A mother-daughter partnership leads to a temporary fashion boutique for a Lakeland family with hopes of a growing business.

It’s been a busy weekend for fans of the Southern Heritage Classic. Recent articles about the football game inspired this week’s crossword puzzle.

In the win over the Kent State Golden Flashes, Tennessee rolled up 37 points in the first quarter, the most in one quarter in school history. 

Tennessee State beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the latest edition of the historically Black college and university (HBCU) football series.

Mississippi opened the season with victories over Furman and Middle Tennessee State, and it didn’t take long to flex its muscles in its first test against a major conference opponent in North Carolina.

Linebacker Chandler Martin told quarterback Seth Henigan he wouldn’t need to score as many points to secure wins this year, and that rang true on Saturday as the Tigers defeated Florida State.

No. 25 Memphis beats Florida State on a day so much went so right for Ryan Silverfield’s Tigers, but don’t tell the coach about polls, playoffs or rainbows.

Memphis made $1 million for moving its home game with Missouri in 2023 to St. Louis.

For a typical Cooper-Young Festival, organizers anticipate crowds of 125,000 or more with more than 400 vendors. For the 35th annual event this year, the threat of rain and perhaps football depressed early attendance.

The Memphis Tigers took a road trip to Tallahassee, Florida, this weekend and left with a marquee win that included a nice $1.3 million payday.

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The festival uses more than 1,000 pounds of pork to make their popular marinated shish kabobs. But you can make them at home with just a pound of meat. 

California-based Merkle Standard is at least the second digital operation to locate in Memphis in recent months, following Elon Musk’s xAI. 

Creative director for Spillit Josh Campbell talks about the organization’s events, its origin at Crosstown and how it moves from venue to venue around Memphis.

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Lausanne quarterback T.J. Jenkins leads the way in Division 2-AA West Region opener for coach Kevin Locastro.

Lawson, who won a TSSAA Class AAA title at Hamilton in 2015, returns to the basketball program as head coach.

The Monroe Avenue location is one of several grant requests on the agenda for the Downtown Memphis Commission Center City Development Corp.

All sides are back in court Tuesday for a hearing on Halbert’s attorney’s motion to dismiss the case entirely.

Memphis will take on Florida State when the Tigers travel to Tallahassee, Florida, and play the Seminoles at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Doak Campbell Stadium.

Justin Timberlake pleaded guilty to impaired driving Friday, resolving the criminal case stemming from his June arrest in New York’s Hamptons.

Here’s what to know heading into Saturday’s kickoff at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium.

Goat Days may not stand for the Greatest of All Time, but the annual event brings a wonderful atmosphere to Millington in the fall.

In the first Tigers Podcast of the season, Memphis football beat writer Frank Bonner II and college sports columnist John Martin discuss how this game has changed for Memphis now that FSU is no longer ranked.

A&W Restaurant is coming to Millington, Elise Desserts is closed, Cordova welcomes Bojangles and Arlington Taziki’s is now open.