Through a new poetry program, Tennessee Shakespeare Company is helping “youth begin to see that they can manage conflict and that others have conflict, too.”

The six-month pilot program serves employees who have children too young for Pre-K and children with special needs. 

Memphis Grizzlies fans are weighing in on the team’s newly released 2022-2023 game schedule. 

The concept will have three booths with curved 10-foot by 15-foot 4K projector screens.

Jahmar Young Jr. announced that he will not be attending Memphis this season six days after he committed to the Tigers. 

Local leaders, many affiliated with the Nation of Islam, will discuss topics such as early childhood development, music entrepreneurship, juvenile justice and self-defense. 

Papa Murphy’s in Olive Branch has created the “Mayor Ken,” a pizza named after Mayor Ken Adams. 

Howard Stovall joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar to talk about blues music, Americana music and Clarksdale, Mississippi.

“Gene’s dreams survived, not just Hurricane Elvis but also the winds of the 2008 recession, slowed but resilient, and the winds of pandemic, slowed but recovering.”

Junior finishes at 5-under 67 and wins by five strokes.

The Tennessee Comptroller’s office plans to meet with other state officials about assisting or providing oversight of the Shelby County Clerk’s office and its distribution of license plates and the renewal of car tags.

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Repaving of Southaven streets — a priority of Mayor Darren Musselwhite — has $4 million budgeted for the new asphalt surface.

While more than 300 community organizations support the merger, some are pushing for a community agreement between the banks and groups where the institutions have sizable footprints. 

Germantown’s Judge Raymond Clift Jr. is retiring, effective Sept. 1, after more than four decades.

At least some of those who qualified for the Nov. 8 ballot by the noon Thursday, Aug. 18, deadline are expected to seek the interim appointment the Memphis City Council makes at a special Sept. 1 meeting.

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As of Friday, Aug. 12, 171 Shelby County residents had been vaccinated against monkeypox. 

Community leaders and patrons of the Fogelman Downtown YMCA praised updates to the facility Thursday, Aug. 18, as a recent $2 million renovation was celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and luncheon. 

Stephanie VanBrakle Prothro is the new University of Memphis softball head coach after spending the last 12 years as the Alabama pitching coach. 

Quarterback play, run game, experience make the Lynx the team to beat.

Head coach Penny Hardaway will still have Larry Brown’s basketball knowledge at his fingertips heading into this season. 

At City Silo’s two locations, the menu is mostly vegetarian, but you can add farm-raised chicken breast to an otherwise meatless meal. 

“Interest in a union does not exempt partners from following policies that are in place to protect partners, our customers and the communities we serve,” Starbucks said.

If you want to watch Grizzlies games without paying for cable, you can do that now for $19.99 per month. 

This week, Cowboy Mouth brings roots rock to Railgarten, Black Lodge turns back time and Emerald Theatre Company tackles anti-LGBTQ sentiment with humor.

The garden will be located across the street from Mount Vernon Baptist Church Westwood, on land the church owns.