Ray’s Take: Owning and operating your own business can be one of life’s greatest accomplishments. But after a certain amount of time, the excitement can wear off and the real world can start to sink in. What once was fun is now mundane. All business owners can feel stagnant at some point, whether it comes from the day-to-day operations, a slow sales cycle or unfortunate situations with employees. 

The saying goes that if you like what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life. James Johnson, science teacher at Chickasaw Middle School, found his calling in the field of education, and it’s evident he truly loves what he does for a living.

I was having a pint in the Eagle when I heard them.

A report memorializing procedural mistakes appears among hundreds of pages of records released Friday by the Memphis Police Department in answer to a public records request by the Institute for Public Service Reporting.

About 110 FedEx volunteers gathered in Memphis Friday, Oct. 26, to package more than 3,600 hygiene kits to replenish the warehouses of Heart to Heart International following a deadly tropical storm season.

When the weather turns chilly, we turn to soup. When it gets chilly and wet, very little beats a bowl of Vietnamese beef stew, pho no. 20, at Vietnam Restaurant on Cleveland.

If you want to know the origins of Memphis, a good place to start is historic Elmwood Cemetery, where much of its history rests.

MURFREESBORO – Saturday afternoon in Murfreesboro it will be Houston vs. Collierville, Round 3. And this time, it's for the biggest prize of all.

Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael has revealed how he plans to move forward after the U.S. Department of Justice’s surprise announcement last week to end federal oversight over the court after six years.

Memphis drummed Lemoyne-Owen in head coach Penny Hardaway’s debut as the Tigers coach. Here are the tip-ins and turnovers from the win. 

The man never sat down.

Freshman Alex Lomax had the ball and the Memphis Tigers had a two-on-one advantage on LeMoyne-Owen’s half of the court. Lomax stopped behind the 3-point line on the left wing and took measure of his shot. Across the way, the 19th head coach in Tigers history and the third alum, Anfernee Penny Hardaway, shouted: “No, no, no!”

The much-anticipated debut of Penny Hardaway on the Memphis sideline was a runaway success Thursday night as the Tigers easily defeated LeMoyne-Owen 120-66 in the first semi-official game of the Hardaway era.

Three minutes. That’s how long a group of Ph.D. candidates will have Friday night to explain the years of research and hundreds of pages that make up their dissertations.

The two men accused in the fatal shooting of Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Phil Trenary will be back in court Monday when their attorneys will seek to get a preliminary hearing date set in the case.

This was one of those games, for the Grizzlies, where the outcome that mattered most was not the final score.

Let’s start with what he’ll wear. What will Penny Hardaway wear in his first game as Memphis coach?

The third lawsuit filed this month over elections in Shelby County goes before Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins Thursday morning in Chancery Court.

The drinks list at Char has always been divided by spirits and when the restaurant opened, this was simply the whiskey cocktail.

Memphis’ RiverArtsFest turns 12 this year. But the festival, which will run this weekend (Oct. 27-28), will move from its usual home on South Main Street to Riverside Drive between Jefferson Avenue and Beale Street. The move is due to construction and street closures. 

The Memphis Police Department has released the names of 51 officers accused of violating the department’s body camera policy but is withholding specific details about the infractions.

XPO Logistics, employer of 4,000 warehouse and distribution workers in greater Memphis, is under fire again, the centerpiece of a New York Times story about treatment of pregnant workers in U.S. workplaces.

Welcome to the first Grizzlies Mailbag of this season. This one was a test-run, with no guarantee of a follow-up, but I got more good questions -- on short notice -- than I had time and space to use.

For at least a year, the Greater Memphis Chamber will be led by an African-American woman whose deep roots in the city are matched by a stellar track record in business and nonprofit worlds.

Bishop Martin David Holley, chosen to lead the local Catholic Church about two years ago, has been relieved of his duties as leader of the Diocese of Memphis, the Vatican announced early Wednesday, and Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville will oversee the diocese until further notice.