Henry Griffith is the basketball manager at Houston High. He had never played in a game before. But after he hit a buzzer-beater Friday night, he was carried off the court.
Garrett Hines was a football star at Bartlett High. Now he’s in Italy coaching bobsled for the last runs in what has been a remarkable Olympic career.
Chris Loveland regularly gave pillows and blankets to homeless people. After his death, his family and friends have started Sheets for the Streets to continue his work.
In this week’s Ask the Memphian, we delve into the history of John Corlew Park, the tiny sliver of greenspace in Midtown’s Idlewild neighborhood.
As winter storms left parts of north Mississippi isolated, a Memphis caterer partnered with a disaster relief group to deliver meals to those who needed them.
Instead of bedtime stories, Lauran Stimac would request her dad, Memphis-based lawyer Richard Glassman, to tell her about his cases.
Peggy Jemison Bodine, an historian and building preservationist, former president of the Junior League of Memphis as well as former president of the Memphis Symphony League, died on Jan. 22. She was 100.
The history of Westy’s in the Pinch District offers a deeper look at the people and culture that kept it alive — feeding night owls and creating a community — for decades.
When Oscar nominations were announced Thursday, Jan. 22, one relative surprise was a Best Actress nomination for Kate Hudson, who plays Milwaukee tribute singer Claire Sardina in “Song Sung Blue.”
The holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. drew a large crowd at the Civil Rights Museum as one of the last living members of the city’s civil rights vanguard called out against “the silence of good people.”
The first woman to lead the Memphis Police Department’s motorcycle unit is retiring after 39 years. But she’s not leaving for good.
Chilly weather didn’t deter workers around the city, including an altruistic team at T.O. Fuller Park, which also holds a place in civil rights history.
Unconventional project provides new digs for Code Crew, Greater Memphis Chamber, Literacy Mid-South, Moore Tech, Memphis Symphony and Collective Blue Print.
The University of Memphis is honoring two graduates with its Legacy Award.
Sally Jones Heinz is retiring as executive director of MIFA. “There isn’t an organization like this anywhere in the country,” she said. “It’s the best.”
Jack Knight is one busy 11-year-old. He’s an athlete, actor and aspiring entrepreneur.
The bilingual theater troupe teaches theater and ballet classes and puts on several shows and major events each year.
For the founder and CEO of the company, the relaunch represents a homecoming to the purpose that first set it apart in a crowded apparel industry.
The delivery took place after months of preparation with the support of the Memphis Zoo’s animal care and veterinary teams.
A group of volunteers makes pillowcases for the incoming residents at Youth Villages, and maybe we all should take that as a reminder to help folks in need all year.
A local quilting group donates part of their talent to Youth Villages residents, creating pillowcases for the children living in the Bartlett facility.
Kennison Kyle has been a Santa since the late 1990s, and his magical world includes canned corn, home visits and makeup lessons with his father.
The present St. Patrick Catholic Church was built in 1905 but the congregation dates back to 1866 on the same property south of FedExForum.
As far as anyone knew, the greater chestnut weevil was long gone, a victim of the same blight that has killed an estimated 4 billion chestnut trees in the U.S. in less than a century.
More than 22,000 runners took part in the St. Jude Memphis Marathon Saturday, which officials hope will raise $16 million for the hospital