Here’s part two of a mammoth Mid-Season Grizzlies Mailbag. Last week’s part one covered a lot of territory. 

Home sales are down for the third straight year. But with interest rates on the decline, some are hopeful the market stabilizes in 2024.

In a leaked recording, a FedEx vice president tells pilots a new contract with the U.S. Postal Service will eliminate daytime flights in 29 cities. 

Catholic education leaders believe the Jubilee Schools wouldn’t have closed if the state government had paid a portion of the families’ tuition. That’s why they support Gov. Bill Lee’s proposed Education Freedom Scholarship Act, which would make private school vouchers much more widely available.

The Shelby County Health Department is charged with protecting and promoting environmental health, but advocates say the agency is not doing enough to keep the area’s air and water safe. 

This puzzle features a Mark Weber photo that captures the drama as firefighters put out a blaze at the Hop-In convenience store at Poplar Avenue and North Highland Street.

“Everything that we earned, we just gave it away,” coach Penny Hardaway said after the No. 10 Tigers’ loss to Tulane. “And now, again, you’ve gotta fight through adversity.”

So here we are again. We’ve arrived at the annual crisis point in the schedule. There’s talk of dysfunction, the execution is lackluster, and the defense has fallen off a cliff. Some familiar themes over the years.

Also happening: Voices for a Safer Tennessee hosts a discussion on gun reform, and two Broken Bottles suspects are in court.

Customers are requested to stop dripping faucets and refrain from going to get their car washed. That will help save 10 million gallons of water a day, Doug McGowen said at a press conference Sunday, Jan. 21. 

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Brady White started his college playing career at Arizona State, and now, he’s headed back. 

Under pressure, the No 10 Tigers faltered in an 81-79 loss to Tulane in New Orleans on Sunday afternoon to drop their second consecutive game.

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Box score: Tulane 81, Memphis 79

Even if it validated criticisms, GG Jackson vowed to be honest during NBA Draft interviews. Now he’s backing up his promises. 

“Communities of faith across this city remind us we are not alone and give us courage to hope together in the face of real problems and persistent hurts.”

“There are portals to God’s grace all over this city, both in nature and in civilization.”

The U.S. Department of Justice complaint alleges that from 2015 to at least 2020, Patriot avoided providing mortgage services to majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods and discouraged people seeking credit in them from obtaining home loans.

When completed this summer, the Avaline at River Oaks will have 90 assisted-living and 24 memory-care apartments managed by Claiborne Senior Living.

The University of Memphis’ Center for Applied Earth Science has hired a professor known for using data to guide long-term planning for infrastructure.

At least 15 city employees traveled to the Caribbean island for a recruiting fair last July. The event, designed to attract police officers and employees for other hard-to-fill jobs, failed to attract a single candidate.

City of Memphis leaders have urged drivers to stay off the streets until roads are clear of ice. That means more time at home to play your favorite games.

The latest location of popular Bartlett restaurant has the potential to bring the restaurant to hotels across the U.S. 

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The Grizzlies’ offense sputtered without their stars in a 125-96 loss to the Bulls on Saturday at the United Center. 

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Box score: Bulls 125, Grizzlies 96

A winner of the lottery for free tickets to the Orpheum concert said the hometown singer’s “focus was on us, the people of Memphis.”

The Memphis Grizzlies had a notable visitor at shootaround on Saturday morning at the United Center as the Grizzlies prepared to face the Chicago Bulls.