“Ryan Silverfield called the win over Florida State ‘monumental.’ It was certainly that. Indeed, there is an argument that it was the most important win in program history.”

Remnants of Hurricane Francine continue to bring rain to the Memphis area.

Also happening this week: The Shelby County assessor’s office explains the upcoming reappraisal process. 

The Tigers remain the top Group of Five team in the Coaches Poll, but still are not ranked in the Associated Press Poll.

“We have the capacity to be good neighbors to one another again, even as we continue to work through our collective crime-related trauma and the unpredictable triggers it ushers it to the surface.”

“Let’s bring the conflict of the comments section into a community that learns how to wrestle together, not to be right but to be helped.”

The Commercial Real Estate of Women Network was founded in 1989 to create a networking organization dedicated to women in commercial real estate.

Children’s Museum of Memphis is hosting Hispanic Heritage Month events for the third year and going “a lot bigger.” The celebration runs each year from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.

The Semmes Murphey Clinic has diagnosed and treated patients with neurological disorders for more than a century, and once a month it hosts the region’s only multidisciplinary clinic for patients with ALS, aka Lou Gherig’s disease.

Tennessee’s abortion ban comes up in discussion of Memphis’ gun-control referendum; Sen. Blackburn uses old stats to talk crime, and remembering Jim Sasser, the former U.S. senator who was instrumental in bringing pandas to the zoo.

What started as an effort to combat food insecurity in Memphis has evolved into a community of people looking out for one another.

In an interview last week, Memphis Parks director Nick Walker said the city plans to start work on the new clubhouse in 2025.

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A mother-daughter partnership leads to a temporary fashion boutique for a Lakeland family with hopes of a growing business.

It’s been a busy weekend for fans of the Southern Heritage Classic. Recent articles about the football game inspired this week’s crossword puzzle.

In the win over the Kent State Golden Flashes, Tennessee rolled up 37 points in the first quarter, the most in one quarter in school history. 

Tennessee State beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the latest edition of the historically Black college and university (HBCU) football series.

Mississippi opened the season with victories over Furman and Middle Tennessee State, and it didn’t take long to flex its muscles in its first test against a major conference opponent in North Carolina.

Linebacker Chandler Martin told quarterback Seth Henigan he wouldn’t need to score as many points to secure wins this year, and that rang true on Saturday as the Tigers defeated Florida State.

No. 25 Memphis beats Florida State on a day so much went so right for Ryan Silverfield’s Tigers, but don’t tell the coach about polls, playoffs or rainbows.

Memphis made $1 million for moving its home game with Missouri in 2023 to St. Louis.

For a typical Cooper-Young Festival, organizers anticipate crowds of 125,000 or more with more than 400 vendors. For the 35th annual event this year, the threat of rain and perhaps football depressed early attendance.

The Memphis Tigers took a road trip to Tallahassee, Florida, this weekend and left with a marquee win that included a nice $1.3 million payday.

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The festival uses more than 1,000 pounds of pork to make their popular marinated shish kabobs. But you can make them at home with just a pound of meat. 

California-based Merkle Standard is at least the second digital operation to locate in Memphis in recent months, following Elon Musk’s xAI.