Sixteen years ago, University of Memphis basketball coach John Calipari left Memphis for the University of Kentucky, leaving a lot of memories in his wake. 

On this special episode of The AM/DM, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips are joined by Sarah Leach, The Daily Memphian’s director of fundraising and development, to talk about this week’s events. 

This weekend, there are lots of chances to score Memphis Grizzlies swag ahead of Wednesday’s home opener. Plus RiverArts Fest and Repair Days bring art to the riverside, and beer fest brings lots of beer to Cooper Young.

Germantown will soon ask its residents a big question: Should mayor become a full-time job?

The Station is open, but the East Memphis liquor store isn’t serving everything it wanted to. 

On this episode of The AM/DM, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips talk about the National Civil Rights Museum’s Freedom Awards and the unofficial beginning of the Tigers basketball season.

This week’s activities are heavy on seasonality, with a Monster Market, a few different takes on Oktoberfest and a 5K you can do with your dog.

Today, members of The Daily Memphian’s metro team talk about what we know, what we don’t know, how we’re tracking data and what we’ve been able to ascertain about the Memphis Safe Task Force’s time in the Bluff City so far. 

With colleges around the country facing what’s known as the enrollment cliff, it’s been a challenging time in higher education. 

Today, editorial director Mary Cashiola and food writer Ellen Chamberlain are talking about local restaurants that had to close after some sort of calamity and how they can come back from it all. 

This week marks the beginning of the Memphis Grizzlies’ pre-season, with three games at home. 

It’s another music-filled weekend in Memphis.

Collierville restaurants currently can have one parking space for every two eatery seats, at the most. But that may be changing — and it may be due to a McDonald’s. 

Seven years ago, a new startup began in Memphis to bring people local news.

Memphis’ native lizards, known as skinks, generally prefer a natural, wooded habitat, away from people. But that’s not true of other, invasive species of lizard. 

Today, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips talk about the week ahead, including Richard Smith joining the FedEx board and new plans for Whitehaven’s Peppertree Apartments. 

Editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips talk about some of the fun events happening this weekend on The AM/DM podcast this morning.

Today, Mary Cashiola talks with Bill Dries about the 7–5 vote, the backstory to the clash and what might happen next. 

Readers love the comments. They hate the comments. They love to hate the comments. 

For the first time in years, Bolton High School’s girls soccer team is back on the field — and it’s about more than the score.

In this look at the week ahead, The Daily Memphian’s Mary Cashiola and Bianca Phillips talk about two related proposals in front of the Memphis City Council and Shelby County Commission, the Memphis Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony and how the Shelby Farms Park Greenline started oh-so-many years ago. 

On this morning’s episode of The AM/DM, we get into the Memphis Tigers’ last SEC football game (for a while, at least), where you can see hot air balloons take flight and why you might want to hit the Totally Rad Vintage Fest. 

The Peabody Memphis — the city’s most iconic hotel — has unveiled a $19 million makeover of its guest rooms.

In the wake of Tyré Nichols’ death, the Memphis Police Department decided it had an absence of supervision in the field, and set out to fix that problem by creating a new position — the second lieutenant. But that solution caused a string of other problems.