A chef, a commissioner, and other Memphians are offering ways to support Makeda’s Cookies

The Tigers basketball coach and fellow hometown star said on Instagram video: “To get murdered like that, it just doesn’t sit well with me.”

This isn’t the same Hilltoppers team from a year ago, but the Tigers still should be motivated.

The center’s newly renovated, 118,000-square-foot exhibit hall was recently used as the set for a History Channel commercial featuring Morgan Freeman. 

Construction on the new Fire Station No. 1, at 225 Chelsea Ave., began Thursday morning. To celebrate, the City of Memphis Division of Fire Services hosted a groundbreaking ceremony in the afternoon.

Fans of slain rapper Young Dolph Thursday streamed by the cookie shop where he was shot Wednesday to pay respects as police investigated another shooting near the site. 

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Pervis Payne will not face the death penalty and will instead get two consecutive life terms, District Attorney General Amy Weirich announced Thursday, Nov. 18.

BlueCross Bowl berths are on the line in Division 2, while MAHS and Covington travel for quarterfinal games.

A cornerstone of the Tigers has found his production stymied by early foul trouble.

City Council member Martavius Jones is the first member of the body to react to several angry outbursts by fellow council member Edmund Ford Sr. at Tuesday’s session. 

Starting this week, The Daily Memphian will begin publishing a year-long series of in-depth, extensive reporting on crime in Memphis.

SkyCop cameras have cost Memphis more than $10 million since 2010, but a Daily Memphian analysis shows the city experienced more crime with a vast camera system than without it, and cameras rarely help criminal investigations.

Dillon Brooks said his matchup with Paul George on Thursday is going to test his wind. 

“To the world, he was Young Dolph, to me just Adolph.” 

Active cases have increased in every age group except those older than 85, one week ahead of Thanksgiving.

From calling a councilwoman “baby” to berating a city division director, Memphis City Council member Edmund Ford Sr. has a history of outbursts prior to Tuesday’s comments to two members of county government. 

“It’s easy for (Mississippi Gov. Tate) Reeves and others of his ilk to continually recite Dr. King’s words about content of character and pretend that racism no longer exists.”

Future Murray State player scores 24 points to lead MHEA past Rossville on Monday.

Among three finalists for the Tennessee Department of Education position is Cedrick Gray, a longtime Memphis educator who currently serves as director of education for Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris’ office. 

St. Jude presented plans for its proposed garage to the Board of Adjustment Wednesday, but the board postponed the decision until its Dec. 22 meeting.

Boyle’s planned apartments in Germantown seem to have hit a snag. It seems the vested rights may have expired on the site, according to a legal review.

The pandemic shut down the Grizzlies’ efforts to give back to the community last season. On Wednesday, they were able to help out at the Mid-South Food Bank.

The five-story development would include residential and retail space. 

Smiley called for working “together collectively to make a difference” and said a curfew would be a temporary measure.