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Rain and cold weather may have helped dampen attendance at 52nd annual World Ag Expo in Tulare, Calif, but exhibitors seemed pleased, said CEO Jerry Sinift

Friends of the Dixon May Fair taking applications through March 1.

Managing nitrogen can mean more profits and better water quality.

Last week, Raj Subramaniam became one of the most powerful people at FedEx. Today, the compensation for that new responsibility is known.Subramaniam was named president and chief operating officer of Memphis-based FedEx Corp. Feb. 14 following the sudden retirement announcement of David Bronczek. Subramaniam a 27-year FedEx veteran will assume those new titles effective March 1. That promotion comes just months after Subramaniam was promoted to president and CEO of FedEx Express, which

People willing to pay $700,000 or more for a house in Germantown and the builders willing to build them are now insisting on gated neighborhoods.

Hay and forage equipment maker Krone North America will move its Memphis North American headquarters and 45 jobs south to Olive Branch. Krone will lease 260,000 square feet of warehouse space at the Crossroads Distribution Center, which is under construction by Exeter Property Group, the Mississippi Development Authority said in a news release. Krones current North American headquarters is at 3363 Miac Cove, just east of Memphis International Airport. The move would take the headquarters southeast

The Jeremiah Martin farewell tour rolls on. Eighteen days after scoring 41 points in a single half at USF, the Tigers senior guard became the first player in Memphis history to top 40 points twice in a season . . . or career. Martins 43 points and the 400th assist of his career led the way Wednesday night in a lopsided win over Tulane at FedExForum.Shout-out to God for putting me in this position, said Martin after surpassing Mike Butler for 15th on the Tiger career scoring chart 1,412 points. My teammates wanted me to get it more than I did. They kept looking for me. Coach left me in and said, Get 40. I tried to go with the flow of the game. At this stage of my career, I just want to get the win, get to the NCAA tournament.The pride of Mitchell High School connected on 15 of 24 shots from the field, including five of nine three-point attempts. He hit eight of 11 free throws in topping 30 points for the sixth time in his career, twice the total of any other Tiger this century. Chris Douglas-Roberts had three 30-point games in his three-year career. With eight assists, Martin became the fifth Tiger to land in the programs top-20 for points and top-10 for assists along with Alvin Wright, Andre Turner, Elliot Perry, and Joe Jackson.When he got to about 28 points with about 15 minutes left, I told him to get to 40, said Tiger coach Penny Hardaway. It wasnt anything to do with Tulane. It was about rewarding Jeremiah for what hes done here for four years.The Tigers dominated the Green Wave start to finish, their only collective slip a 9-0 Tulane run to close the first half, but that merely reduced the Memphis lead to nine points 47-38. Memphis pulled down 56 rebounds, 21 more than Tulane. The Green Wave shot 38 percent from the field while the Tigers connected on 48 percent of their attempts. Memphis improves to 16-11 for the season and 8-6 in the American Athletic Conference while Tulane drops to 4-21 0-13.Senior forward Kyvon Davenport posted his ninth double-double of the season 10 points and 15 rebounds, and three other Tigers reached double figures in the scoring column in support of Martin: Tyler Harris 16 points, Raynere Thornton 14, and Kareem Brewton 13.But this was an early version of Senior Night for a player who averaged 2.7 points as a freshman three long years and two coaches ago.I dont try and take a lot of credit, said Hardaway, but its our system thats allowed Martin to do this, putting him in winning situations. Hes doing the work, and hes putting the ball in the basket at a high volume. With us being NBA guys, thats what we do, weve always got big numbers. You try to make his job easy, get him easy looks.Tiger assistant coach Tony Madlock pointed out to the team that if it wins the rest of its home games this season, an NCAA tournament berth awaits. The catch, of course, is that an automatic tournament bid goes to the winner of the AAC tournament, which will be played at FedExForum. Basic match, but a healthy motivator as February leans toward March.My whole goal with this team is to build, added Hardaway, to be sharp for the AAC tournament March 14-17. We want to be in the top four, and have a bye on the first day. We have the opportunity to do something special here, but we have to get the rotation down and be on our stuff.

Government investigators found more than $1 million of improper reimbursements received by the now-defunct Mississippi River Corridor Tennessee MRCT, resulting in federal inducements for the nonprofits former leader. The MRCT was a nonprofit focused on economic development, land conservation, environment, and wildlife preservation in six West Tennessee counties near the Mississippi River. The group was funded by private donors and grants from state and federal agencies. The nonprofits board voted to dissolve the organization in March 2017. A two-year investigation by the Tennessee Comptrollers Office, the United States Department of Transportation, Office of Inspector General, and the Tennessee Valley Authority Office of Inspector General reviewed 62 of the groups reimbursement requests and payments received from state and federal agencies. They found that 57 of them included unallowable costs set by state and federal grant laws. These included reimbursements for architectural and contracting services that were not properly bid, reimbursements that were supported with missing or falsified documentation, and reimbursements for personal expenses including meals, entertainment, fuel, and baby shower supplies, according to a news release by the Tennessee Comptrollers office on Wednesday. These payments totaled more than $1 million from March 2011 to March 2017. MRCT also doubled-up on some reimbursements, getting numerous payments for the same expenses. These payments totaled $176,196, according to the Comptroller. MRCT got grant funding for two building projects, both of which are now either abandoned or demolished. The $856,685 Reelfoot Lake interpretive visitor center was torn down in October 2018. The $357,275 Dyersburg River Park and Blueway project is currently abandoned. Investigators said MRCT leader Diana Threadgill instructed her staff to falsify accounting records. She also continued MRCT operations after the board of directors voted to dissolve the nonprofit in March 2017, and she even requested and received additional funding in May 2017. Threadgill was indicted by a federal grand jury earlier this month in the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division, on three counts of mail fraud. This investigation points to multiple failures at many levels, Tennessee Comptroller Justin Wilson said in a statement. The MRCT board of directors and advisory council members not only had potential conflicts of interest, but they failed to provide adequate oversight. State agencies must also do a better job of monitoring and reviewing how grant funds are reimbursed.

After months of debate and delay, the Memphis City Council approved an increase in water rates Tuesday, but voted not to raise gas and electric rates. The vote means Memphis Light, Gas, and Water MLGW customers will start paying an additional 45 cents per month, beginning in March. MLGW officials have been seeking water, gas, and electric increases totaling 10.5 percent over five years since December. If all three hikes were approved residential customers would have paid, on average, an additional $18.56 per month during the five year period. J.T. Young, president and CEO of MGLW, said the hikes would have helped fund about $740 million worth of improvements to the utilitys aging infrastructure. Instead, Tuesday the council upheld its vote from two weeks ago opposing a gas rate increase. The council voted 6-7 against electric hikes, but approved the 45 cent monthly hike on water with a 9-4 vote. As council members were reluctant to approve the original ask, Councilwoman Patrice Robinson introduced the idea as a way to offset the utilitys negative net income. Young said if the utility stays in the negative, the state could step in to regulate rates, likely setting them higher than the utilitys ask. Councilman Worth Morgan said the council has to take responsibility to avoid the state coming in and acting like big brother. No one is really arguing that we dont have aging infrastructure that needs replacing, Morgan said. The question is when and how are we going to replace it. The increased revenue will go toward improving infrastructure at the utilitys water pumping stations, which Young said, on average, are about 58 years old. The utility has a good bit of restoration and rehabilitation that needs to be done, Young said. Tuesday Young also presented the results of a public phone survey conducted by the utility regarding the rate increases. Of the more than 2,000 respondents, Young said 46 percent wanted more information, 23 percent would consider rate increases, 16 percent would support an increase, and 15 percent would not support the increase under any circumstances. Right-sizing the city The council also approved the de-annexation of portions of South Cordova on the third and final hearing. Approximately two-square miles, housing around 4,000 residents in 1,806 homes, will officially be outside of the city limits beginning in 2020. Residents of the community, many of whom spoke to the council Tuesday, support the move and have been pushing for it for some years. The residents will be expected to pay taxes through 2023. Doug McGowen, the citys chief operating officer, said the de-annexation is in step with the citys effort to right-size the city, while building up and not out. Although the city will lose about $3 million of tax dollars annually, McGowen said the city will not have a reduction in revenue because resources once used in the de-annexed area will be saved. McGowen added that the resources removed from South Cordova will be re-allocated to other areas of the city to provide better municipal services to the citys core. For example, McGowen said the move will decrease the area the Memphis Police Department patrols by 8 percent. This is the fourth area of the city the council has voted to de-annex. Last year Rocky Point, Southwind-Windyke, Eads, and Riverbottoms were approved for de-annexation.

Stax Music Academy celebrates 200 years of Memphis music.

Reflections from a longtime member of the KISS Army as the End of the Road tour hits Memphis.

Februarys Very Short Story Contest Winner.

In one of the most extensive searches of college yearbooks ever, we found blackface and Ku Klux Klan photos like Ralph Northams far beyond Virginia.

Jeremiah Martin became the only Memphis player to score 40 or more points twice in a season.

The co-founder of Unapologetic, a creative collective based in Orange Mound, has introduced a petition online that calls for Main Street to be changed to the Memphis-born colloquialism, Mane Street.

The program launched in 2016.

In 2017, the EPA proposed requiring companies still operating mines to post cleanup bonds or offer other financial assurances so taxpayers dont end up footing cleanup bills.

Weatherspoon scores 31 including the game winning free throw with under a second to go as State holds on and hold off Georgia 68-67.