The Grizzlies had a six-point lead in the fourth quarter but couldn’t hold it to complete a disappointing four-game road trip. 

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Shelby County, and particularly Collierville, will have an integral part in the success of BlueOval City, said Ermal Faulkner, director of BlueOval City & electric vehicle sites for Ford Motor Company.

On Tuesday, March 7, the Horn Lake Board of Aldermen approved an ordinance amending the city’s zoning ordinance to regulate medical cannabis dispensaries in the North Mississippi suburb.

The most controversial ordinance barring police from low-level traffic stops was delayed Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Strickland administration opposed and questioned some of the measures in a four-page memo.

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The Tigers (20-9) are now two wins away from winning the conference title and earning an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.

Penny Hardaway knows what it would mean for his Tigers to win their first-ever American Athletic Conference Tournament title and their first league championship since 2013.

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The Shelby County Election Commission released a legal opinion Feb. 28 that said Memphis’ five-year residency requirement for mayoral candidates should be enforced in the upcoming Memphis municipal election. 

The amendment would provide students with another way to measure reading proficiency outside of the single, English Language Arts TCAP score currently used under the new law.

Panthers held Bearettes below 30 percent from the floor while forcing 17 turnovers.

Memphis opens its first season under Stephen Glass on Saturday, March 11, at AutoZone Park against Loudoun Athletic.

Not everyone was in favor of a development at Arlington’s exit of Interstate 40, but enough aldermen approved the initial plans for it to move forward.

Shelby County received $60 million for climate resilience projects in 2016 and work is ongoing in Raleigh, Frayser and Millington. A project along South Cypress Creek is just beginning. 

The plan, called Ascend, features a mission and vision for the university along with seven goals and eight foundational principles.

Violence intervention, several national experts said at a conference Monday in Memphis, requires much communication and collaboration if success is to be achieved and sustained. 

The entire 20 hours of the remaining video and audio of the Tyre Nichols case is set for release Wednesday afternoon, March 8.

Memphis City Council members could take final votes Tuesday, March 6, on a set of six police reform ordinances. The proposals are surrounded by a debate about crime in Memphis.

In the 1980s, juvenile offenses were mostly crimes like shoplifting, petty theft and auto thefts. Now, children currently held in detention are accused of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, carjacking, rape of a child and other crimes.

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Douglass, East, Overton, Power Center and Ridgeway earn their spots in Murfreesboro next week.

Tara M. Stringfellow talks about the new paperback edition of her book, “Memphis,” which she’ll be signing at Novel Tuesday, March 7, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

WYXR’s “Stereo Sessions” gatherings return Wednesday, March 8, at 6 p.m. with an album from New Zealand Trading Company, whose “legacy continues as a missing puzzle piece that links the heritage of two communities that aren’t as disparate as it may seem.”

Terry’s secret for leading, he once said, was listening. “And remembering that God didn’t give us two ears and one mouth by mistake.”

The business and philanthropic leader kicked off his mayoral bid Monday, March 6, in South Memphis straddling the issues of crime and police reform.

The 901 Fund is a charitable name, image and likeness collective for the University of Memphis that was only connected with football and men’s and women’s basketball until now. 

With Chris Herrington in Memphis and Drew Hill on the road with the team in Los Angeles, this Grizzlies Podcast reacts to one of the busiest periods of Grizzlies news in recent memory, and an unprecedented moment for the franchise. 

The NBA also is investigating a video that appeared to show the Memphis Grizzlies guard with a firearm inside of a nightclub Saturday morning. 

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