Pancreatic cancer affects Black Americans at a rate higher than that of any other population. 

With the opening of his second Elwood’s Shack location at 4040 Park Ave. delayed until mid-July, Tim Bednarski realized he had more tomatoes than he could handle.

Terri Bosby has presided over 50 ribbon-cuttings for the Greater Memphis Chamber this year, or more than two a week. At a difficult time in Memphis, Bosby is reminding us what determination and enthusiasm can do.

It’s been 16 months since two strokes left the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board member unable to walk, speak or eat. 

The Memphis Red Sox were an American Negro Baseball League that operated from 1920 to 1959.

With several thousand volunteers scheduled to come all summer, Brinkley Heights Baptist runs walk-up Bible camps on empty lots for hundreds of kids every day.

While the X’s and O’s of football are what reeled him into coaching, Matt Barnes became more interested in the interpersonal relationship side of it all as he got older.

The list of previous winners for the Distinguished Citizen Award from the AutoZone Liberty Bowl includes Elvis and Priscilla Presley, Archie and Peyton Manning and Fred Smith.

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Tequila is one of fastest-growing spirit sectors in the U.S., and a Memphis entrepreneur has launched a new brand with a cause, not a mascot. 

Once The King, always The King. Pro wrestler Jerry Lawler might be 73 years old, just months removed from a second stroke, and living with some heartache, but he still commands an audience, and The King is still gathering crowns. 

He helped perfect the early science of lipids, the fats in the blood that cause high blood pressure and strokes. The clinic he started at the VA Medical Center in 1985 is busier than ever. 

The Works and Big Green recently gave away 100 raised garden beds for free, complete with seeds, starters, a watering can, fertilizer and more than 60 pounds of soil. 

“She took a chance on me, and ever since then, our bond grew stronger and stronger every single year,” new Tiger Ki’Ari Cain, who lost her mother last year, said of Coach Alex Simmons.

The Youth Villages program has partnered with Renardo Baker, who was already embedded in the community, to reach out to the neighborhood’s most high-risk residents.

“When people think about Calvary, I want them to think these babies got good care and good love,” said Audrey Ivory, who’s worked at Calvary Place Child Care for more than 20 years. “I hope that people remember the legacy of Calvary as like a family...”

Runners power along the Mississippi for the Great American River Run as this year’s Memphis in May crosses the finish line. 

A Memphis documentary, “Me and the Light,” inspired the school curriculum Grounded that has touched hundreds. 

Otis, a highly-trained Bernese Mountain dog, delights staff and patients alike as he makes his rounds at the hospital.

Memphis Inner City Rugby has offered a lot more than rugby to those who become a part of it. 

The Melrose High alum who played for Memphis from 2015-18 was the host of a football camp for youngsters ages 6 to 16 on Saturday at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. 

The grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, Arun Gandhi left his imprint all over Memphis, including at Christian Brothers University, where he led the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence for 15 years.

Christ Church Memphis members mourn the death of Stephen Pearl, director of the church’s facilities, who was attacked outside his home.