Mississippi State’s air raid offense ranked No. 4 in the country in passing yards per game last season and passed for 419 yards in the last outing against the Tigers. 

The FedEx Entrepreneur Fund will provide $10,000 grants to 30 small businesses. The deadline to apply is Friday, Oct. 7.

The city police department was dispatched to the area around 7:45 a.m. Friday, according to MPD.

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How excited is Jackson Hughey for Memphis football? He’s postponing chemotherapy to go to Starkville Saturday. It hasn’t been the easiest offseason for college football fans. But finally, game day is back. 

“This city is blessed by its food, the abundance of creativity, diversity and tradition mixed in the same bowls, seasoned with love, soul and imagination — and still made and served by amazing people with a smile through the most trying of times.”

Area restaurants had $9.01 specials, venues held free performances from Memphis acts and locals supported their favorite businesses. 

Quarterback Cade Carlson fueled come-from-behind win over Houston High School last Friday. Clayton Garrison of ECS came in second in the player of the week vote.

Long lines formed outside the Shelby County Clerk’s Mullins Station office Thursday, Sept. 1, despite a policy instituted in July that was intended to eliminate such scenes. 

The water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi has mobilized assistance in DeSoto County where groups are working to provide clean water.

“For more than seventy years, Audubon Park has been a significant site of recreation and entertainment for Memphis residents,” the proposal states. A state board will consider the proposal in two weeks.

The item would have required the winner of the 2023 Memphis mayor’s race to get a majority of the votes either on election day or in a runoff.

Inches Taco Shop & Bar opened about six weeks ago in Harbor Town and serves a simple, fresh and tasty menu with a some $10 Deals at lunch.

“The Picture Taker,” from producer and director Phil Bertelsen, takes on the life and work of one of the foremost chroniclers of Black American life during the early and mid-20th century.

Here are 90+1 things that Memphis Grizzlies fans are wishing for when the preseason gets started one month from today.

Teri Dockery, a counselor at the YMCA, is the newest Memphis City Council member.

This week, The Doobie Brothers’ 50th anniversary tour stops at Live at the Garden, the Delta Fair ushers in fall (almost) at Agricenter International and Chicago DJ Ayana Contreras spins at Central Station.

Keyon Moore, Zancarrion Johnson and Kayvus Jones have been charged in connection with the shooting. 

A Southaven alderman with a passion for the outdoors is working to resurrect interest and funding in Mississippi state parks.

The agreement announced Thursday, Sept. 1, bypasses a city backstop of a reserve fund Carlisle Corp. had sought. Instead, the city puts up $10 million to be repaid by the One Beale developers in 10 years.

TVA’s long-term contract proposal offers a 3% reduction in MLGW’s current base rate but also includes a 20-year termination notice compared to the current five-year notice. The City of Memphis has responded to the recommendation.

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The showcase game against Germantown in the region opener is full of subplots, talking points and potential.

The first game for defensive coordinator Matt Barnes will be against a coach whom he has tremendous respect for.

Less than 24 hours before MLGW management makes a recommendation for the utility’s next power supplier, the TVA refuted claims that it leaned on another electricity provider during some of the hottest days of the year. 

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State of Tennessee divvying up more than $4.5 billion for K-12 education.