The high school football postseason begins for TSSAA schools on Friday.

Tigers beat writers Steven Johnson and Frank Bonner II discuss the Tigers’ upcoming home game against No. 23 SMU and the basketball team’s season opener vs. Tennessee Tech.

Winners will be announced Dec. 7 in Nashville. One Memphian has potential for a second consecutive victory.

Did Jaren Jackson Jr.’s big night convince Drew Hill and Chris Herrington that he’s out of his slump?

The transmission rate is decreasing in the county, according to Shelby County Health Department Director Dr. Michelle Taylor. 

Jaren Jackson Jr. watched the third season of a popular Netflix thriller in one day while Taylor Jenkins can’t wait to watch the new season of “Yellowstone.”

Councilwoman Patrice Robinson hosted a virtual town hall, where Mark Yates discussed coal ash and his new role as Regional Vice President of Tennessee Valley Authority. 

Jackson scored 14 points in the second half and carried Memphis while Ja Morant was getting his last rest of the game.

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Germantown aldermen heard a final case for purchasing park land on the south side of the suburb. They will review the agreement Monday.

SMU has the seventh-best offense in the country, with both passing and rushing depth that has stymied defenses. 

There is no timeline for the star defender’s return, but his assignment to the Memphis Hustle is a positive sign it could come soon. 

The joint meeting Wed., Nov. 10, is a tentative first step toward consolidating the two governments. 

Gov. Bill Lee names Charlie Tuggle, executive vice president and general counsel for First Horizon National, and Tipton County Mayor Jeff Huffman to the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee.

City Council member Jeff Warren is leading the talks that hope to raise additional money for a parking solution that leaves the Overton Park greensward as it is. 

Plans call for mixed-use commercial development with $31.8 million in construction for retail, office and hotel spaces.

Children ages 5 to 11 will be able to receive COVID-19 vaccinations at the Shelby County Health Department beginning Thursday, Nov. 4.

Shelby County has averaged 87 new coronavirus cases reported per day for the past seven days.

Hog and Hominy served its first meals at a soft opening on Tuesday and we were there to try it; Pantà is open and we were there, too. Pancho’s is still serving in West Memphis, for now, and Sweet Grass has an apple pie you gotta try.

Zak Ozmo, the host of Music & Medicine, joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.

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The Tigers have a combined 14-3 record against SMU, East Carolina, Houston and Tulane since 2016. 

The Murray Farms Planned Development, a $60-million, three-building distribution center on the corner of Appling City Cove and Murray Farms Road, near the I-40 exit, was approved by the Memphis City Council.

The new rules for gas stations are in the first of two City Council measures that include a downzoning of 20 areas of the city to limit the spread of auto-related businesses. 

The Memphis City Council will take up the pipeline ordinances in two weeks after legalese and other factors led to to raucous environment at City Hall.