Elwood’s Shells in Cooper Young has official opening date
A new Gulf Coast restaurant comes to Cooper Young: Elwoods Shells is set to open on Monday, serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and eventually Sunday brunch.
Calkins: The jealousy jokes fly as Penny Hardaway’s Tigers get smashed by Tulsa
Penny Hardaway's Memphis Tigers got smashed by Tulsa Wednesday night. As you may have expected, given the events of the week, some people really enjoyed this.
Weekend shutdowns of I-240, Park in East Memphis make way for big bridge slide
Key sections of Interstate 240 and Park Avenue in East Memphis will be closed for the next three weekends for replacement of the Norfolk Southern railroad bridge over I-240.
Herrington: Jaren Jackson Jr. is a ‘Rising Star,’ Marc Gasol’s mood, and more
Jaren Jackson Jr. is headed to All-Star weekend. Mike Conley and Marc Gasol still don't know where they're headed. Meanwhile, the whole Grizzlies team is stuck in a Minnesota winter with the trade-deadline blues.
Midtown milk plant cited for creek pollution, fish kill
The dairy plant next to Overton Square is waiting to learn if it will be fined by the state for polluting Midtown's Lick Creek.
New ‘People’s Convention’ planned in April for 2019 city elections
A new "People's Convention" is being organized to run a slate of candidates in the 2019 Memphis elections. It shares some features of the 1991 gathering that backed Willie Herenton's historic bid for mayor, but there are some significant differences as well.
Metro
Trump says deal on data centers will lower electricity prices as tech companies vow to cover costs
The president of SpaceX, which just merged with xAI, made a series of pledges about xAI’s plans for Memphis and North Mississippi.
City of Memphis Could AI help shut down party houses?
Premium The Early Word The Early Word: Liberty Park money matters and an xAI mystery
Memphis Tigers Basketball The AM/DM podcast: How much money goes to U of M athletes
Public Safety Wounded MPD officer released from hospital
Business
Apartments with Mississippi River views planned for Downtown
A new project reinvents the last vacant pieces of Downtown with unobstructed views of the Mississippi River.
Real Estate Mixed-use development planned for Edge District
Health Care Baptist Memorial grows to 25 hospitals with NE Arkansas hospital merger
Premium Business Women business leaders say to ‘take the leap,’ embrace opportunities
Real Estate Mid-South Chinese Chamber buys historic Cordova School
Sports
Scotty Pippen is finally healthy — but with a glut of Grizzlies guards, the future is uncertain.
Grizzlies guard Scotty Pippen Jr. played hurt for years. Now back from surgery, he still has something to prove.
Premium Memphis Tigers Basketball What to watch in Memphis’ regular-season home finale against USF
Memphis Tigers Basketball Memphis considering signing players to multi-year contracts with buyouts
Memphis Tigers Basketball Tigers ‘projecting a $1.2 million deficit’ in men’s basketball, says Memphis AD
Premium Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies 25: Tony Allen was a spectacle, but also a special defender
Food
Table Talk: Patrick’s keeps its customers with a good menu — and a good time
“We’ve more than doubled sales in 20 years,” said Mike Miller, owner of Patrick’s. “And we’re thankful for everybody that comes to see us.”
Food News Jollyburger lumpia and halo-halo: Filipino bar to open Downtown
Suburbs
Collierville police officer arrested for domestic assault
Police arrested the Collierville officer after a fight with his girlfriend in Fayette County.
Premium Arlington Arlington slaps moratorium on vape shops, approves beer, liquor ordinances
Arts & Culture
After 10 years in the pulpit, pastor opens sober lounge
A former Memphis pastor opens The Living Room, a luxury lounge without liquor at the former Abundant Life Fellowship Church on Knight Arnold Road.
Performing Arts ‘Mean Girls’ launches 2026-27 season at Playhouse on the Square
Opinion
Opinion: Add library workers to the civil service without unnecessary steps
“I hope that the citizens of Memphis will vote for the referendum granting civil service protection to library workers, and that library employees be re-hired for jobs they secured through a fair and competitive process.”
Guest Columnists Opinion: In a college search, the student is the constant
Podcasts
The AM/DM podcast: How much money goes to U of M athletes
Student-athletes can now get paid for their name, image or likeness as well as revenue-sharing payments from the school. Today, we try to sort it all out.
Metro The AM/DM podcast: 13 commissioners, mayor and all the clerks
Games
Sudoku: March 3
Are you ready for it? Here are today’s sudokus.