Memphis rapper GloRilla said she puts an R in any word that has a U in it. Now, linguistic researchers are hearing her out. 

Pay a visit to Midtown Hardware on Summer Avenue, and you’ll enter the only independent hardware store in Shelby County owned and operated by women.

Organizers hope the Step Up Squad Adaptive Camp for children born with limb differences will spur self-confidence, friendship and fun.

Thousands attend the Memphis Pride Fest and Parade in Downtown Memphis, including both members of the LGBTQ+ community as well as their straight allies.

Four Memphis Youth Symphony members have been selected for Carnegie Hall’s national music programs, which will take them to New York and beyond. 

A ceremony is planned for Memphis judge Jon McCalla and his wife Mary, a well-known physician.

Modern mannequins provide various types of lifelike practice situations for nurses, physcians and other healthcare professionals.

James Jin just graduated from high school, but already, his nonprofit, ArtFlow, is in more than 200 schools and community organizations across 10 countries. Here’s why he started it — and what he’ll do next. 

Apperson Crump ended its operations at the end of 2025. It leaves behind a legacy not just in the Memphis legal community but the city’s history, attorneys said.

This month, Trackeshia Love earned her associate’s degree from LeMoyne-Owen College, at the age of 47. And she’s just getting started. 

Since 1989, Holy Rosary Catholic Church in East Memphis has staged the festival centered that centers around Italian gravy, aka spaghetti sauce.

Before embarking on ministry mission and a career working with youths, Billy Buford toiled off the bench for then-Memphis State.

Josh Verma made it to the national spelling bee for the third straight year. Even though he was eliminated this week, the Farmington Elementary student deserves notice.

On Friday, May 22, CBS Radio News ceased broadcasting after nearly a century. But this story is as much about Bill Dries as it is about CBS Radio. 

At 11 years old, Josh Verma, a Memphis-area elementary student, has made it to the quarterfinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee being held this week in Washington, D.C.

Memorial Day signals the beginning of summer.

For row after row, many of the headstones bear no name. 

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“It’s just been amazing what we’ve done with just our sheer talent, just wanting to write and be heard,” Bria Saulsberry said.

“This lifestyle is about living in the moment,” Amy Pearson said. “You don’t have to have a big house to have a big life.”

CBS Radio News ends broadcasting Friday, May 22, after nearly a century airing on hundreds of radio stations across the country. The end is another change in a way of reporting that is becoming harder to find and define.

Farmington Elementary student Josh Verma hopes to be the fourth Memphis-area student to win the whole thing.

Winning pitmaster Jacey Blurton, 13, began manning the grill five years old, taking up barbecue after three surgeries left her with limited mobility.

The Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council has renamed its annual tournament.

Better Men Better Families provides mentorship, brotherhood and financial-literacy programs to men from South Memphis. Its president and co-founder Curtis Hines is driven by his own experiences and a deep sense of responsibility.

“I remember us being chased by the Klan in Moscow, Tennessee,” Dekater Horton said, “because you are driving in a car with a white woman. It was in the middle of the day. We got on a dirt road, and they couldn’t catch us. It was normal, honestly.”