Memphis residents showed off their emerging small businesses while connecting with Alcy-Ball neighbors Saturday, April 29, at BLDG Memphis’ first MEMFix 2023 event.

Big Bounce America, the “largest touring inflatable event in the entire world,” pops up at Shelby Farms Park, featuring an obstacle course, an inflatable sports course, “an immersive, intergalactic-themed attraction” and a giant bounce house.

This Grizzlies season ended early on Friday night in Los Angeles and then it felt like it just kept on ending, over and over again, until the score was finally 125-85 when the buzzer sounded and this Memphis playoff ride was abruptly over.

Bartlett Mayor David Parsons says Bartlett’s housing stock is about to start showing some diversity. The recently elected mayor talked about a changing housing market and Bartlett’s first mixed-use development on “Behind The Headlines.”

Shrimp Mosca, a recipe from the popular New Orleans restaurant Mosca’s, is one of thousands found in a newly acquired collection of old cookbooks. But some things have changed since the cookbook was published. 

The Los Angeles Lakers humiliated Memphis Friday to win their playoff series, 4-2. It could turn out to be a “pivotal” moment for the Grizzlies. But only if they treat it as such.

Ja Morant said his next step as a leader of the Grizzlies is better decision making off the court and leading by example on it. “However I attack any situation, I know my guys will follow,” he said. 

The Los Angeles Lakers’ 40-point victory in Game 6 of the first round of the NBA playoffs handed Memphis its largest playoff defeat in franchise history. 

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It was the Lakers that threw the first punch Friday night to take a 31-20 lead to close the opening quarter — and the Grizzlies haven’t got up since. 

The Showboats lost their first two games to the 2022 USFL champion and runner-up. Saturday, they face a Houston Gamblers team that is also winless after two weeks. 

A Grizzlies fan on Twitter has put a Memphis spin on an iconic NBA meme.

Stansbury has 21 years of head coaching experience with an overall record of 432-255.

Mother’s Day is May 14 and several Memphis restaurants will host brunches to celebrate. 

The event will be open to 500 special needs children and their immediate family members. Interested individuals must apply.

More than 500 years later and 5,205 miles away from Rome, Michelangelo gets “his own private gallery experience.”

Laderio Gordon, 29, is charged with rape of a child, especially aggravated kidnapping and employment of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony.

The Daily Memphian asked four college basketball coaches (three assistants and one head coach) what Memphis should do about Mikey Williams and granted them each anonymity so that they would speak freely.

Memphis restaurateurs Jennifer and Karl Carpenter are bringing their popular Middle Tennessee concept to the Bluff City after a successful 12-year run in Nashville.

With victories in its last two matches, Memphis looks to keep momentum going against Louisville on Saturday.

With potential growth expected, and salary increases to keep pace with other districts, the Bartlett City Schools budget for the coming fiscal year has crept above $100 million.

“Lies are fluid, based on fiction rather than fact, floating on a septic sea of deception, changing course to suit the lie, navigating an ever-false course, seeking an ever-false destination.”

Iris 2008 and Iris 2023 are just not the same thing, maybe not even kissin’ cousins. It’s been 15 years and many changes, and what happened when Iris moved to Laurelwood is precisely what should have happened: It’s become a new restaurant.

The City of Memphis’ five-year residency requirement for elected officials goes back to 1905. So why is it up for debate now? And when will we know who is eligible to run for Memphis’ next mayor? 

“This is part ... of an overall outreach program,” Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy said. “I think it’s important for the DA to be out in the community as much as possible and get input from the community.”