Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch has cleared a Senatobia police officer of wrongdoing in a fatal June shooting of a 1-year-old. 

The Grizzlies subtract a guard and a forward to finalize their roster. 

Tennessee’s takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools has been paused again.

Hatley admonished the state’s ballooning budget and opposed deploying the Memphis Safe Task Force, saying the real issue plaguing Memphis was an underfunded police department.

Lakeland mayoral hopeful Connie McCarter withdrew from a Monday night candidates forum saying she saw no benefit to her campaign to appear.

The appointment appointed is the latest in a series of recent judicial shakeups.

More than 550 arts funders from across the country are in Memphis this week for a national conference examining how investments into local artists and organizations can strengthen communities.

Kickoff time is scheduled for Army’s Oct. 31 visit with the Memphis Tigers.

Competition for Dragons, Saints and Tigers gets underway Tuesday in Murfreesboro.

Standouts from Bolton, ECS, Mansassas and MUS are up for consideration this week. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22.

MASE, Fairley, Covington, Munford, Central, Southwind, Whitehaven and Briarcrest are the area schools ranked in the Tennessee Sports Writers Association’s rankings.

Memphis game designer Reuben Brunson debuts his second concept, a new, fast-paced card game called Litter Box, which he thinks may just be a big hit.

State historic tax credits could be especially beneficial in Memphis, particularly Downtown, where buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places are eligible for the credits.

Standard Construction is looking to move farther away from residential homes in Collierville to a more industrial area within the suburb.

In a town where you can get your ribs wet or dry, you might not even know there’s another option — glazed. 

Also in the roundup: Commissioner Rhonda O’Dell’s second letter about Edmund Ford Jr., “Souls to the Polls” rallies worked to boost the early vote turnout Saturday and Pearson and Molder make appeals beyond party lines.