What exactly is a grand jury, and how do they work? In this week’s installment of “Ask the Memphian,” we talked to attorneys, prosecutors and jurors to answer those questions.

Crime data and student voices suggest campus safety initiatives are making a measurable impact.

As a child, Marquinne Yancey struggled to learn how to swim. Decades later, she not only has overcome that hurdle, but is headed to the Senior Olympics regional competition.

This puzzle features students performing at the opening of the 17th annual Orpheum High School Musical Theatre Awards and is courtesy of the Orpheum Theatre. Two Memphis students are starting their week on Broadway today.

Are you a Wordle fan? Try WordRow, a similar game. It’s free to play.

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

There are three “No. 1” picks in the 2026 draft. By Tuesday night, one of them will be a Memphis Grizzly. But what other comings and goings will this week bring?

A new state law is using population estimates instead of census data. It benefits growing communities, but those that see a decrease in population have concerns.

And the result is creative menus, more customers and, sometimes, new restaurants.

The Redbirds claim their first postseason berth since the 2018 Triple-A Championship team.

Also happening this week: Germantown wraps up budget season, and Lamar Alexander is in town.

Lowery in Eads, Taylor in Piperton. The political roundup is on the campaign trail and includes a D.C. roundup with reaction to the memorandum of understanding with Iran.

Drew Hill and John Varlas of The Daily Memphian sports staff both won Tennessee Sports Writers Association 2026 contest awards.

“For things like PTSD and addiction, … all we’ve been able to do are treat symptoms,” said Dr. Jessica Snowden, the vice chancellor for research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. “We haven’t really had enough understanding of a cause to be able to actually treat a cause. And Dr. Cruz’s work is helping bridge that gap.”

“There’s really no overstating how much of an influence the simple act of putting one foot in front of the other – something most people take for granted once they’ve mastered those initial steps as a toddler – has had on the human psyche.

In the Bible, men do cry and have a range of personas.

“So much of what I think about and talk about and write about and pray about has to do with the here and now. Who is struggling? What’s on my to-do list? What has happened? What’s up next?” 

“Café Society” includes works by Edgar Degas, Pablo Picasso, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, among others.

Food writer Jennifer Chandler spent two weeks wearing a glucose monitor and experimenting with different foods to see how her body reacted. What she learned blew her mind.

Where the pavement ends on Memphis’ western edge, a police Harbor Patrol Unit navigates the unpredictable Mississippi River as the city’s last line of defense.

The White Station High alumnus took an unconscious, face-first fall into a fire pit with a vat of boiling water hovering over the flames. Now he’s recovered and grateful for the adventure.

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Are you a Wordle fan? Try WordRow, a similar game. It’s free to play.

Today’s puzzle features Midtown Hardware’s Tina Brewer and was taken by Mark Weber.

Germantown Depot Museum offers a glimpse of the city’s past, when trains regularly stopped at the depot to pick up passengers and cargo.