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Rise and grind, Memphis. It’s Wednesday, June 24, and we’ve got big Memphis Grizzlies news below. And it’s not even over yet: Today is the second day of the NBA Draft, and the bears have one pick left at No. 32.
Feeling the draft: The Memphis Grizzlies did the thing they were expected to do during the NBA Draft Tuesday.
Batter late than never: AutoZone Park is finally getting the money it needs for emergency repairs.
Not dead in the water? To steal a line from Katy Perry, SpaceX is hot, then it’s cold — and now apparently hot again — on building a water recycling plant.
MBI looking into Kohen Wiley killing: The Senatobia Police Department has turned over its probe of the fatal police shooting of a 1-year-old boy.
The course may not be with us: The FedEx St. Jude Championship’s future as part of the PGA Tour is in question.
His ‘aha’ moment: Amelia Gene sommelier receives a big wine honor.
Spooky season every day: Monsters are moving into Southaven.
Give him Liberty: The new president of the AutoZone Liberty Bowl is a former Memphis Tigers wide receiver.
Center stage: A Collierville High School theater student was honored in New York this week.
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s ‘Supergirl’: The latest Marvel film is part comic-action epic and part “John Wick.”
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Bianca Phillips
Bianca Phillips is a Northeast Arkansas native and longtime Memphian who’s worked in local journalism and PR for more than 20 years. In her days as a reporter, she covered everything from local government and crime to LGBTQ issues and the arts. She’s the author of “Cookin Crunk: Eatin’ Vegan in the Dirty South,” a cookbook of vegan Southern recipes.
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