The Golden State Warriors defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 117-116 in Game 1, Round 2, of the NBA playoff series on Sunday, May 1. 

Can the Grizzlies recover from a heartbreaking Game 1 loss to bounce back in the series?

“I only live about a mile from here,” said one opening day customer. “I could walk. In fact, I probably should walk.”

The former County Commissioner died in January, his family disclosed this month. He is buried in a county cemetery, 50 years after his only win in a storied political career that saw him go to prison twice.

Standouts from Bartlett, Collierville, DeSoto Central, ECS, Houston and Northpoint up for consideration this week. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 5.

The 2022-2023 season will feature 11 regional and two world premieres. 

The movie follows single mother Charlene and her son Quincy as they relocate to Memphis, and Quincy becomes intrigued with jookin.

A new series brings new life to several of the Grizzlies’ players, and De’Anthony Melton might stand the most to gain from a matchup with Golden State. 

Check out The Daily Memphian’s images from this past weekend’s Beale Street Music Festival at Liberty Park. 

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The center, co-founded in 1972 by Judy Peiser and William Ferris, preserves their research on blues music’s impact on Memphis and the world, but also archives the city’s folk treasures.

While FedEx has been working on modernization efforts for a couple of years, the COVID pandemic and related shipping demands prolonged the timeline. 

The Southern Heritage Classic has been a staple in Memphis for more than 30 years; what will it mean for the city after JSU is no longer involved? 

“We never let anyone get a big head in our family. Everyone played a sport,” said Suzanne Anderson, mother of five.

Music lovers who traveled from all over the country gave the festival weekend mostly good reviews, except confusion during Saturday evening’s rain storm, and disappointment about Lil Wayne.

May 1, 2022: The Golden State Warriors defeat the Memphis Grizzlies at FedExForum.

It’s day three of Beale Street Music Festival, and we tell you how to score some free whiskey and the best place to take a selfie. Plus, we highlight a 1990s-era headliner and some local rappers you’ve got to see.

We must strip hateful politics from the rhetoric we use every day and advocate for all of us to be able to live with enough food on the table and to have a meaningful job that will pay our basic bills.

No outbreaks of avian flu have been detected in Tennessee yet, but 33 million domestic birds have been killed this year to keep virus at bay.

As crews begin clearing the property in Bartlett for a mixed-use development, the wood from the old buildings is being repurposed for good causes.

A rundown on the fate of every bill we’ve covered since January, organized by subject.

The film will be a fictionalized account of the Black Fayette County residents in the early 1960s who were forced out of their homes to dilapidated “tent cities” as punishment for registering to vote. 

“Children already come to school with the knowledge of technology. What they sometimes lack is communication, how to dialogue effectively and problem-solving skills,” Pastor Robert Szczechura said.