Jan. 7, 2021: Cavaliers 94, Grizzlies 90

The Cavaliers took advantage of Grizzlies miscues to win a close game between two depleted teams Thursday night.

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Residents got to hear plans to accommodate drainage and increased traffic as part of Germantown Country Club’s plans Thursday evening. The plans will soon be submitted to the city.

Eze will be able to play immediately at the Power Five school as a grad transfer.

RISE Foundation offers pro-bono, personalized guidance, savings-building programs and financial literacy classes.

Jonah McCoy, 8, is a patient at St. Jude. He could teach us a thing or two. 

The Memphis Zoo’s first new baby of the year was an African penguin chick, born on Jan. 2.

He’s done takeout, pop-ups and virtual wine dinners. Now Kelly English is keeping his business alive by teaching cooking classes online, shipping food nationwide and cooking your wild game.

Dr. Miriam DeCosta-Willis, a civil rights pioneer and champion of gender and racial equality, has died at age 86. 

Memphis-based Lipscomb & Pitts Insurance is now a Higginbotham company, but will continue to operate as “Lipscomb & Pitts.” The two co-chief executives, Mat Lipscomb III and Johnny Pitts, have been named managing partners by the Fort Worth-based Higginbotham.

Gov. Bill Lee approved a $15,000 reward for information on who shot and killed 13-year-old Demont’e Johnson in 2019. 

The firm buys a portfolio of seven retail strip centers, including four in the Memphis area. 

Grizzlies beat writer Drew Hill and columnist Chris Herrington discuss the latest on the Grizzlies injury report and set expectations for the team as they wait for the stars to return.

The Health Department expects to double down on enforcement, targeting workplaces associated with spread, including warehouses and other industrial settings.

Nehemiah Augustus will transfer after not playing this season.

The Shelby County Health Department reported 31 more coronavirus-related deaths on Thursday, Jan. 7. 

The Tigers will be playing the Knights twice in three days at FedExForum.

Hearing Steve Barlow talk about what a neighborhood truly is will change how you look at the world around you.

The House and Senate kept late hours, resuming the Electoral College certification after a violent protest shut down the process into Wednesday evening. The session continued until just before dawn Thursday.

The standout lists attributes of each program, including Memphis.

While recovering from his ankle injury, Ja Morant has purposely asked to sit close to the floor so he can bring the energy off the bench to his teammates. 

It was not a question of whether Blackburn or Hagerty or Kustoff would stand with Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden or Mitt Romney. Would they even be willing to stand with Mitch McConnell? None of them wanted what happened on Wednesday afternoon, but they all helped prepare the stage. 

The store’s location in Collierville is expected to close by the end of 2021.

The protest of several dozen along the Poplar Corridor came before the aborted attempt in Washington D.C. to certify the Electoral College results that ended in violence.