Today’s puzzle features students returning to Downtown Elementary on the first day of school, taken by Mark Weber.

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Also in the political roundup, two write-in candidates appeared to fizzle by the unofficial vote totals, the Memphis narrative moves into the general election campaign and a D.C. Scorecard going into the August recess.

Memphis welcomed fans to take a look at its new-and-improved stadium Saturday. At the end of another tough week in Memphis sports, it is worth remembering what community can do.

“Awe is evident when your mind has been blown and you are forced to re-think what you knew before.”

Redbirds lose for just the second time in 2026 with a lead after the seventh inning.

The Tigers hosted a fan fest practice at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, showing off what’s to come for a newly reconstructed team and stadium.

The UrbanArt Commission oversaw the project that brightens a milelong stretch of concrete barrier along Chelsea Avenue. 

Two Shelby County corrections deputies are charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault in the death of Gershun Freeman.

Customers always ask Alex Grisanti to share his family’s recipes, and the saltimbocca is one of the most requested. 

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris talks about his eight years as mayor on “Behind The Headlines” and the challenges facing his successor, Mayor-elect Mickell Lowery.

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Today’s puzzle features the yeast rolls from JEM Dining, and the photo is provided by JEM Dining. 

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SpaceXAI alleges that Darana Hybrid and its CEO engaged in a practice of overbilling to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Mississippi attorney general and gubernatorial candidate Lynn Fitch branded herself as a Trump conservative in an appeal to about 50 supporters at a Mexican restaurant.

University of Tennessee Health Science Center officials have said the $350 million project is a transformational one that will grow the size of cohorts at the university and be a powerful recruitment tool.

Former Memphis Grizzlies player Brandon Clarke was found dead around 5 p.m. May 11 in his bedroom, the County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner said.

Shelby County and the City of Memphis have officially declared Aug. 7 as LeMoyne-Owen College Day.

Anne Zachry, former chair of the occupational therapy department at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, filed a lawsuit Friday claiming that she never resigned and she wants her job back. 

“It takes living here to know the people. That’s what so many who dismiss Memphis never experience. They see headlines but never hospitality. They hear about violence but never generosity. They know the statistics but not our stories.”

The No. 2 player in the world is returning to Memphis after electing to skip the FedEx St. Jude Championship last summer. 

Millington police officer Bryan Childress fired after an investigation revealed he was filing false timesheets, pocketing nearly $3,000 by doing so.

The Memphis Tigers men’s and women’s basketball American Conference opponents were announced by the league on Friday.

The Minnesota Twins have called up a former Memphis-area shortstop.