University of Tennessee Health Science Center announces a new addition. 

Althea Greene, who has served as vice chair for the last two years, will replace Michelle McKissack as board chair. Sheleah Harris will replace Greene as vice chair.

The set of a dozen appropriation resolutions topped a relatively uneventful council agenda Tuesday, Sept. 27.

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Dillon Brooks acknowledged at media day that he is going into a contract year. If he plays more efficiently, he will be costly to whichever team signs him next.

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland says it’s too early to tell if there were police missteps in how they handled the violent crimes of the last three weeks because investigations are still underway. 

Madden has been with Mayor Jim Strickland since he took office in 2016. She leaves City Hall next week to work with Ford’s BlueOval City joint venture.

Any offer won’t be official until the Collierville Board of Mayor and Aldermen appoints her in a meeting. 

“There’s a need for training to help our riders take advantage of the technology through our Go901 app ... ,” said MATA chief of staff Bacarra Maudlin. 

A nearly three-year-long saga, in which the University of Memphis faced possible sanctions from the NCAA and the IARP, is over. 

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The IARP’s decision was stunning vindication for Penny Hardaway and for Memphis. So go ahead, celebrate. 

Tony Pollard had a season-high 105 rushing yards and Antonio Gibson scored a touchdown in back-to-back weeks.

The suit claims Varsity and other defendants, including the United States All Star Federation and Premier Athletics, engaged in a conspiracy to cover up abuse. 

Collierville Schools is launching an externship program exposing teachers to varying job experiences that could benefit their students.

Heavy reliance on a single creator has tended to stall out at the highest levels, and that’s even more true for teams relying on smaller guards. 

Catilena “DC” Collier, 22, was arrested Monday, Sept. 26, according to a press release issued by the Memphis Fire Department. 

The Houston senior scores two goals in a victory over Bartlett to help keep her squad undefeated.

Daniel Blanchard makes possibly the best bagel around, if you like ’em chewy and dense.

When the Grizzlies acquired Green in a late-June trade that sent De’Anthony Melton to the Philadelphia 76ers, there was speculation that the team would look to trade Green for a younger, healthier player. But, now, it seems as if the Grizzlies and Green have realized the value of their pairing.

The four new commissioners fill all vacancies in the ranks of the entry point for many defendants in the criminal justice system. The Shelby County Commission also set dates for filling a vacancy on the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board.

The commission split along the same partisan lines that split a vote by the previous commission this past January on funding for the center for reproductive health that has nothing to do with abortions.

The 10 reappointments were voted on individually Monday. There was only one no vote against any of the nominees.

The board approved contracts for the former Germantown Country Club site and a building at the reimagined Carrefour at Kirby Woods.

Outside Planned Parenthood’s Memphis Health Center, supporters joined Francie Hunt on the first leg of her 538-mile trek across Tennessee to protest the state’s abortion ban. 

Ja Morant and the Grizzlies assembled at FedExForum for media day. It’s the team’s 22nd season in Memphis. And it should be a blast. 

The amount of time needed to process a rape kit at TBI’s West Tennessee crime lab in Jackson ranged from 33 to 49 weeks over the past year. The statewide backlog was up to more than 950 kits awaiting testing as of last month.