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Suburbs
As the season rolled along, it became clear that this Memphis women’s soccer team was going to chase history. -
Memphis Tigers Basketball
Chapter One: The second Penny Hardaway era begins at Memphis
When Penny Hardaway debuted at Memphis the first time, people wore tuxes. -
Sports
Tip-Ins and Turnovers: New intro, pennies promotion highlight win
Memphis (1-0) overcame second half shooting struggles to down Tennessee Tech 76-61 in head coach Penny Hardaway’s first game. -
Let’s stop tearing down community and build something we can all be proud of
In early October the National Civil Rights Museum, along with Bridges and Facing History and Ourselves, launched a campaign to encourage empathy. -
Otis Sanford
Sanford: Decisions – whether at the voting booth, in the classroom or in life – have consequences
“People make choices. Choices make history.” -
State Government
Lee, Dean approach final day at the polls
At nearly every stop, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Lee recalls a moment in his campaign when he introduced himself to a Cumberland County man and got an unexpected response. -
Memphis Grizzlies
Road Recap: Warriors 117, Grizzlies 101
We’ll find out by Tuesday night whether there’s a “blue wave” in the midterm elections. But on Election Day eve, the Grizzlies ended their three-game West Coast road trip submerged by a familiar Golden wave. -
City of Memphis
Both sides of partisan divide push Memphis voter turnout
At his next-to-last campaign stop in his bid for the U.S. Senate Monday evening, former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen had trouble getting in the door of Jim Neely’s Interstate Barbecue in South Memphis. -
Public Safety
Tremaine Wilbourn’s life story revealed in sentencing hearing
Tremaine Wilbourn was born to a teen mother who, by the time he was a toddler, was on drugs and allegedly a prostitute. -
Memphis Tigers Basketball
Tigers excited for official season to get underway against Tenn. Tech
Everything will be different when Memphis tips off against Tennessee Tech at FedExForum on Tuesday night. -
Opinion
Nelson: Is Big Shelby back?
Memphians of a certain vintage may recall a time when the rest of Tennessee disparaged us as Big Shelby. It was a backhanded way of expressing East and Middle Tennessee’s resentment of – and, truth be told, our own vaulting pride in – the power wielded by Memphis and Shelby County in the state’s politics and government. -
Memphis Tigers Football
Memphis defense struggles in first road win; 3 points of emphasis
Memphis (5-4, 2-3 American Athletic Conference) fought off a scrappy East Carolina (2-6, 0-5 AAC) for a 59-41 road win Saturday afternoon. -
Sports
Tigers use running of Henderson, receiving of Coxie to defeat Pirates 59-41
The Memphis Tigers (5-4, 2-3 American Athletic Conference) won their first road game of the season in a back-and-forth and points-filled contest with the East Carolina Pirates (2-6, 0-5 AAC). -
Memphis Grizzlies
Road Recap: Suns 102, Grizzlies 100
For the first time this season, the Grizzlies found themselves in a single-possession game in the final five minutes. -
Memphis Tigers Football
Hard work – not magic – needed to fix Tigers’ defense
Head coach Mike Norvell believes there’s no magical solution for what ails the Memphis defense. Only one thing can change the Tigers’ fortunes – hard work. -
Financial Services
Home equity: New leader making mark on United Housing
Amy Schaftlein was an elementary student in the Arlington area in the 1990s when her yellow school bus stopped in front of a blighted house. -
Real Estate
Convention Center bids come in below $175 million target
The rebidding of the renovation of the Memphis Cook Convention Center has come in below the $175 million the city has to spend on the project. -
State Government
Blackburn rallies with Trump; Bredesen speaks to faith leaders
Driving home their final points in the waning days of the U.S. Senate campaign, Republican Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn rallied with President Donald Trump while former Democratic governor Phil Bredesen spoke at an interfaith prayer lunch Sunday, Nov. 4. -
Transportation & Logistics
FedEx to increase shipping rates after holiday season
FedEx Corp. announced it will increase shipping rates for three of its subsidiaries, FedEx Express, FedEx Ground and FedEx Freight, effective Jan. 7. -
Public Safety
Jury finds Tremaine Wilbourn guilty in death of MPD officer Sean Bolton
Memphis Police officer Sean Bolton’s killer was headed to life in prison without the possibility of parole, until the officer’s family told prosecutors to reject this offer. -
State Government
Blackburn, Bredesen clash over immigrant caravan but agree on birthright citizenship
The immigrant caravan of thousands of people walking through Mexico to the U.S. border is creeping into Tennessee’s U.S. Senate race and, predictably, putting the candidates at odds in an already contentious race, this time over whether federal troops should be used there. -
Music
Jerry Lee Lewis, Carla Thomas surprise and thrill as Memphis Music Hall of Fame adds seven new members
Some nights begin with a bang. The 2018 Memphis Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony started with a ball of fire. -
Arts & Culture
Dave Godbout’s ‘Charmaine’ wins Indie Memphis Film Festival Pitch Rally
Dave Godbout is the winner of the first Indie Memphis Film Festival Black Filmmakers Pitch Rally, as well as its $10,000 prize. -
Shelby County
Ballot Basics: Early voting turnout
A total of 188,668 Shelby Countians cast early ballots during the early voting period that ended Nov. 1. The largest turnout day was the last – 20,332 – the only day that topped 20,000. -
Transportation & Logistics
Aviation mechanic schools gear up with scholarship boost from FedEx
“The sky’s the limit” is a recurring theme in conversations among students, faculty and administrators of a school for aircraft mechanics in the shadow of FedEx Express’ Memphis world hub.
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