“When a mayor uses gratitude to drown out discontent, applause feels less like celebrating progress and begins to feel much more like a way to silence criticism.”

Despite the challenges and headwinds facing nonprofits, industry leaders say Memphis remains a generous community.

Garrett Hines was a football star at Bartlett High. Now he’s in Italy coaching bobsled for the last runs in what has been a remarkable Olympic career.

Chef Ben Smith opened Tsunami in 1998, helping Cooper-Young transition from “a downtrodden backwater for failing businesses.”

Now in its final weeks of operation, the announcement of Tsunami’s closure has triggered a wave of sadness and a bevy of last-minute reservations.

Also in the political roundup: the art and law of qualifying petitions; August state and federal primary takes shape, and the Tennessee delegation to D.C. keeps to partisan lines.

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This jigsaw puzzle is a photo of Calvary Episcopal Church’s sanctuary and was taken by Patrick Lantrip.

The magnitude of these losses — and the demoralizing way that they’re unfolding — highlight the fact that this team and program are in real trouble.

Aggies close first half on 24-7 run and Tigers drop another game away from FedExForum.

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Box score: Utah State 99, Memphis 75

Box score for the University of Memphis Tigers basketball game against the Utah State Aggies on Saturday, Feb. 14, at Smith Spectrum in Logan, Utah.

Saturday’s 175-pound final was voted the best wrestling match of the tournament as CBHS’ Findley Smout scored the final three points to win after trailing 7-0 early.

The suspension was announced before the Tigers' tipoff against Utah State in Logan, Utah, at 7 p.m. CT.

Shane Cox’s walk-off double in the 10th inning gives the Tigers their first win of the 2026 season.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver spoke Saturday and said team relocation is not on the table. He also said the league will take a fresh look at remedies for tanking. 

More than 100 people gathered Saturday at Novel bookstore’s speed-dating event. Some came looking for love. Others hoped to meet fellow bibliophiles. 

“The impact of colorectal cancer is exacerbated for Black Tennesseans and people in rural areas who face even more challenges to getting screened and treated.”

Interim Shelby County Public Defender Jerri Green talked on “Behind The Headlines” about dropping crime rates, the overflowing jail and the differing numbers used by different parts of the criminal justice system.

Chef Patrick Reilly owns The Majestic Grille and Cocozza American Italian with his wife Deni.

Every Valentine’s Day, Diana Kokernot Britton bakes and decorates sugar cookies for her children and friends — a family tradition that goes back to the 1800s. And now you can make them, too.

Some folks love Valentine’s Day and all the hoopla that accompanies it. This story isn’t about those people. This story is about the folks who had terrible, awful, no-good Valentine’s Days.

Joy and Red Rodenmeyer have been together for more than seven decades, and in that time, they’ve lived abroad and crisscrossed the country. This is their story and their thoughts on what makes a long and happy marriage.

This jigsaw puzzle is a photo of the book used in the Tigers at Heart program at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital and was taken by Greg Campbell.

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