The Shelby County Health Department reported 85 new coronavirus cases and zero new coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday, March 23. 

Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington revisit their favorites from Memphis Black Restaurant Week and talk about their favorite Southern dish: Fried catfish.

After more than a year, The Majestic Grille is reopening on South Main, all spiffed up and ready to go with most of its original menu and familiar faces.

A new, mixed-use development is designed to bring hundreds of new residents and new retail to a 10-acre area that touches the University of Tennessee Health Science Center campus, Victorian Village, the Edge District and the Medical District.

Parish Grocery is moving from Overton Park to Cooper-Young; The Parish has opened in Hernando; and One & Only BBQ has reopened on Perkins Ext.

March 22, 2021: The Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Boston Celtics 132-126 in overtime at FedExForum.

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Dillon Brooks was the star of overtime with five points and two assists, and Morant had 29 points and nine assists in 41 minutes.

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Commission also approves the appointment of Dr. Marco Ross as Shelby County medical examiner.

The County Commission put off a vote on the change in the reappraisal cycle until its April 12 meeting as commissioners hear a lot from constituents about increased property values in the current reappraisal.

In addition to being a knockdown shooter, Quinones has unlocked his potential as a ferocious defender and rebounder. 

The Monday, March 22, meeting also featured the defeat of a resolution calling for federal officials to reconsider a nationwide permit for the pipeline project granted in February by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

In a resolution, the feathered creature was recognized as a worldwide “symbol of happiness and hope.”

The Grizzlies have gotten part of what they hoped for in the trade for Winslow. On the docket as well: The trade deadline is March 25.

Mayor Jim Strickland is taking responsibility for garbage pickup problems and says he is working to address the shortcomings. 

“The Brews Every Which Way” pays tribute to the 1960 blues collaboration between Peter “Memphis Slim” Chatman and Willie Dixon.

The retired University of Memphis criminologist helped guide and develop the data-driven crime-fighting model.

Jesuit priest who lived with Poor Clares remembered for his service to poor, allegiance to Jesus

The Tennessee Pro-Family Building Act, which would help provide infertility coverage, received a positive recommendation from the Council of Pensions and Insurance on Monday afternoon.

An independent report concluded Ford failed to disclose a county grant he proposed in 2019 would be used to buy computer equipment from Ford totaling $45,000.

All residents age 16 and older will be eligible to get vaccine appointments beginning next week, Shelby County Health Department Deputy Director David Sweat told county commissioners Monday afternoon, March 22.

The first of five buildings at I-269 Logistics Center can be expanded to 1.74 million square feet. 

About 12% of patients in area ICU beds were either COVID-positive or suspected of having the novel coronavirus.

Some of Dillon Brooks’ humor is lost in translation when he and Lithuanian big man Jonas Valanciunas team up for a Zoom interview.

Two extreme lows have turned Memphis into a battleground for would-be homebuyers: Low mortgage interest rates that make borrowing so attractive, and a low number of “For Sale” signs that make finding and grabbing a house so difficult. Experts share their advice.

When Shelby County Schools students entered their school buildings this month, many did so for the first time in about a year. But children attending smaller suburban municipal districts had been back for months.