Today’s jigsaw puzzle is a photo from the celebration for the new Monopoly: Memphis Edition game taken by The Daily Memphian business reporter Sophia Surrett. 

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“The outsiders ... who think this “surge” is a wonderful idea for the city have little insight into how the deployment of a few hundred people in a city as sprawling and diverse as Memphis can effectively combat crime.”

A new McDonald’s proposed for southwest Collierville wants to see more parking than is allowed. It has asked the town to review the regulations and up the maximum spaces allowed.

Wanda Halbert and Millington officials are in disagreement over whether the County Clerk’s office owes the suburb any money for using space.

The campaign season, with its new partisan battles, could also include a legal challenge from incumbent board members.

AngelStreet Memphis is fundraising for the $2 million development with partners already in talks.

Cedric Coward brings to Memphis a passion for basketball rooted long before he was taken on the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft.

Former Memphis City Council member Myron Lowery, who died Sunday, was also interim Memphis mayor and City Court Clerk during 40 years in the rough and tumble of local politics.

Not much actual instruction happens on the first day, of course. For the 2025-2026 Memphis Grizzlies, instruction will begin Tuesday during a training camp held, for the second consecutive year, in Nashville.

New numbers, roster changes, injuries and beyond. When the Memphis Grizzlies coach, general manager and stars spoke at media day, they issued some quiet confidence. 

After the Tigers had their win sealed at Florida Atlantic, some fans wondered why Memphis scored again. Ryan Silverfield tackles the issue.

“This isn’t about outside firms coming in, taking out dollars and leaving,” the Regional One president and CEO said. “This is about combining specialized health care expertise with Memphis proven capabilities, ensuring that Memphis business grows.” 

Memphis Tigers coach Penny Hardaway is wasting no time to establish a pecking order among his players as official practices begin.

“Our hearts are with them,” said Karen Carrier, who owns two nearby restaurants and was on-site for The Beauty Shop’s lunch service at the time. “We’re really concerned about Mulan.”

During a recent Sound Bites podcast, Hive owner Josh Steiner said the bagel shop and deli’s next location would be in East Memphis. Now we know where. 

For about a year, the City of Memphis has sought information from a California family who were close with Nichols. However, attorneys for Nichols’ mother sought to prevent the records from being handed over.

Dr. Kevin Schaaf, a Metro Nashville Public Schools reading specialist, said students are often fatigued and disengaged in class, stressed by the emphasis on test performance.

Standouts from Collierville, Germantown, MASE, Melrose, Munford and St. George’s are up for consideration this week. 

To understand why the lights may be on on one side of a street but not on the other is to gain a window into the intricate, man-made spiderweb that is MLGW’s distribution system. 

“I think that’s the shoe you talk about later when you say ... ‘They made four other models and they are still going back to the 3s,’” Phil Morant said of Ja’s new signature sneaker. 

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“If the ASD was a ‘failed experiment,’ then what do we call decades of schools where almost no child can read?” 

“We are surrounded by high-quality restaurants, so we didn’t want to enter the arena competing with them,” Hotel Pontotoc’s general manager said. “We had to find our own little niche with upscale bar bites.”

Beleaguered CBU lost a third of its student population from last year while other local colleges saw modest declines or, in the case of LeMoyne-Owen, a small increase.

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