The superstar point guard, who also won the NBA’s Most Improved Player, joins Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol as Grizzlies named to an All-NBA team.

The council’s passage of first reading of the ordinance to create the special fund for an overhaul of the city bus system was approved the day after the Shelby County Commission took the same action.

Police chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis is just two weeks shy of her anniversary with the Memphis Police Department. Yesterday, she updated the Memphis City Council on what she’s done in the past year as well as changes she’s still planning. 

Located on the hospital’s lawn, the greenspace includes a shaded pavilion for families, prayer labyrinth, wind chime installation and a serenity garden featuring works of art. 

Congressman Steve Cohen (D-Memphis) dedicated $3 million to funding the redevelopment of the Historic Melrose High building in Orange Mound as part of his appropriation request for fiscal year 2023. 

The report on sexual-abuse coverups among Southern Baptist congregations includes connection to a local megachurch.

This year’s AutoZone Liberty Bowl Distinguished Citizen Award recipient recalls his successful games here as a football coach and a high school pitcher.

Shares of AutoZone stock were up Tuesday morning following the release, which reported net sales of $3.9 billion for the third-quarter 2022. 

Community Care Associates, part of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, will provide the services for the health and wellness clinic. 

“Our local veterans are resolute about receiving their care at our facility, and we want to keep them safe during the ups and downs of COVID-19 community spread.”

The event will take place Thursday, May 26 in Atlanta and will be available to stream.

A new exhibit chronicles the Shell’s more than eight-decade existence and pays tribute to some of the musicians who have played there. 

Local Starbucks workers were prepared for a union victory Tuesday, May 24. But, minutes before the results of a late April vote to unionize were to be reported, they got some bad news.

It continues to be a much quieter offseason than Memphis basketball fans are used to. But maybe that isn’t such a bad thing.

She and her investors have bought up 400 lots in the North Memphis neighborhood and are ready to build a community where Black people can build wealth in their homes. 

But the Shelby County Commission still has some dollar figures to crunch and some conflicting calculations to resolve before it can close the books on another budget season. 

In 1968, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Memphis to support the sanitation workers’ strike as part of the campaign.

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There were seven votes on the county commission for the first of three readings on creating the first dedicated source of recurring local funding for the city-owned bus system. But there are amendments ahead. 

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A look at where the Grizzlies are headed this offseason, and which prospects helped their case at the NBA combine. 

David Diehl will join the Tigers’ coaching staff as a quality control coach. 

Some of the area’s top athletes are vying for repeat titles or to take their teams to long-awaited championships at Spring Fling in Murfreesboro.

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The Cooper-Young Garden Walk returned this past weekend for the seventh year. Visitors had a chance to drop into more than 100 gardens in the eclectic Midtown neighborhood. Some of the gardens included peeks at artist studios, chicken coops, beehives, composters and more. This year’s Garden Walk theme was hats.

Wright pleaded guilty in 2019 to the murder of her ex-husband and former NBA player Lorenzen Wright in 2010.

COVID-19 resulted in fewer donations for Genesis Legacy Whole Body Donation Foundation, a non-transplant anatomic donation organization that shares space with the Medical Education and Research Institute. 

David May leads the Chairman’s Circle, the 145 most influential executives in Memphis. He’s also leading the massive regional effort to improve the workforce as it prepares for Blue Oval City’s demands.