In some ways, Memphians seem to have a love/hate relationship with restaurant franchises.

The 112‑room Hilton Tapestry will feature meeting space, a restaurant, lobby bar and a 114‑seat rooftop bar.

Beverly Turnage, a 43-year-old woman, was transported to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis in critical condition. 

Kyler Gilkey was declared ineligible at Monday’s deadline for write-in candidates in the Nov. 3 election. It’s the latest wrinkle in a complex political puzzle. Meanwhile, five other contenders did qualify.

Mississippi Department of Transportation Northern Commissioner John Caldwell will not seek reelection, he said in a recent video announcement.

Christian Brothers University has submitted its application to join the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and expects the organization to decide later this month.

Twenty-eight years after he suited up in a Memphis uniform for the final time, former offensive lineman Ron Sells gets to watch his daughter cheerlead at his alma mater. 

A Pennsylvania-based company adds a Cordova apartment complex to its local portfolio.

Three former daycare workers pleaded not guilty to involvement in the death of 6-year-old Winter Jones.

The Memphis Redbirds began a six-game road trip at the Nashville Sounds (Triple-A, Milwaukee Brewers) with a 5-4 extra-inning loss at First Horizon Park. 

“Frankly, we have a long way to go to be as safe as we need to be.”

“Charles Huff took time Tuesday to reflect on lessons learned during — and after — his first loss as coach of the Memphis Tigers.”

This jigsaw puzzle features a photo of Houston High quarterback Canon Day during a game against Germantown High that was taken by Patrick Lantrip.

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A private school makes leadership announcements, and a bank promotes from within.

It is unclear how much the work currently underway at 495 Union Ave. is costing Shelby County taxpayers or where the money to pay contractors’ invoices is coming from.

Hernando’s Board of Aldermen approved a contract with artificial intelligence company Polimorphic for some City Hall operations.

On the one-year anniversary of the executive order that created and sent the Memphis Safe Task Force to the city, relatives and friends of those rounded up in the El Corralon nightclub raid told the council that raid and others have split families.

A data center moratorium is losing steam as questions of the City Council’s authority to ban the developments mount.

Seven human trafficking victims were rescued during a recent operation in Southaven, the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office announced Monday, Sept. 14.

“One game doesn’t determine or define your season,” Memphis Tigers coach Charles Huff said. “That’s why they give you 12 of them.”

The appointments follow legislative action adding violent‑crime divisions after the county lost two judicial seats in 2024.

The lawsuit paints a picture of a facility in perpetual crisis, from a major air conditioning failure this summer as well as raw sewage backups, mold issues and pest infestations.

According to the Memphis Police Department, reported crime has fallen by around 10,000 incidents so far this year.