Chance Carlisle of Carlisle Corp. responds to Mayor Strickland’s letter on the Grand Hyatt financing stalemate. 

Advocacy group leaders question why Memphis Police and the state failed to investigate and prosecute Cleotha Henderson for a kidnapping and rape that occurred September 2021. 

Junior quarterback McCoy Pugh for accounted for 273 yards, three touchdowns in victory over Bolivar Central.

The Memphis Shelby Crime Commission reported the major violent crime rate in Memphis declined 6.1% during the first three quarters of this year. However, major property crime was up 21.6% in the same period.

Former Shelby County Commissioner Reginald Milton has been appointed to lead the county’s new office of education and youth services.

City leaders broke ground Thursday, Nov. 3, on a new 20,000-square-foot Frayser Branch Library on James Road that replaces the existing 60-year-old facility.

The growth in Olive Branch has had one benefit — Huey’s will open its second spot in Mississippi at The Bridges of Camp Creek.

The move is in response to a 2021 Tennessee law requiring local districts to close if their schools are used as polling locations.

Friday steak night hasn’t returned, but the Shelby Forest General Store still serves burgers and plenty more seven days a week.

Desmond Bane leads the NBA in fourth quarter scoring this season. He and Ja Morant give the Grizzlies a lethal combination in winning time. 

Nine players from the Shelby-Metro area have been named semifinalists for the Tennessee Titans Mr. Football award, which will be presented next month in Nashville.