Despite shifts in CDC guidelines, a mask giveaway hosted by the Shelby County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency has plenty of takers. 

We’ve got Tigers, a fish, a sultry supper club, and a hard-working utility crew member. Choose your favorite.

Use Kelly English recipe for a 10-minute (but labor intensive) fast roux to save a lot of time making your Mardi Gras gumbo.

Planners hope the transformation of the old Northside High School building into a mixed-use development will rekindle a sense of community in the Klondike section of North Memphis. 

Visitors sink 13 3-pointers in an impressive performance that defied the scouting report.

Memphis, which beat the Shockers handily in January, needs to stick with the game plan.

Amid a decreasing threat of COVID-19 infection, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave most Americans the green light Friday, Feb. 25, to ditch the mask indoors.

Julie Barrett went to her very first game at FedExForum Thursday. But you’d have to travel a long way (1,000 miles, anyway) to find a more devoted Memphis Tigers fan. 

A judge Friday ordered a new trial for activist Pamela Moses after she was convicted for illegally attempting to register to vote. A new trial date has not been set. 

St. Benedict’s coach plans to return for the beginning of preseason work. Also, MUS names a lacrosse coach.

Harris joins state Rep. London Lamar and nonprofit leader Rhonnie Brewer in seeking the Senate seat, which has been vacant since Feb. 2.

Steven Johnson and Frank Bonner II break down Memphis’ win over Temple and the retirement of linebacker Cole Mashburn.

There’s a new contender for an open school board seat while more incumbent judges file for re-election.

Rainess Holmes made a court appearance on Friday, Feb. 25.

In something of a “surprise,” even to himself, Steve Lockwood is the new interim executive director of BAM. 

Glenda Adams faces up to five years in prison.

At Good Fortune Co., the colorful, bustling first restaurant for co-owners Sarah Cai and Arturo Leighton, ramen noodles and fish-shaped waffle cones are made behind a bar packed with Asian spirits. 

With time running out in the first half, the Memphis Tigers were in dire straits. Which is when Penny Hardaway did something he rarely does. It was a brilliant stroke.

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Box score: Memphis 78, Temple 64 

Ja Morant gutted out an apparent injury to keep the Grizzlies in the game, but D’Angelo Russell’s 37-point night lifted Minnesota over Memphis.

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Duren scored 22 points, and Landers Nolley II and Tyler Harris came alive in the second half to lead the Tigers.

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Box score: Memphis 78, Temple 64 

State Sen. Brian Kelsey embodies the problem Memphis has with the Tennessee General Assembly. In many cases, he is the actual problem Memphis has with the Tennessee General Assembly.

The works of columnist Geoff Calkins and writers Drew Hill, Steven Johnson and John Varlas were named top 10 in the nation. 

The reasons people volunteer, the reasons companies organize their employees for volunteer efforts, and the ways organizations can best utilize volunteers vary greatly.

Sophomore Jaye Nash, senior Micaiah Halliburton honored.

Memphis guard Earl Timberlake had missed the past two games.