This week Memphis is hosting the 2025 National Veterans Golden Age Games, the largest sports rehabilitation event of its kind for veterans age 55 and over.

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has operated the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center since 2014. 

Word Flower is a fun and challenging game people of all ages can play.

Are you ready for it? Here are today’s sudokus. 

For the past several months, Memphis City Councilman Jeff Warren has been giving tours of Methodist University Hospital. His goal is simple: Convince the community it doesn’t need to spend $1 billion on a new campus for Regional One. 

Last year, the City of Memphis issued about $30 million in debt to buy the hotel — and is already making payments — but the sale hasn’t been finalized. 

Third-generation corndog vendor Dustin Herrington has not missed a Germantown Charity Horse Show since he was born. But the show took on new meaning after his mom died of breast cancer in 2018. 

The Volunteers travel to play No. 3 seed Arkansas in a best-of-3 super regional with a berth in the College World Series on the line.

The city wants to use the Department of Justice’s retreat from its civil rights investigation of the MPD as a tool to fight the lawsuit stemming from Nichols’ January 2023 beating and death at the hands of five now-former Memphis police officers. 

The full commission has one more voting meeting on June 23 to approve an operating budget, a capital budget and set the county property-tax rate before the fiscal year begins.

Tennessee pitcher Karlyn Pickens, a National Fastpitch Coaches Association first-team All-American, allowed just one earned run on five hits and struck out nine for the Vols (47-17).

There were 26 bids placed on Penny Hardaway’s game-worn uniform and warmup set from his 1993-94 rookie season. 

The claims offer the 18-month, $487,500 payout described in Feagins’ contract as an alternative outcome to returning her to the school district’s superintendent seat. 

The owners of the Side Porch Steakhouse are adding a coffeehouse in the former pharmacy building next door to their restaurant.

Penalty comes after TSSAA finds the Golden Wildcats, who reached the 2024 state championship game, used an ineligible player in eight games — including all five postseason contests.

Collierville police answered calls over the weekend to a large gathering leading to the arrest of eight people on various drug and firearms charges.

The sentencing dates come less than a month after Bean, Haley and Smith were acquitted of all charges at the state level.

Tennessee plays Wake Forest (6 p.m., ESPN2) and Ole Miss plays Murray State (6 p.m., ESPN+) as the Volunteers and Rebels try and advance to the regionals.

“Public safety is not a partisan issue — everyone deserves to feel safe in their community.”

Sand, silt and clay is essential to rebuilding — or, at this point, maintaining — the fragile coastline that has been receding for decades. But less than 10% of the Mississippi River’s sediment reaches the critical Bird’s Foot Delta. 

With a little more than five months to go until the start of college basketball’s 2025-26 regular season in November, the Tigers have situations to resolve and wrinkles to iron out.

A Thunder-Pacers NBA Finals is perhaps encouraging for the Grizzlies while underscoring some needed areas of improvement. 

The contract that has kept The University of Tennessee Health Science Center operating the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center is expiring, and a request seeking a new operator ended without a bid.

“This is the first time since the inception of the building that we’ve had any substantial or any availability beyond one or two suites. This building offers way more than any other building in this city.” 

Wherever you go, be safe, watch out for others and make sure to do at least one cannonball off the diving board.