Multiple lawsuits have been filed in recent years over inmate deaths at the Shelby County Jail. Here is where some of them stand. 

This first installment features deep dives into a couple of big-topic questions like the FedexForum lease, the Desmond Bane trade and its follow-through and more.

Can you solve this week’s word search?

Are you ready for today’s puzzles?

Word Flower is a fun and challenging game people of all ages can play.

Second baseman Bryan Torres finished the win 1-for-2 with a double, a run scored, two RBIs and two walks.

Most of the key players from last year’s 11-2 team are gone, and the Tigers started training camp with plenty of mystery, but the one group that has the most returning talent is the running backs. 

About 200 runners convened at the starting line on St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Downtown campus to kick off the four-day run back to Peoria, Illinois.

The pool party, hosted by an Ole Miss student at his parents’ house, charged attendees $10 a person.

“We can decide we have a medium-tier school system or a top-tier school system, and that determines how we have to fund it,” a Houston High alumnus and parent said.

The grant from a $3 million pool of grant funds to 24 sites is the latest by the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund to several historic properties in Memphis.

Students will be required to keep personal devices, including smartwatches, turned off and put away during school hours. Violating that policy could come with consequences, up to suspension.

Gelato, sno cones, popsicles — yes, please. 

“Whatever you think of the members of this particular school board, even they couldn’t screw this one up.”

The Grizzlies are going to play the Orlando Magic in Berlin in January. The two teams will play again in London. But, no Martin Luther King Jr. game in 2026.

One refreshing day in Orange Beach and a Dreamsicle-flavored soda led to a snap decision for pop shop in the Memphis area. 

The City of Memphis and the police union remain locked in a dispute over promotions. The Daily Memphian has obtained the city’s most recent offer — an offer the union refused. 

With the exodus of a hummingbird festival in Holly Springs, a Southaven alderman has replanted the event in DeSoto County.

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

Semmes Murphey Clinic announces additions. 

MSCS rejected requests for Kirby Middle and Hillcrest High to become district charter schools once their ASD terms end. The denials could carry consequences, under a new state law.

For the third time this season, Memphis Redbirds shortstop JJ Wetherholt led off the game with a home run.

The four schools in Southwest Memphis that xAI has proposed supporting have some of the greatest deferred maintenance needs in the district. 

Following the recent retirement of former Assistant Chief Don Crowe, MPD officials promoted a longtime employee to the vacant position. 

At mid-year, the biggest comedy hit at a somewhat resurgent American box office has been a sleeper-success female-buddy movie. Maybe that will change in the weeks ahead.