The Grizzlies’ win over the Phoenix Suns was a shining example of why coach Taylor Jenkins’ system works. 

The decision to consolidate more than 600 of its workers into a single Downtown workspace has been years in the making and not without its setbacks. The move took more than $50 million and three years to execute. 

It will take work, but Vernard Watkins could well be the man to return Central’s boys basketball program to its 1981 and 1982 glory days.

The new Manes on Main spring beer festival — the “mane” a nod to Memphis vernacular as well as the brewery’s lion logo — will include a hair and beard contest. 

While Arlington officials extended the gas station moratorium to the end of the year, aldermen started planning for a new Town Hall campus on property purchased a month ago.

Work has started on Ciao Bella as the longtime local Italian restaurant moves to Sanderlin Centre, just around the corner from where it all began. 

Mustangs score four of their five runs with two out to claim a key district victory.

The state House of Representatives moved on legislation Monday that could transfer three Germantown schools out of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools district. But, does Germantown want the schools or the property? 

The National Civil Rights Museum commemorated the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, April 4. The recordings of King’s sermons resonated with the times as one of those in his inner circle returned for what has become an annual pilgrimage.

Ja Morant, Killian Tillie and Tyrell Terry will all miss Tuesday’s game against the Jazz. Dillon Brooks is doubtful. But Steven Adams, Desmond Bane and Jaren Jackson Jr. will all return.

The intersection just east of the Memphis-Arkansas Bridge was a major choke point last year when the I-40 bridge was closed.

A busload of area police officers got a firsthand look Monday at the many dangerous distractions that capture the attention of drivers.

Bill Hardgrave begins his tenure at a critical point for the Memphis athletics program. The push to join the ranks of the Power Five conferences and the Independent Accountability Resolution Process investigation (IARP) of the basketball program loom. 

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Former Tigers basketball standout guided Collierville Dragons squad to 20 victories after period of coaching turmoil.

The 64th Grammy Awards show took place Sunday, April 3, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. 

Standouts from Bartlett, CBHS, Collierville, ECS, Houston and Northpoint are up for consideration this week. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 7.

Joshua Hood’s Adam Hayes may be part of the Jason Bourne universe, but Hood says Bourne wouldn’t want to meet his protagonist in a dark alley. 

Ja Morant is nearing the end of his evaluation period for his knee injury. “He’s doing well,” said Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins.

“It’s hard for me to believe that anyone has done more for Memphis than Fred Smith,” Bo Allen, First Horizon regional president for West Tennessee, Arkansas and North Mississippi, said. 

FedEx stock was up nearly 5% Tuesday, March 30, following the announcement on Monday that Raj Subramaniam will succeed Frederick W. Smith as president and CEO. 

The Millington track is considered by many a safe place to race. But regulars worry that drag racers will move to the streets if plans to sell the track and build a warehouse move forward.

Growing out-of-state enrollment and declining in-state enrollment are due in part to the looming “enrollment cliff” and the university’s improved prestige and R1 status.

Located near the Stax Records studios where the the soul-funk collective recorded, Stafford Avenue is scheduled to get a new name on April 24: James E. Alexander Avenue.

As Memphis waits to learn its punishment, North Carolina and Kansas will play for the national championship. In the past decade, both schools have been accused of cheating on a grand scale.