Frank Bonner II and host Greg Gaston discuss the breaking news of head football coach Ryan Silverfield signing a new five-year contract.

Founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1921, the parochial school ICCS shares a campus with the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the mother church of the Diocese of Memphis. 

Seizing a naming opportunity, local branding agency Baby Grand is giving out baby grants and branding packages to budding local entrepreneurs. 

In an interview with the YouTube sports show “Marega Deportes” in the Dominican Republic, Tigers star David Jones shares what he’s thinking about whether to return to Memphis or turn pro.

The move stops a planned vote Thursday, April 4, that would’ve likely seen Shelby County Criminal Court Division 9 Judge Melissa Boyd removed from the bench. 

The agreement is following last year’s 10-3 season, which is just the fifth time in school history that a Memphis team reached at least 10 wins in a single year.

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Bartlett’s planning commission endorsed a couple of church projects at its meeting this week, including adding a school to Christian Life Church.

Cherenfant is the third member of the Tigers’ 2023-24 team to announce his intention to transfer out of the program. 

An intense thunderstorm Tuesday morning knocked out power to tens of thousands of MLGW customers, according to the utility’s outage map. 

Hands-on cooking classes are scarce, and Church Health’s Cook Well, Be Well program grew out of an acknowledgment that many locals need to learn basic culinary skills to eat more healthily. 

The revamped NICU is the first step in Le Bonheur’s larger, four-story, $95 million expansion.

Daunte Stuart recently became just the fourth Tiger since 2001 to hit for the cycle. Memphis might need that type of production to beat Ole Miss on Tuesday. 

The sun will only be 97.7% obscured in Memphis on Monday. But that doesn’t mean locals can’t join in on some solar eclipse fun at parks, rooftops and gardens.

Ready for a challenge? Today’s sudoku is a hard one.

The Brothers get more than enough offense to support a fine start from Nathan Ferris.

Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 40 points and Brandon Clarke had a huge fourth quarter to lead the Grizzlies’ comeback victory over the Pistons in Detroit. 

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Removing developer Yehuda Netanel from The Lake District project east of Canada Road seems headed to its conclusion.

FedEx’s pilots union said the change will diminish FedEx’s competitive advantage, but the logistics giant said it will improve profitability as soon as the 2025 fiscal year.

Collierville officials broke ground on the suburb’s newest and biggest fire station, which will be right across from the high school on East Shelby Drive. Collierville hasn’t opened a new station since 2001.

The proposed Whataburger would include a drive-thru and outdoor patio, but the original, 2022 plan for the site said no drive-thru restaurants would be allowed there without approval from the Land Use Control Board and Memphis City Council. 

Days before a vote that could see her removed from the bench, a criminal court judge wants to resign from her post, according to a letter obtained by The Daily Memphian. But the vote should move forward, regardless.

Belltower Coffee is hosting a new festival at the end of April, which kicks off its new initiative focused on community, connection and, of course, coffee.

“I’ve been ... hearing some great stories and then hearing some of the sharper and harder stories about the work that remains ahead and lies ahead,” New MSCS superintendent Marie Feagins said at the first stop on her tour of 20 schools this month.

The University of Memphis got in on the April Fools' Day foolery with an announcement that the college’s nickname would no longer be the “Tigers.” 

Standouts from Central, Collierville, Covington, Crosstown, Harding and Houston are up for consideration this week.