Some of the candidates at the St. Jude Career Fair Tuesday, Oct. 22, come from International Paper, which last week announced it was laying off hundreds of Memphis workers.

He will serve more than two years in prison and pay more than $5 million in restitution for carrying out an insurance fraud scheme.

Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson told school board members the governor is planning a “substantial” increase for public education funding in 2025 but didn’t specify how much or for what.

Also: Fun City Adventure Park opens another location in Memphis.

“Even when (GloRilla) talks about the struggles throughout this journey, it’s refreshing,” said Yo Gotti. “I don’t think many artists do that. Everybody wants to play perfect. I think that’s why so many people gravitate to her. She relates to real people.”

A Memphis chef’s supermarket sweep airs Wednesday, Oct. 23, on the Food Network. 

This is the new world of college basketball. It’s a free-for-all. And if coaches are to flourish in this climate, they have to figure out a way to navigate and master it.

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The sales-tax growth captured Downtown showed city taxpayers will not bail out Bass Pro Shops at The Pyramid, the Renasant Convention Center and other Downtown projects for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.

FedEx exec Richard Smith says this is a critical moment for Downtown Memphis — and the Grizzlies, FedExForum and Beale Street may be the key.

Richard Smith was as surprised as anyone when Fred Smith, his father, decided the family would give $50 million to help renovate the stadium. Here’s Smith on crime, Ja Morant, conference realignment and how that gift came to be.

“My son was just walking to a friend’s house, doing what millions of children do every day. He had his whole life ahead of him. That life was stolen from him.”

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

This week’s recommendations are very much in “proceed with caution” territory. Plus, “Conclave” joins the Oscar race.

“Domestic violence remains an issue affecting more individuals than most realize with one in four women and one in seven men experiencing severe physical violence from an intimate partner in their lifetimes.”

The Hickory Hill One Memphis forum is the seventh since Mayor Paul Young took office this past January.

Led by Breya Dawson, the Briarcrest Saints oust Nashville Father Ryan in Division 2-AA. Houston, Collierville and Northpoint also pick up wins at state. 

Local coaches pointed out that the change prompts fundamental concerns about equity for girls sports.

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Eighty girls and young women registered for SHE Leads the Way, a symposium at Baptist Memorial Hospital where Jamila Smith-Young served as the special guest speaker. 

Local and state leaders hope the fourth annual Stomp the City Iconic Awards Show will help reduce crime and gun violence in Memphis. 

The newly confirmed board voted unanimously to suspend the cuts the previous board had approved on Sept. 24.

Welcome to Memphis, a subsidiary of Memphis Tourism, held its eighth annual Pick Awards Monday, Oct. 21, at Beale Street Landing to celebrate and recognize the hospitality industry’s guest-facing employees.

Highland Hundred president Phil Glass said $4,000 has already been raised in Jackson Hughey’s memory. 

Following a stroll down the narrow pedestrian walkway of the Memphis-Arkansas Bridge, Bill Lee and other elected leaders got a briefing Tuesday, Oct. 22, on plans for the $800 million bridge to be completed in 2030.

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Drew Hill provides the latest on the injury to Grizzlies forward Jaren Jackson Jr. and why he believes Memphis’ caution with the big man is warranted. 

A new Indian restaurant has two chefs, one from northwestern India and one from the south of the country.