A forensic audit report found evidence of fraud, waste and abuse at Tennessee’s largest school district. But the most significant claims aren’t news to the MSCS, according to court records and additional audit reports detailing the district’s responses.

With a new local leader, Sofar Sounds will host shows in Memphis once again. And, at the Botanic Garden, Fun Studio includes child-friendly musical instruments.

“The legal challenges making news this week seem to be name-calling, accusations and publicly shaming others.”

“If you plant the right trees in the right places, embrace and care for our native ecosystem, and hold industry and government accountable for their impacts on our environment, we may just succeed.”

This jigsaw puzzle features a photo of a five-story building at 158 Madison Ave. where the Memphis Public Market is planned. It was taken by Andy Ashby.

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The Redbirds were held hitless through six frames, blowing their first eight-inning lead.

Supervisor Robert Foster filed suit last week alleging a judicial subdistrict created by the Mississippi Legislature is racially discriminatory against white voters.

More than 60 Olympic and world-championship-level athletes are set for competition Friday and Saturday at the University of Memphis and Beale Street.

Alfonso Ivy, 47, had a lengthy arrest history in Shelby County on drugs and weapons charges, and had been out of prison for about 16 months after serving nine years behind bars.

DeSoto County Schools board member Michele Henley filed suit last week accusing Barton of defamation.

The planned development, Memphis Jazz, is located across from one of UMH’s existing developments, Memphis Blues.

“Revisiting history is an opportunity to make sure that you don’t repeat … things that you don’t want to repeat,” said reader Memphis Mayor Paul Young.

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens’ Julie Pierotti joins Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of “The Sidebar” to talk about the Dixon’s new exhibit, “Café Society: Art and Sociability in Paris, 1855-1914.”

The new director of scouting is the latest addition to several new hires this offseason.

In this week’s To-Do List, you can learn to listen like an artist and help some art kids get to Italy. 

The restaurant’s Lunch Box is its No. 1 order during the summer and comes with a half sandwich, fresh fruit and frozen yogurt. 

The chamber is looking for a permanent replacement for Ted Townsend, who left in April.

A prominent local developer’s lawsuit alleges the landowner of a proposed Chick-fil-A “orchestrated a ‘smear campaign’” to cast him in a negative light.

Today’s puzzle features the restored sign at the Memphis Visitor Center in Whitehaven, taken by Patrick Lantrip.

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Dusty May and Penny Hardaway will always be inextricably linked. The outcome of their meeting in the NCAA Tournament three years ago charted a path for them both; one led to the NBA, and one that may yet lead to an unceremonious divorce.

Initially billed as an opportunity for residents to connect with local resources and hear from top public safety officials, the event was cut short after repeated outbursts from the crowd.