Ja’Michael Mitchell leads the Tigers with 17 as they advance to the semifinals for the second year in a row.

In this week’s To-Do List, there’s a comedy show at DKDC, a final goodbye from Journey at FedExForum and a mash-up of goth culture and cumbia music at Growlers.

Jeers and shouts erupted from the House floor as a Republican resolution honoring Gov. Bill Lee’s deployment of the National Guard to Memphis moved forward with no discussion allowed.

Dontae Horne didn’t experience the glamorous side of a basketball-obsessed city, but Memphis found a way to give him a chance. 

Drew Hill and Chris Herrington are joined by Parker Fleming to discuss a few NBA prospects playing in the NCAA Tournament this week. 

Another enters the battle in the Republican primary for Wanda Chism’s seat on the Collierville Schools board. 

Today’s puzzle is of hot tamales at the Broadway Food Truck Park and was taken by Mark Weber.

Are you a Wordle fan? Try WordRow, a similar game. It’s free to play. 

Are you ready for it? Here are today’s sudokus. 

Jerome nearly had a triple-double in just 25 minutes as the Grizzlies snapped an eight-game losing streak on Wednesday night against Denver. 

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Box score for the NBA game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Denver Nuggets at FedExForum on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.

Fayette-Ware couldn’t make shots against a very good Alcoa team and couldn’t get the needed stops either.

Schools that participate in the voucher program could choose to give students a different test than the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program, or TCAP.

Two days after deciding to retain coach Penny Hardaway, Memphis athletic director Ed Scott and Hardaway himself address dwindling basketball attendance.

Eight Memphis players from this past season have until Friday to let Penny Hardaway know if they’d like to return to the Tigers in 2026-27.

“I don’t make any excuses for what’s happened, for what I’ve failed at,” Tigers basketball coach Penny Hardaway said after finishing 13-19 this past season. “But I know I can come back from failure.”

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As warmer days make another attempt to dominate the calendar, it’s time to focus on patio season.

Five of the seven members of UTHSC’s occupational therapy faculty resign, allegedly over school’s handling of a professor accused of mistreating students.

The candidate forum included discussion of a new jail and calls for more transparency in how the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office runs the jail and fights crime.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members voted 7-2 during a special-called meeting on Wednesday, March 18, to keep Roderick Richmond on his interim superintendent contract.

Downtown Memphis Commission board approves incentives for a law firm, a church and a multi-tenant property.

Funds officials thought were earmarked for the center went to other projects, leaving Germantown’s dispatch center high and dry.

With the sport Heck has loved since she was 4 on the back burner, her art, military service and wedding plans are what keep the former Memphian busy these days.

Members of the Tennessee House of Representatives are set to vote Thursday, March 19, on a congratulatory resolution for Gov. Bill Lee following his deployment of the state’s National Guard to Memphis last year.

Three years after bankruptcy, “we’re starting to see movement in that development again,” Lakeland Planning Director Paul Luker said.