Givens, a former four-star point guard, is also fielding interest from Ole Miss, BYU, Villanova, Maryland, USC, Vanderbilt and others. 

The Shelby County government budget season opens Wednesday, May 14, in County Commission committee sessions. There is more than dollar figures and the county property tax rate at stake.

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

Are you ready for today’s puzzles? 

Four Youth Villages staffers previously had been indicted for facilitation of aggravated child abuse and facilitation of reckless homicide in the death of 17-year-old Alegend Jones.

How fully have the Memphis Grizzlies been passed by other young teams? How accurate was Grizzlies general manager Zach Kleiman’s same-day assertion/admission that the team is “not close” to contention?

The Grizzlies are going to be seeing a lot of Cooper Flagg in their future. 

The former Shelton Road landfill is a popular sledding destination when it snows, but its future is uncertain. 

The software company stores personal information for students and their families, including addresses and Social Security numbers. 

The potential success of the mixed-use Union Depot project in Bartlett has the developer considering similar work across U.S. 70 near Stage Road.

Germantown Performing Arts Center’s longtime executive director is stepping down effective Friday, May 30.

After a stellar performance run in New York, The Central High School jazz band came home with a first-place win. 

Here are the top performances by Memphis-area TSSAA track and field athletes through Sunday, May 11.

Standouts from Briarcrest, Central, Collierville, Covington, ECS and St. George’s are up for consideration this week.

Ready for today’s sudokus?

Zachary Davis, a transfer from South Carolina, believes he’s found a “home away from home” with coach Penny Hardaway’s Memphis Tigers.

Several developers in Germantown are facing delays due to different complexities in their developments, whether it’s the topography of the site or just the complexity of their desires for mixed-use projects.

With 30,000 tickets scanned for the three-day music festival in Tom Lee Park, how did Riverbeat compare to its previous year? 

After Blues City Cafe’s gargantuan gumbo cheese fries hit the internet in 2013, they remained a secret menu item for about a year before they were officially added to the menu.

After “The Mushroom Queen” Daishu McGriff closed her restaurant, she said she wanted to create a way to honor Black chefs. The answer was Umami Amora, a seven-course plant-based Juneteenth dinner scheduled for June 14.

But Ethan Edwards, the owner of what is going in there, The Station, hopes you won’t hold it against his business. 

The firm has done work on stadium renovations around the country, including the Gainbridge Fieldhouse, home of the Indianapolis Pacers.

This week’s jigsaw features a photo from Memphis Art & Fashion Week’s marquee event, “Runway at the Museum.”

Who created barbecue nachos? Well, it depends on who you ask, and be careful if you do ask because both sides are feisty about the answer.

The Central High jazz band did it. They defeated bands from across the country — and around the world — to win the Essentially Ellington contest in New York. And, yes, there were many tears.