A dejected DeAndre Williams reached out to his high school coach, who offered sage advice.

This week’s events include an influential Memphis gospel family, Christmas music in English and Spanish and a new collective of Black musicians. 

The University of Memphis is now in the top tier of research universities nationally. 

Memphis International Airport has just landed another flight it’s been chasing for years. 

Dillon Brooks and Desmond Bane delivered in the final quarter as the Grizzlies held on to win their ninth in 10 games.

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Box score: Grizzlies 113, Trail Blazers 103

The most encouraging sign from Tuesday’s win was Penny Hardaway’s growth on the sideline.

Alex Lomax once was the child receiving Christmas toys at a community center. Now he’s the one passing them out. “This means a lot to me, being from Memphis and being able to give back toys to the kids,” he said.

“Licensure of liars should not be allowed,” one Nashville physician told the state legislature’s Joint Government Operations Committee.

Germantown and Collierville have among the top ACT scores in Tennessee.

The City Council Scorecard examines the procedural votes that brought a controversial commercial development project and a key intersection back to life after the council killed the project in November on a tie vote.

Althea Greene opened her bid for the District 7 commission seat by saying Tennessee’s new open carry gun law is meant to increase violence and killings. Candidates can begin pulling and filing qualifying petitions in the May primaries, including the commission races, starting Monday.

A coalition led by the University of Memphis was selected as a finalist in the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s Build Back Better Regional Challenge and awarded a $500,000 planning grant. 

It’s the fourth officer-involved shooting in Memphis and Shelby County this year and the 53rd officer-involved shooting in Tennessee this year.

Until the new president can be nominated and confirmed, EDGE chose to appoint a vice president to handle certain day-to-day and administrative functions.

Carlia Northcross led the Saints as they finished runner-up at the state championships.

The honorary street name was approved by the Memphis City Council at a meeting earlier this month. 

The Grizzlies have played the best defense in the NBA this month. Can they keep it up when Ja Morant returns?

Pralines, milk punch and Frank Grisanti’s tiramisu recipe all delivered this week; Melissa Cookston’s Southaven BBQ store has opened; McEwen’s opens next week. Why, Merry Christmas!

Bert Smythe and John Littlefield talk about the 21 months they spent remodeling McEwen’s, which is reopening Dec. 20.

What to do with shuttered big box stores, and an update on the planned mixed-use development at the former Union Avenue police station.

Gov. Bill Lee bumped up the starting annual salary for corrections officers from $32,500 to $44,500.