The former development director for the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Sanford served as president and CEO of the Mid-South Food Bank for nearly two decades.

This week, Opera Memphis kicks off 30 Days of Opera, animatronic dinos stomp into the Renasant Convention Center and an art show at Tone explores gender and gender variation.

Pop’s Comfort Kitchen in Bartlett has fried chicken livers with two sides and cornbread every Tuesday for $9.99. It also sells its chicken and dumplings by the gallon. 

Central’s team of Tyler Bell, Dohnavon Hunt, Quincy Briggs and Jordan Ware performed the fastest 800 relay ever recorded by a Tennessee team.

The goal now is to be playing the best basketball possible as they wait for Ja Morant to return from injury and look to the playoffs. 

Taylor Jenkins won’t take credit, but his peers and mentors believe everything he has accomplished with the Grizzlies thus far has been “spectacular.”

Some four years after its opening, Collierville High already is facing some growing pains and has plans for a new 29,500-square-foot expansion.

“Despite the grousing and threats of a meaningless censure, Strickland is simply being Strickland. He’s also being pragmatic.”

The last shot from San Antonio’s Keldon Johnson went wide, and the Grizzlies win their first Southwest Division title in team history.

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Carlisle Corp. will begin construction on the Grand Hyatt in May. The developer also announced the opening of Caption by Hyatt and plans for the former Nylon Net Building site. 

The National Weather Service said that tornado would be rated “at least EF-2,” which would mean wind speeds reached 111-135 mph (178-217 kph).

Arianna Poindexter will now co-anchor the morning newscasts alongside Andrew Douglas, Kelli Cook will serve as the weekend anchor and Joy Redmond will join Joe Birch in the early and late newscasts as co-anchor.

Uganda native Edward Kizza made 11 MLS appearances in 2021.

The event will be held Sat, April 2 at 10 a.m. at the Holiday Inn located at 3700 Central Avenue. 

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott is giving away billions of dollars to nonprofits, and Youth Villages just received $25 million.

The Orpheum Theatre is now under private ownership after the Orpheum Theatre Group officially signed the deed Monday, March 28.

It was an eventful week in Memphis, with van Gogh at Graceland, an anniversary at Hampline and sushi at Do, which closed almost 10 years ago.

To accommodate Beale Street Music Festival fans used to staying in Downtown hotels, a free rapid bus shuttle from Downtown to Liberty Park will be offered for this year’s festival.

Maybe you miss a Chicago style hot dog, maybe a Chicago deep dish pizza, maybe you want restaurants to stay open later or want a local diner. What do you think the Memphis restaurant scene needs?

Tigers wide receiver Javon Ivory said the transition into a veteran role model can be a rollercoaster.

Memphis-area school systems are releasing students early due to hazardous weather conditions predicted for this afternoon. 

Today’s forecast includes the possibility of severe thunderstorms, tornadoes and hail. 

Germantown is working to develop its first true major road plan. The city’s last review of its roadways was in the 1990s.

Kyle Mabie powers Eagles at the plate and backs a fine start from Parker Allen.