This year’s show is the first since the start of the pandemic and the first since Ford announced its $5.6 billion manufacturing campus in West Tennessee. 

Each year a Tennessee educator receives the James Madison Memorial Fellowship. History teacher Allison Collier is the 2022 recipient.

A woman who was carjacked and another whose son was killed don’t know one another. But they share a bond. Both lives were devastated by violent crime. 

Maps, apps and shuttle schedules — we’ve got you covered with a music schedule, and info on where to park, what to eat and a special freebie for Nissan owners. 

The Grizzlies held Minnesota to 12 points in the fourth quarter to complete a massive comeback and take a 2-1 lead in the series.

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Box score: Grizzlies 104, Timberwolves 95

The lefty struck out 12 in a victory over MUS last week.

Lawmakers debated the Second Amendment and liberty, the value of training and permitting, and the maturity of teenagers, even though a Senate committee stalled the bill earlier this month.

House Speaker Cameron Sexton invoked the names of Memphis rapper Young Dolph and Rhodes College student Drew Rainier, both of whom were shot and killed last year, in a speech arguing against early release for a handful of crimes.

Two new coordinators will get to see their units in game-like setting on Friday.

The Memphis Grizzlies will face the Minnesota Timberwolves for Game 3 of Round 1 in the NBA playoffs tonight at 6:30 p.m. The series is currently tied 1-1. 

After a perfect campaign, CBHS senior Chandler Jackson is the player of the year for 2021-22, with his coach, Bubba Luckett, also claiming top honors.

Adults with special needs will have access to yoga, meditation, origami and other activities in July through the Creative Arts Ensemble at Germantown Performing Arts Center.

The Tipton-Rosemark Academy Rebels have plenty of offense in victories over Arlington and Dyersburg this week.

The former president tops a bill of conservative figures who plan to hold a day-long conference in the Memphis area. 

All MATA services will be free to ride on Thursday, April 28.

Willy Bearden, who has been making movies and documentaries, writing scripts and stories and producing events of all kinds all over the world, is on this week’s edition of The Sidebar. 

The longtime house orchestra of Germantown Performing Arts Center is transitioning away from a traditional orchestral model and will continue with new performances in November. 

Continued growth in DeSoto County translates to a need for a new Justice Court building. The facility, already under construction, should open this summer alongside other law-and-order facilities.

The Memphis Grizzlies finished with the third-best road record in the league this year, 26-15. 

This week, cheer on the Memphis Grizzlies at Fourth Bluff watch parties, catch local music shows on porches throughout Cooper-Young and see Memphis soul singer Talibah Safiya at Crosstown Arts.

“What is troubling here ... is the narrative around crime is so strong, so in your face all the time.”

The Grizzlies went away from Steven Adams and used second-year forward Xavier Tillman Sr., who delivered critical defensive stops and rebounds. 

Ja Morant’s film study and Taylor Jenkins’ gut fostered the Game 2 win. But the Grizzlies are shifting to enemy territory and potential new hindrances.

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Harding Academy will host its annual Student Art Show Thursday, April 21, displaying original artwork created by Harding art students in grades 7-12.

With a new grandchild on the way and an aging mother, Neely said the timing was right to come home where she can “bleed blue.”