Something was different when the Memphis Tigers gathered for their annual open practice Friday night. What was it? “There’s no cloud,” said Penny Hardaway.

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“We have families and rights. To see the children, who were having a good time, crying and terrified, was horrible,” said organizer Jenna Dunn. “It lit a fire inside of me that was already burning.”

Logan Johns throws three touchdown passes, two to his best friend, Noah Flaskamp.

Sophomore quarterback Brady Hughes leads Owls’ ground game.

“Everyone who lives in Memphis sells Memphis and should feel that responsibility,” said Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management dean Desh Palakurthi.

The National Weather Service predicts the Mississippi River at Memphis will reach its second-lowest level ever by Oct. 13. The drought is limiting barge traffic, just as crops harvested in the early fall need to be transported.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission chair has called TVA’s federally defined geographic service territory “a vestige of a bygone era in the region.”

Memphis-Shelby County Schools announced the district’s highest graduation percentage in nearly 10 years.

The needed deferred maintenance at Germantown High exceeds the value of the land and buildings.

Fall means festivals around these parts, and Bartlett holds its annual event this weekend after being sidelined for a couple of years by the pandemic.