Low water pressure in Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division’s water grid prompted the utility to issue a rare boil water alert Thursday afternoon.

Teams will play six-game series under new minor-league baseball scheduling system. 

The goal for the search committee is to identify by Feb. 25 a final candidate to become the next president/CEO of the Downtown Memphis Commission.

Here’s to the iced-over trees that began our winter week. We got the eerie beauty without much of the damage. Here’s to the giant icicles forming from gutters and awnings, giving neighborhood strolls a beyond-the-Wall “Game of Thrones” vibe.

The Shelby County Health Department reported 38 new coronavirus cases Thursday, Feb. 18.

Few residents had seen them, even though they’ve been in the suburb’s fleet a few years. But this week’s snow provided an opportunity to use one of its plows as the city continues to clear major thoroughfares. 

Ja Morant is now two triple-doubles away from tying Marc Gasol for the Grizzlies’ most all-time. And it’s not farfetched to believe that could happen by the end of the season. 

The Tigers have seven home games on their slate.

The center will allow airplanes to de-ice in the same location, rather than at various places around the airport. That will make it easier for airport workers to collect and dispose of glycol, the chemical used to de-ice airplanes.

And there’s no plane ticket needed to reach this snowy destination.

Sam Reid was impaled when the rope attaching his sled to a four-wheeler broke and sent him flying into a metal tractor spike. Four days after the accident, his family wants to thank the brilliant surgical team at Regional One Health Medical Center for saving their son.

No fans on a wintry day as the Grizzlies won the second game of a back-to-back.

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The EDGE Board approved an “inducement resolution,” and will later vote to authorize issuance of up to $75 million in Tourism Development Zone bonds to help pay for the $125 million Liberty Park.

Missed shot appointments will be automatically rescheduled.

Solid waste collection is suspended in Germantown through the end of the week. It will resume Monday.

Edwards enjoyed a distinguished career at both Paragon Bank and the former First Tennessee Bank before joining Tri-State. 

The region’s coaches select the top boys and girls players of 2020-2021.

The interim president of the Downtown Memphis Commission addressed “the big thing out there,” the proposed purchase by the Downtown Mobility Authority of the empty 100 North Main office tower, parking and adjacent properties. Ray Brown called 100 North Main “an enormous source of blight.”

Limbaugh began broadcasting nationally in 1988 from WABC in New York.

Rev. Walter Peggs died at age 74 Friday, Feb. 12, after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He served as senior pastor of Fullview Missionary Baptist Church in Bartlett since 1984. 

Saints freshman, Eagles senior both check in at nearly 21 points per game as regular season comes to a close.

We got through Mardi Gras, Valentine’s Day, two (maybe three) winter storms, yet we cooked and we ate well, and we have the stories and photos to prove it.

Beat writer Drew Hill and columnist Chris Herrington discuss where the Grizzlies can go from here, how the rotation will change when the team gets healthy and which Memphis player would be the best teammate in a snowball fight.

Many suburban districts are utilizing virtual learning due to the snowy conditions.