For each coffee shop closure, a new opening is on the horizon — or, sometimes, in the same spot. 

With the deadline looming on Tuesday, March 10, who is running for August school board races and the Arlington municipal elections?

GG Jackson scored 18 points in the road loss. The Memphis forward has now scored in double figures in 16 of the last 17 games. 

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Box score for the NBA game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Brooklyn Nets at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on Monday March 9, 2026.

A TIF for the Germantown redevelopment, which would replace Carrefour at Kirby Parkway and Poplar Avenue, failed by a 3-2 vote.

The Shelby County Commission returns to 13 members after the body named its newest member to serve the six months remaining in the term of Edmund Ford Jr.

The officer resigned after about five years of service to Collierville. This came after an internal investigation due to domestic assault charges in Fayette County.

Officials say the hospital should generate millions in economic growth by 2027 and also add thousands of construction and secondary jobs.

The historic Memphis venue will honor its musical legacy with free concerts, local artists, a performance by Booker T. Jones and — of course — birthday cake.

Mississippi is rushing plans to make xAI’s request for permanent natural gas turbines in Southaven, according to the NAACP.

Walker is a graduate of Arlington High School. 

Gov. Bill Lee has declined federal funding to help feed low-income students over the summer. A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to change that.

The women’s team has not reached the NCAA Tournament since the 1997-98 season under coach Joye Lee-McNelis.

How are candidates booted from primary ballots? Also in the political roundup, heads butt on the Memphis Safe Task Force, where Lee Harris and Edmund Ford Jr. agreed and recent D.C. votes on Iran air strikes.

The closures prompted questions. What would happen to students, staff and the buildings themselves? Can more closures could happen in the future, and could charter schools could be among schools on the chopping block. Let’s get into it.

While neither has kids in the district, they’ve been involved for many years.

Today’s puzzle is the interior at Patrick’s Neighborhood Bar & Patio in East Memphis and was taken by Mark Weber. 

Are you a Wordle fan? Try WordRow, a similar game. It’s free to play. 

Are you ready for it? Here are today’s sudokus. 

“Consumers have been scammed out of tens of millions of dollars in recent get-rich-quick schemes.”

Altruria Elementary is showing the wear-and-tear of its age leading Bartlett City Schools to plan a new school building behind the existing structure.

Every Saturday, local model railroaders meet to socialize, operate trains and work on their layouts in a warehouse-sized space.

The food truck park is currently home to three permanent food trucks with a fourth joining them next month.

Headed to Birmingham, Memphis looks to make possible what seems improbable: five straight wins and an NCAA Tournament berth.

“It’s March, and Penny Hardaway and the Tigers have a chip and a chair.”

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