Buenos dias, Memphis! It’s Monday, Sept. 16, and Hispanic Heritage Month started yesterday. If you’re wondering why this cultural celebration starts mid-month, I’ve done the googling for you. It’s because five Latin American countries — Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua — celebrate their independence on Sept. 15. The Children’s Museum of Memphis is highlighting a different country each week this month, starting with Mexico.

The federal trial for three of the five ex-Memphis police officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols resumes this morning. Here’s where that left off last week. 

And tonight, homeowners can start mentally prepping for the upcoming county reappraisal process, which starts on Jan. 1, 2025. Property assessor Melvin Burgess is hosting a public meeting to answer your questions. For more on what to expect this week, check this out.

Looking ahead, the already very successful Memphis Tigers football team is set to play Middle Tennessee on Saturday, Sept. 28. And we’re giving away two tickets to one lucky reader. Enter here.

Speaking of that football team, the Tigers won their third straight game on Saturday with a 20-12 victory over Florida State. The road win was the Tigers’ first against a Power Conference school since they beat Kansas by 32 points way back in 2015. The win was a boost for the Tigers’ morale, sure. But it was also a big payday for the university’s wallet. If you missed it, the game will air again today, and our own Geoff Calkins thinks you should watch what he says might be the “biggest Memphis win ever.” Whether or not it was the biggest, the win provided a bump two spaces up in the latest Coaches Poll. And even with that higher ranking, Coach Ryan Silverfield is still “uncomfortable” as the Tigers prepare to play the Navy Midshipmen next week. In more Tigers sports news, advanced analytics is giving fans an idea of just how good the basketball team may be this year.

The Poplar Plaza anchor building that once housed music store Spin Street has been mostly empty since the days when former President Donald Trump was tweeting “covfefe” and Taylor Swift was starting her “Reputation” era. It was 2017 when Spin Street closed, and there’s finally a plan to revive the corner space. Rather than bringing in one massive anchor tenant, Finard Properties is dividing the 15,000-square-foot space into six smaller shops suited for locally owned businesses, like charcuterie shop Feast and Graze. As for the rest of Poplar Plaza, it seems pickleball may be on the way. And you can look for something new in the space that Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert was asked to vacate.

Plus, another big power user is setting up near xAI, and Chicago meets Philly on a food truck.