Also happening this week: You can meet Shelby County Mayor Mickell Lowery, and there’s a rescheduled hearing for the MSCS takeover suit.

This year’s Spirit of Memphis award recipient Ekundayo Bandele discusses how a self-described introvert went from rap battles in Brooklyn to running one the nation’s four freestanding Black theaters.

The Grizzlies will hit the Music Highway for a Nashville training camp, and head coach Tuomas Iisalo will get his first full chance to build his own thing.

Financial assistance has been pouring in for longtime CBHS basketball coach Bubba Luckett as he awaits a likely double lung transplant.

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Today’s puzzle features the Memphis Fire Department’s participation in a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Mark Weber took the photo. 

“In the early days after my daughter died of a drug overdose in 2014, it was one of the details with which I became obsessed – that over time, I might forget what she sounded like.”

“Is there anything more depressing than a life speckled with unrealized dreams revealed through a stack of unopened gear? My basement is a graveyard of hobbies that never were.”

Also in the political roundup, Charlie Hatcher on KWAM, Chaz Molder’s fish fry in North Memphis and the art of canvassing and phone banking.

During several counts each spring and summer, volunteers check on the health of the state’s butterfly population — “a proxy for everything.” 

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No. 21 Florida manhandled fourth-ranked Mississippi 52-28 on Saturday to reach 4-0 for the first time since 2019.

The Memphis Tigers held an open practice Saturday, giving fans a 40-minute peek into how the team is shaping up. 

With President Donald Trump on hand to watch, the Longhorns gouged the Vols in Knoxville.

President Trump came to support Tennessee Republicans, but his presence at Neyland Stadium did not help the Vols, who lost to the Texas Longhorns. 

SpaceXAI offers to buy real estate from some Southaven residents if they pledge not to join a class-action lawsuit filed in June over the company’s North Mississippi power plant.

Dozens of volunteers took part in an “Adventure Day on the Greenway” in North Memphis Saturday to not only help clean up the area but also to discover what the trail was all about.

Joseph Wells filled out the application, but he kept it a secret. Now, thanks to the unlikely P.E. teacher, the students at his school have an outdoor exercise area. 

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Today’s puzzle features University of Memphis football head coach Charles Huff with his players. Wes Hale took the photo. 

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Two women are teaming up on an affordable-housing development in North Memphis, another move in the momentum to bring more new homes to the city.

The Farmer’s sloppy Joe helped bring national attention to the Memphis restaurant.

Almost a month into his four-year term, Shelby County Mayor Mickell Lowery said his top priority is the county’s financial stability.

There’s at least one treat that people say they’ve driven hours for — and even shed a few tears over — at Jacques Louise Bakery.