

Currently, Lakeland has a declining sewer rate scale that does not reflect the cost of service and has no minimum bill and no cost-of-living adjustment.

When a teacher’s engagement ring goes missing, a Dogwood student digs into finding it.

The number of delinquent charges against juveniles in Memphis and Shelby County increased 30.3% in 2022 from the year before, according to data from the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission. 

Priscilla Presley is challenging a document that would make her granddaughter, 33-year-old actress Riley Keough, the sole trustee to what’s left of the family’s stake in Elvis’ empire. 

Memphis in May used a number of factors to decide what teams wouldn’t make the cut for this year’s scaled-down World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest in Tom Lee Park.

The 251-acre mixed-use development called Delta Landing was considered by Hernando this week as neighbors expressed some reservations about the project.

The pilot program is starting in the two areas that experience the most frequent and longest power outages: Orange Mound and Sherwood Forest. 

The Kitchen Table, a new restaurant in Arlington, is preparing to open this weekend filling the former Vinegar Jim’s spot near the town square.

During Michael Wiggins’ tenure, Le Bonheur opened its first pediatric inpatient unit in Jackson, Tennessee, began construction on a $95 million expansion in the Memphis Medical District, navigated the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and celebrated Le Bonheur’s 70th birthday.

Tennessee has officially and legislatively become a judgmental, vindictive, homophobic, misogynistic, intolerant, small-minded, history-denying, science-denying, racially insensitive if not racist, and holier-than-thou state simmering in its own toxic stew.

In this installment of “Minor Offenders, Major Offenses,” we look at how lawmakers intend to build on the mandatory-minimum “truth in sentencing” law with bills that treat juveniles as adults in more circumstances. Many of the tough-on-crime proposals pivot from former Gov. Bill Haslam’s moderate juvenile justice reform effort in 2018.

The Grizzlies smashed the Golden State Warriors Thursday and then got a message from their missing leader, Ja Morant. It doesn’t mean that all is well with the franchise. But a hard day ended in hope. 

The No. 2-seed Tigers will play No. 7-seed UCF in an AAC Tournament quarterfinal matchup at 6 p.m. Friday, March 10, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.

Aisha Stephens, 35, of Syracuse, New York, died after being injured in a stampede after a weekend concert by the rapper GloRilla in western New York state.