Standouts from Briarcrest, CBHS, ECS, Lausanne, Northpoint and St. Benedict up for consideration this week. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 30.

When presenting the budget, Memphis Mayor Paul Young said the city had to make “significant tradeoffs.” From pension to healthcare and clothing, here’s a closer look at the city’s spending.

With Election Day around the corner, it was a busy week in Shelby County. Mayoral contenders hit forums across the area to talk with voters one-on-one. Meanwhile, early voting turnout is higher than the pivotal 2018 County primaries.

Some seniors at local high schools are playing a game called Senior Assassin, crouching behind bushes, stalking other students in stores and wearing swim gear to protect themselves.

Today’s puzzle is of the Memphis City Council touring the city and was taken by Patrick Lantrip.

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Collierville Schools Board of Education will review its budget and bus contract with Durham School Services during its Tuesday meeting.

Thousands of Memphians freaked out 36 years ago when a fringe scientist predicted that a massive earthquake would strike the area.

The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board is expected to vote Tuesday, April 28, on whether to sell the 2.3-acre former site of Orleans Elementary School at 1400 McMillan to The Works for $61,000.

This year’s Young, Green & Gifted program capped off with a restoration project at T.O. Fuller State Park. But their reach goes all the way to the Tennessee House of Representatives. 

With the win, Memphis took a one-game lead in the International League over the Gwinnett Stripers.

Also happening this week: The last day to vote early is Thursday, and a new water-garden center opens in Palladio.

Over the weekend, two Shelby County officials talked about the possibility of commissioners considering taking legal action to stop the school district takeover.

Here is a running list of Memphis Tigers who landed with NFL teams after the 2026 draft. 

The Memphis Tigers made two more additions to the linebacker room after spring camp.

“Our culture has some good things going for it, but at the moment, we have dulled our own human-ness in ways that makes the God behind icy winds and spiraling leaves harder and harder to notice.”

“We’re going to see who’s got some Memphis in them,” Memphis FC team president Carey Talley said.

The 81-year-old Mason Temple is getting a renovation, the latest in a series for the landmark that has a dramatic history as the place where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his final speech the night before he was assassinated.

Between 2018, when Congress essentially legalized THCa, and 2025, when the Tennessee legislature regulated it, the Volunteer State’s hemp industry was flying high.

Hip-hop groups De La Soul, Wu-Tang Clan and Salt-N-Pepa all drew on Memphis sounds for their 1980s/1990s breakthroughs. They bring those sounds home at the Riverbeat Music Festival.

The airline said it was pausing the route because of “routine network planning” and did not say how much money it would save by pausing the route during the summer.

Today’s puzzle is a carnival ride at the Southaven Springfest and was taken by Brandon LaGrone II. 

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