One of the year’s most highly anticipated films, an adaptation of author Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer-winning novel “Nickel Boys,” will be the centerpiece selection of the 27th Indie Memphis Film Festival.

The Memphis City Council is also taking a look at the new building code that requires some schools buildings to have storm shelters to see if there are less expensive ways to meet the standard.

An SCSO deputy who was responding to a separate crash involving a different deputy is currently in “extremely critical condition.” 

The money he won for the school will be put into the automotive shop, but the $15,000 he won for himself will likely take Sneed back to Europe where he was deployed with the Army.

“You cannot say that you are cleaning up the blight in your district if you are dumping it in mine,” said Councilwoman Michalyn Easter-Thomas.

“Jeff (Abeln) was a loving husband, proud father and a loyal friend to many. We are all better because of his influence,” said Collierville Police Chief Dale Lane. 

Mayor Paul Young told council members in a Tuesday, Oct. 15, committee discussion that the immediate task is to find short-term funding for MATA to avoid a set of bus route cuts and employee layoffs the old MATA board approved that take effect Nov. 3.

Shelby Couty’s lone Carrabba’s faced Collierville’s Beer Board Tuesday after it was caught during a routine check by the Tennessee Alcoholic Commission in July.

Memphis Animal Services director Ty Coleman was first suspended in June.

“The Great American Beer Festival is the biggest and most important one in the country. It’s easier to get into Harvard than it is to win a medal at GABF,” Wiseacre cofounder Kellan Bartosch said.

In a high-stakes season with a massive hole in the middle of its lineup, the Grizzlies have placed a big bet on one of the game’s biggest players.

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