Conditions over the weekend could be as bad as the 1994 ice storm that crippled Memphis.

With winter weather expected this weekend in Memphis and Wichita, Kansas, Penny Hardaway had engaged in discussions with Wichita State officials about moving the game to Friday.

Airport officials provided highlights for 2025, including three new nonstop destinations and just more than 180,000 aircraft operations.

When Oscar nominations were announced Thursday, Jan. 22, one relative surprise was a Best Actress nomination for Kate Hudson, who plays Milwaukee tribute singer Claire Sardina in “Song Sung Blue.”

Tennessee Highway Patrol Colonel says 100 state troopers will remain in Memphis full-time after the federal Task Force leaves.

In this week’s To-Do List, Eastern European Jewish music meets punk at the Buckman, and the music of Alanis Morissette is the soundtrack for a show at Playhouse.

Memphis probably won’t get 2 feet of snow this weekend. But meteorologists agree it’s too soon to be sure what we are getting. 

Are you a Wordle fan? Try WordRow, a similar game. It’s free to play. 

Today’s puzzle is from the MLK Day celebration at the National Civil Rights Museum and was taken by Mark Weber. 

“When the City of Germantown proposes sweeping and permanent changes to our system of governance — such as this charter amendment — transparency is not optional, it is essential. But this is where city leadership has fallen short.”

“If we can’t boldly say the ability to create nonconsensual sexual imagery and child sexual-abuse material need to be fully and permanently irradiated from xAI’s products, we are truly lost.”

Ready for today’s sudokus?

“I didn’t know we lost by that (many) until we got into the locker room — like, literally, I didn’t know,” said Ashton Hardaway.

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Box score: Tulsa 83, Memphis 66

Should the Grizzlies have called a timeout in the last 6 seconds? That’s not the only conundrum.

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Box score: Hawks 124, Grizzlies 122

Morant was good on the court Wednesday and off of it. Does any of this have any impact on Morant’s future or that of the franchise?

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It’s time to confront some hard truths about this Memphis basketball team and program. 

There were 21 lead changes and 14 ties in the game.

Box score for the NBA game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Atlanta Hawks at FedExForum on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026.

Memphis is outscored 26-4 over the final eight minutes and loses, 83-66, to the Golden Hurricane.

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Box score: Tulsa 83, Memphis 66

Box score for the NCAA basketball game between the University of Memphis Tigers and the Tulsa University Golden Hurricane at the Donald W. Reynolds Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026.

Online gift-basket retailer Memphis Gift Basket will open its first storefront and small fresh market this summer in Uptown.

Subleases approved at the International Port of Memphis that will create eight to 10 new jobs and tens of millions of dollars in investment, officials said.

On Wednesday, Jan. 21, grocery-store parking lots were busy, shelves were picked over and checkout lines were backed up down aisles. Eggs, bread and milk were already scarce.

Races on the May and August ballots continue to take shape ahead of filing deadlines in February and March.

Where do you sit when you go out? Are you a solo diner who likes to make friends at the bar or someone who prefers the comfort of a booth?