Christian Brothers’ Noah Mullenix and Collierville’s Maya Lang have the top local boys and girls cross country times this season.

Jones is ranked the No. 1 player in Tennessee and is a consensus Top 40 player in the country.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital unveiled one piece of local data trending in the right direction: an increase in HPV vaccinations, which can prevent multiple types of cancers.

Memphis will play its first game of the season against Iowa State on Nov. 2.

“I mean, I got booed at Kentucky. We did pretty good there too,” Calipari said while in Memphis in September. “I mean, it’s just how it is. And I live with that. It doesn’t bother me.”

Drew Hill and Chris Herrington recap an exciting start for the Memphis Grizzlies. 

The rights holders of more than 250 Elvis Presley songs are suing the Claude chatbot creator. 

Mustangs and Dragons are seeded first and second in Class AAA. In D2-A, a young but talented group of Lynx open against Chattanooga Boyd-Buchanan.

Early voting through Saturday in Shelby County is approximately 11,000 off the 2018 pace of early voting for the same midterm election cycle. 

Ty Jerome’s basketball philosophy, Zach Edey’s quick feet and Cameron Boozer’s quick decisions were among Week 1 Memphis Grizzlies highlights. 

Standouts from Briarcrest, CBHS, Central, Lausanne, MASE and Oakhaven are up for consideration this week. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29.

Middle College, MASE, Fairley, Covington, Munford, Central, Southwind, Whitehaven and Briarcrest are ranked in this week’s Tennessee Sports Writers Association rankings. 

Before AutoZone, Jamere Jackson served as executive vice president and CFO of Hertz Global Holdings and as CFO of Nielsen Holdings. 

Seth Walls was freed on $15,000 in bonds after Haley Reedy’s 2022 shooting death, then fled to Europe. Her family’s anniversary plea finally reached the right person.

Today’s puzzle features the board game Litter Box, created by Memphian Reuben Brunson. Patrick Lantrip took the photo. 

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

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“Blackburn’s critics turned a campaign joke into a racial indictment — and treated their outrage as evidence.”

Jennifer Chandler has ordered this dish at every meal she’s ever eaten at Felicia Suzanne’s, and she has no plans to stop. 

The Nashville-based law firm will lease more than 39,000 square feet at Poplar Avenue and Mendenhall Road, leaving Peabody Place after more than 25 years Downtown.

Work is clearing the former Commercial Appeal site on Union Avenue, but Regional One says it won’t spend a second $14.4 million in county money without a clear funding plan.

A ferocious finish helped the Grizzlies push their winning streak to three on Sunday in Sacramento. 

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Box score: Grizzlies 123, Kings 112

The Memphis Grizzlies faced the Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center on Sunday, Oct. 25. 

Also happening this week: The Tigers play the Razorbacks, and early voting ends.

The proposal to exit the lawsuit over the state takeover of MSCS’ elected board didn’t have enough votes in committee last week. The commission also votes on a new data center moratorium in the unincorporated county.