Location, location, location: The two buildings that housed the former Outdoors Inc. are near one of the busiest intersections in the city, seeing more than 29,000 vehicles daily.

City Council members have some amendments to Mayor Paul Young’s budget, and they could move closer to closing out the budget season at Tuesday’s council day.

A new age-based model could be voted on as early as this month. If implemented, a player would have a five-year clock to compete for up to five seasons.

Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss the potential for a Ja Morant trade and take questions from listeners. 

Today’s photo is from the Memphis Italian Festival and was taken by Jonathan Mintz.

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From vote-a-rama to recount-a-rama, Tennessee’s representatives in Washington had a busy week and more in this week’s political roundup.

The South Memphis native used AI and coding to build two new platforms — one to help tutor students, and another to help people learn what they’re eating, including the amount of microplastics.

While the property tax rate will remain at $1.79 per $100 of assessed value, homeowners may have something to say Monday about a significant increase in sanitation costs facing the suburb.

Han Square is opening, in part, in a former Life Church space in Cordova and will include the international market, a Southeast Asian food court, retail tenants and full-service restaurants. 

Generative AI has become widely used. But Celine Lee, co-owner of Hernando’s Hide-A-Way, wants no part of it. Here’s why. 

The win keeps Memphis tied in the International League with the Nashville Sounds, whom they face next week at AutoZone Park.

“It’s been difficult for quite some time, but it just got to the point where, you know, we just really didn’t have much of a choice,” said partner and general manager Mike Johnson as the restaurant closes its first of two locations. 

Also happening this week: A funeral service will be held for Judge Jon McCalla and Dr. Mary McCalla.

“Man, it’s fun playing football,” added Sky Forest, a Lausanne football player who took over at quarterback for the Hound Dogs after starter Kevin Taylor was injured Saturday. “You can’t beat that.”

Today’s puzzle is of Christian Brothers goalkeeper Ari Usdan at the Class AAA state boys soccer tournament at Spring Fling in Murfreesboro and was taken by Mark Humphrey. 

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“The universe isn’t obligated to make sense to us. There’s no requirement for rhyme and reason. Things just happen, be they good or bad, and the burden is on us to find a way to make it work.”

“Safety isn’t just about whether crime exists. Safety is also about whether people feel they belong to one another. It is also deeply true that poverty affects safety.”

Emmy Award-winning broadcaster Richard Ransom announced the launch of his own public relations and media company, Ransom Strategy Group.

In examining post-pandemic learning loss, officials at Leadership Preparatory Charter School came to a realization: Teachers were following scripted math curriculum a bit too closely.

In forming its esports, or video game competition, team, the Navy held tryouts to find the best players in a variety of games — like “Marvel Rivals”, “Call of Duty”, “Valorant”, “Counter-Strike”, “Rocket League”, “League of Legends” and “Fortnite” — and then gave them a space to hone their skills for competition.