With FedEx as a backer, the Pink Ribbon Open has quietly brought LPGA players to Memphis for more than three decades.

The vote effectively shortens the four-year terms of office that five school board members were elected to in 2024.

With the new season around the corner, a Tiger exits the basketball program, leaving room for another to formally join. 

The Central High band was banned from a football game Friday night. So how did they respond? With kazoos! A protest story for our time. 

The American Conference has produced six power conference victories this season, creating a clear path for the league champion to reach the College Football Playoff. Will the Tigers take advantage of the opportunity? 

“If you’re in business just to make money, you’re not going to last long,” said one local business owner. 

Nurses, patients and more gathered at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital Saturday, Sept. 20, for a neonatal intensive care reunion.

The plant operations team at Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis walked into the conference room expecting a meeting. Instead, the team was met with a room full of people waiting to congratulate them. 

The observation deck and boardwalk are due to open next year. It will offer an unobstructed view of the Mississippi River.

The Memphis City Council votes on urging Gov. Bill Lee to stop the deployment of the National Guard to the city. The resolution also authorizes the council’s attorney to take legal action to stop the troops if necessary.

Sweet Musings first opened last year in Cordova with from-scratch pastries made daily. 

Standouts from Central, ECS, Fairley, Northpoint, Rossville Christian and Southwind are up for consideration. 

“The big alligators will swim about 20 yards from you, parallel to you, and they’ll stay right next to you for about half a mile,” said one paddler. “What they’re trying to do is figure out who’s bigger — you in the kayak, or them.”

A Memphis festival this week includes ‘70s Zambian psychedelic rock, early ‘80s Georgia post-punk, Moroccan “desert blues,” Rhode Island noise-rock, Chicago power-pop, soulful New Orleans garage-rock, U.K. and Australian singer-songwriters and Pacific Northwest indie mainstays. 

Two species of geckos can now be found in Memphis, part of an “invasion” from Florida. But not to worry: they aren’t causing any trouble.

Today’s jigsaw puzzle features an image by Brad Vest from the recent Memphis Comic Expo.

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

Zach Williams has hit comedy gold with his online clips about Grandpa, a National Guard veteran remembering his time in the Bluff City, and a bunch of Memphis-centric inside jokes. 

The Dixon’s resident feline has survived enough near catnappings that the museum has put up a little sign letting people know he works there and not to take him home.

Are you ready for today’s puzzles? 

Also happening this week: Memphis Music Hall of Fame inducts six new members, and Collierville could reach its liquor store limit. 

Memphis clinches a winning home record with the season finale victory.

Shelby County commissioners will weigh in on the coming of National Guard troops to Memphis. Commissioners also return to the question of a new jail and moving Memphis school board elections.

“For my final column, I wanted to write a letter to Memphis, to the city I love and that has made so much of my story possible,” Narcisse said. 

“The farming aspect is really dope, but I ultimately like having that feeling of service,” said one veteran.