Hola, Memphis! It’s Monday, May 5, and that means Americans will be cramming into Mexican restaurants today for margarita specials. Yes, it’s Cinco de Mayo, the Mexican holiday that’s a bigger deal in America than south of the border. Americans love any excuse for a party. Or, should I say, a fiesta?

Ethics are back on the agenda at the Shelby County Commission today, following Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr.’s arrest on criminal charges of misusing county grant money. And for more on what’s coming, check out This Week in Memphis.

This Thursday, May 8, will mark 100 years since motorboat pilot Tom Lee rescued 32 passengers from the capsized M.E. Norman riverboat on the Mississippi River. Most Memphians probably know that much since Lee’s name and likeness are immortalized through Tom Lee Park and Lee’s bronze statue there. But there’s so much more to the story, and our own Bill Dries will be sharing that all week in his “The Making of a Hero” series. On Sunday, he shared the harrowing tale of what went wrong on the M.E. Norman, a tragedy that took 23 lives. And we get a little background on Lee’s life. Today, we learn how life changed for Lee after the rescue, including the time he got to meet President Calvin Coolidge at the White House. And, to help set the scene, Dries gives us an overview of what Memphis was like 100 years ago.

Drive-out tags are as prevalent in Memphis as churches and barbecue joints. They’re everywhere. But sometimes, they’re fake. In the latest installment of Ask the Memphian, reporter Jody Callahan looks into the “epidemic” of drive-out tags, as Greater Memphis Auto Dealers Association President Kent Ritchey calls it. Some of the tags are legit, of course, since the Shelby County clerk’s office has a 60- to 90-day turnaround time on issuing license plates for new vehicles. But temporary tags are apparently easy to forge.

Plus, WKNO may face Trump cuts, the Real ID deadline is this week and we take a look inside the “River of Time.”