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As Bill Lee’s final term nears its end, multiple contenders stepped up for the race for state governor. Plus, this political roundup also explores the Democratic primary race to succeed Wanda Halbert.

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“She’s been very kind, very energetic,” Collierville Mayor Maureen Fraser said. “She’s young and has a lot of great ideas.”

Shadyac Strategies will help organizations with brand building, media strategy and crisis management as well as provide interim CEO services and speaking engagements. 

Two Bartlett restaurants may have closed in the last month, but three others are preparing to open in the suburbs.

Go off menu, slightly, at Bar Hustle to get a pizza with red onions, fennel sausage and spicy honey. 

MATA does not have enough money to operate the trolleys even as it works to ready vehicles for a potential return. 

In what a former Memphis police chief laughingly calls a “goat rodeo from the word go,” three bumbling crooks hatched a harebrained scheme to steal the body of Elvis Presley two weeks after his death. It didn’t go very well.

We’ve used a 2024 image from The Daily Memphian files for today’s jigsaw puzzle. This photo by Brad Vest was taken outside the gates of Graceland.

Whitlock, who grew up in Millington and got his start at Stax Records, will forever be known as a member of Derek and the Dominoes.

The veteran kept his nerve on the third extra hole to turn back U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun.

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Final tournament scores from the FedEx St. Jude Championship PGA Tour event played at TPC Southwind. Justin Rose defeated J.J. Spaun on the third hole of a playoff.

Also happening this week: The County Commission considers an MSCS board election shakeup, and the CRA wants your ideas for the Old Brick Church.

The Redbirds' offense was unable to find a timely hit in Sunday's loss to the Bulls.

The move to put all nine MSCS board seats on the ballot in 2026 took a few turns last week in County Commission committee sessions. 

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One hundred years after being ravaged by timber extraction and poor farming practices, Meeman-Shelby Forest is considered one of the great success stories of forest restorations east of the Mississippi River.

Short-term rentals like Airbnb and Vrbo have transformed how homeowners rent their properties, but they’ve also sparked debates among neighbors and hoteliers.

Music roars throughout the neighborhood. Partygoers do doughnuts in cul-de-sacs and park in yards. And when the party’s over, partygoers leave beer bottles, condoms and other debris — even car parts — scattered throughout the neighborhood. 

Today’s puzzle features a picture from Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park by The Daily Memphian photographer Patrick Lantrip.

The offense for the Memphis Redbirds struggled for the second straight game as the team fell 6-2 to the Durham Bulls Saturday night at AutoZone Park.

Scores and pairings from the FedEx St. Jude Championship being played at TPC Southwind.

Winless on the PGA Tour, he leads Justin Rose by one stroke heading into Sunday’s finale. Scottie Scheffler is two shots back.

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“(Rescue groups) like these are typically overwhelmed with a lot of dogs,” said Jane Jayakumar, who brought her Streetdog foster Gabriel to the event. “Events like these help promote that we’re a presence in Memphis.”