Romance will be in the air when the Memphis Grizzlies team up with Brides and Basketball to host the 3rd annual Bridal Show at FedExForum.  The event is set to take place Sunday, February 12th at 6:30pm.  The objective of this event is to get grooms involved in the wedding planning process by hosting it at an NBA arena.  The brides are able to get their grooms involved while the men are able to take their ladies to an NBA game.  Tickets to the bridal show also covers admission to the game.  For more information on this event visit the website www.bridesandbasketball.com.

If you've entered the gymnasium on the East Memphis campus of St. Agnes Academy and St. Dominic School, you have walked into the world where James W. Mathis has devoted nearly all of his working life.

Mathis, 77, has served as a coach on the staff of the private Catholic schools located on Walnut Grove Road at Mendenhall since 1962.

"Some of his original players came to drink coffee with him at Panera Bread at Laurelwood this week and I felt like I was in the presence of a rock star," said Jay Mathis, the coach's son who followed in his father's footsteps.

"Six week ago, Coach Mathis was bench pressing 260 pounds, " said Jim Lassandrello, Athletic Director of St. Agnes-St. Dominic, "but now he's in a wheelchair. It's shaken all of us."  

First  Lt. Matthew R. Stovall always wanted to be a soldier. He joined the Mississippi National Guard before he graduated Neshoba Central High School in 1997, served in numerous capacities during his enlisted years and completed Officer Candidate School in 2001. Stovall then completed his Officer Basic Course in Fort Eustis, VA, in 2002.