Germantown leaders will give final consideration to their budget Monday. The financial plan includes a property tax increase.

Are you ready for today’s puzzles? 

This week’s puzzle features a photo of Memphis Tigers basketball coach Penny Hardaway talking about his new-look team at a Tigers on Tour fan event in Lakeland.

A potential property tax hike looms as the Shelby County Commission tackles its budget and the Sheriff’s Office fights for funding. 

Ellen Chamberlain says she loves discovering a hidden gem, and Sakura’s newest location in Lakeland certainly qualifies.

A Memphis-based hemp grower and distributor could soon find itself in the bizarre situation of having to sell its products to an alcohol distributor before buying them back to sell at its own retail stores.

Also happening this week: The Shelby County Commission could finally wrap up budget season. 

Third baseman Nathan Church went 3-for-5 with two triples and shortstop Brody Moore went 3-for-5 with a double and three RBI.

Jack Sammons spent a portion of Saturday with the FedEx founder: “No matter how routine our regular conversations ... every time I talked to him, I felt like I was talking to Thomas Edison, an individual who changed the world.”

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The Memphis and Shelby County Airport Authority will introduce plan to rename Memphis’ airport in honor of the aviator, businessman and hometown hero Fred Smith. 

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Renovations to Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium provide fodder for this week’s crossword puzzle.

“It is hard to understand how defunding scientific research and the arts, and preventing the enrollment of international students, aligns with the administration’s stated goal of combating antisemitism.”

For the first time in five years, many Shelby County families are missing out on supplemental grocery cash this summer after Tennessee stopped participating in a federal program that served the entire state.

Plus a list of fireworks shows coming to Memphis’ suburbs to celebrate Fourth of July.

With school cafeterias closed for the summer, multiple sites across North Mississippi are stepping up to ensure area youth have consistent access to food.

Parke Kennedy took the role of Germantown Performing Arts Center executive director earlier this month. She wants to keep GPAC on the path it’s on.

Harris also told commissioners June 18 he is open to supporting a property tax increase to fund the lab. 

“We want it to be a place that’s for Memphians, by Memphians,” said John Halford, founder of Cnct Design, about the Edge District.

One has an SEC tie-in. The other is a FedEx Cup Playoffs stop. The AutoZone Liberty Bowl and FedEx St. Jude Championship both are working to fend off competitors who want what they have.

A restaurant and event space has opened in the former Jerry Lee Lewis’ Cafe and Honky Tonk location.

Billionaire Elon Musk shed new light last week on exactly what technology his artificial intelligence company has in Memphis, and what his plans are for the future of xAI.

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

Reactions from across Memphis poured in after the death of FedEx founder Frederick W. Smith.

FedEx founder and executive chairman Frederick W. Smith, who changed the face of global commerce and his adopted hometown of Memphis, has died at age 80.