Germantown’s Rooker just completed his second season with the Oakland A’s.

Sarah Cai of Good Fortune Co. will be featured on Wednesday’s new episode of Guy Fieri’s “Guy’s Grocery Games.” 

Ron Olson celebrated 50 years in Memphis radio at the beginning of November. How has he done it? By making us laugh.

Have the Tigers converted him to an American football fan yet?

Friends remember Blake Rhea for his “loud” smile and an easygoing nature that made him a favorite to all who knew him.

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Up to 400 families received canned goods, electrolyte mixes, games, books, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, makeup and other toiletry items Thursday, Nov. 7.

If you’re voting Tuesday, don’t be surprised if you’re checked in by a high school student. More than 250 have signed up to work the polls this week. So be on your best behavior, people.

The event included a parade from Overton Square to the museum, several musical performances, food vendors, informational booths and so, so many bright fanciful costumes and parade floats.

Gene Brady, 89, died in a single-car wreck last week. Maybe you didn’t know him. But if you’re lucky, you’ve known people like him. We could use more of them today.

Twenty-two years ago, Derek Clenin blocked an extra point to lift MUS over CBHS. Clenin died Oct. 8. Now, the quarterback of that CBHS team, Carter Giovannetti, plans to run the St. Jude Marathon in his friend and rival’s name.

Tennessee Task Force 1 members stationed in western North Carolina, represent the Memphis Fire Department as well as fire departments in Shelby County, Bartlett, Millington, Collierville, Germantown and Milan.

An alumnus donated 50 pairs of Nike Dunk sneakers — free for each of Delano Elementary’s kindergarten students.

In five hours, 755 students cleared out nearly 10,000 free jackets, blazers, blouses and ties.

Alannah Williams, 17, has moved her baking business from South Korea, to Germany, to Japan and now to Memphis. 

“He would be so overjoyed today. I feel his presence now,” Dr. Carol Loree Champion said of her late father, Dr. Charles Champion, who opened his pharmacy and herb store in South Memphis in 1981. 

“I’m a big believer in second chances. Just because you have a past doesn’t mean you can’t have a future,” Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk Heidi Kuhn said.

The Tiger Bookstore may look nothing like it did when it first opened 60 years ago, but it’s the legacy John Williams left behind all the same.

What started as an effort to combat food insecurity in Memphis has evolved into a community of people looking out for one another.

During a 100-minute picnic at 1760 Peabody Ave., Memphians remembered Eva Lee and her school, where manners, art and music were part of growing up.

St. Paul Catholic School’s mission of education has evolved as the surrounding Whitehaven area changed. Now supporters are raising money to update the 75-year-old structure.

On 901 Day, here’s a look at Southern College of Optometry’s success at selling Memphis. This year’s freshman class includes alumni of 91 colleges and universities, who hail from 35 states. 

Tony Ludlow started a Marine Corps boot camp-themed workout class in 1999. The boot camp still meets today at Christ Church Memphis near Laurelwood. 

Under Walker’s leadership, Alpha Omega Veterans Services grew from a duplex in South Memphis to a nonprofit that helped more than 15,000 veterans get training, treatment and access to the benefits they were due.

Given how much music the city has produced, it’s not much of a surprise that the home of the blues and the birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll punches well above its weight as a music subject.