A nearly $400,000 scam has a local construction firm and the Memphis River Parks Partnership embroiled in a yearslong legal dispute. 

Owners Rebekah and Scott Tashie said their original location at 5101 Sanderlin Ave. will always be special to them as it was their first project together, but they needed a larger space.

Also happening this week: The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board takes up a new overtime policy and considers a Grizzlies Prep all-girls school.

The sixth-year Memphis Grizzlies point guard stood before a record Racer Hoopalooza crowd Saturday night and accepted his entrance into the school’s Class of 2024 Athletics Hall of Fame.

Its two-week experiment is running now in the world’s largest cavitation channel on Presidents Island. 

“The purpose of Judaism, and all sacred faith traditions, is not to teach people to repress their appetites as evil but to train people to control their appetites because they are God-given.”

Shelby County ranks second nationally with new HIV infections, behind Miami. Tennessee Department of Health estimates show HIV rates in Shelby County have increased 36% overall since 2018, while new cases among people ages 15-19 have risen 40%.

“Lately, I’ve been treading in the waters of the mundane. Groceries, laundry, text messages that require responses. Neither a cup of coffee nor the moon have been history lessons that reach backward nor spiritual meditations that reach upward.”

The vote totals in Thursday’s race for General Sessions Court clerk could be a larger political indicator than who is the next clerk. Also reaction from Cohen, Kustoff and Blackburn to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to D.C.

An addition to the growing smashburger scene can be found at the Smash & Grab Burger Lab, where Kidd Martin is cooking up one of the city’s best burgers.

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

Recent articles about big changes coming to Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium inspired this week’s crossword puzzle.

Strong goalkeeping by the debuting Triston Henry and a first-half goal from Samuel Careaga propel Memphis.

The National Civil Rights Museum hosts prominent civil rights leaders for a daylong symposium in honor of the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Grizzlies forward makes 6-of-8 3-pointers to lead Spain in scoring in its Olympic opener.

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BBQ Shrimp is one of The Second Line’s and Restaurant Iris’ most popular dishes. Now you can make a similar version at home. 

New AAC commissioner Tim Pernetti recognizes the mood surrounding conference realignment, but he hopes Memphis will continue pouring itself into its current league.

“We each can complain to our elected officials and advocate in the coming years, but wouldn’t it be better if we all started with an informed choice and voted in our community’s elections?”

A roundtable of journalists on WKNO’s “Behind The Headlines” talks about new statistics showing a dip in crime and the upcoming Memphis-Shelby County Schools year.

Opinion: Peer Power celebrates its 20th anniversary with the knowledge that our students consistently choose high school graduation and post-secondary pathways over crime and violence. 

Two juveniles were taken into custody, but a third was shot after running from officers on Winchester.

Opinion: Will the Mid-South continue supporting trendy cultural rebellions against traditional civilizational norms and natural law? Can the River City stand against lawlessness and humanism that is influencing the leadership in our city?