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Olive Branch wants to enact a hotel-motel tax to improve its parks and recreation facilities. But the idea could face some resistance at the state level.

“It tastes like the year we got married. Like our first apartment. Our first house. It tastes like becoming parents. Like promotions. Like graduations. It tastes like celebration, and like eating half of it on the way home from the bakery with your fingers.”

If there was a redraft, where would Bane be taken? Some comps also can give an indication of how he’s doing and where he might be trending.

The Grizzlies will have seven players out when they play the Spurs on Friday night. 

Butler Row would span more than 2 acres, including the intersection at East Butler Avenue and B.B. King Boulevard.

Shelby County Health Department director Michelle Taylor urges masks and self-isolation for anyone experiencing mild symptoms. Residents are asked to avoid emergency rooms unless it’s a true emergency. 

If you decide to leave your couch this New Year’s Eve, here are a few options to welcome the year 2022. 

The Tennessee Department of Health is coordinating with Walmart pharmacies to distribute Paxlovid by Pfizer and molnupiravir by Merck. Both drugs will be available for free, but will require a prescription. 

Staffers at local testing sites have been impacted by COVID infections, much like other local workplaces, causing a strain to the system. 

The Grizzlies can play short-handed, but how will they look when everyone is healthy?

The latest COVID-19 Task Force briefing begins at noon, Thursday, Dec. 30.

The folks at cnct. development say infill projects are as important to revitalizing the Edge District as larger projects like Orleans Station and The Ravine. 

The new year comes with a new health directive to permit ‘increased social distancing and to facilitate appropriate quarantine and isolation measures.’

Today’s number of new COVID cases beats the area’s previous high, reported Dec. 27, by more than 700 cases. 

“My goal is to be a part of the revitalization of Whitehaven,” owner Yulonda Ewing said.

The rapid shift from physical to digital created a need for services that can aggregate the data and distribute it for consumption, which is where Connect Music found its opening. 

Memphis lost to Tulane for the first time since 2016. That was the last season for Josh Pastner. Which doesn’t mean this will be the last season for Penny Hardaway, of course. But things are not going well.

The Grizzlies’ star took over the fourth quarter and outdueled LeBron James in a signature performance.

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Box score: Memphis 104, Lakers 99

Without two of its top rim protectors, Memphis struggled on defense and had difficulty containing the Green Wave’s best scorer.

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Box score: Tulane 85, Memphis 84

Las Delicias is a solid choice for Mexican food and a destination for guacamole and chips. It’s also a real bargain.

Players are listed through games of Dec. 26.

A new drive-thru COVID-19 testing site just opened near the Memphis airport.

With hopes for a better 2022, we look to new places and a return to dining reviews; catch up on food stories you missed over the busy holidays.