The Early Word: Tiger meal deal flubs and a baby tiger surprise
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How do you do, Memphis? It’s Wednesday, Sept. 9 — International Sudoku Day. And lucky you, we post fresh sudokus on our Games page every single day. Not a numbers nerd? Same here. But we also share daily Wordrow games (our spin on Wordle) and jigsaw puzzles.
End of the road? The City of Memphis is pausing a plan to extend Paul R. Lowry Road in Southwest Memphis.
New in the Mound: New homes will be springing up soon on a dozen vacant lots in Orange Mound.
Breaking the bank: School districts are required serve students with disabilities. But they’re not getting enough money to do so.
Surprise! It’s twins! Imagine giving birth to an extra baby that no one saw coming. That’s what happened to Dari, a Sumatran tiger at the Memphis Zoo.
No deal: The Tigers may have won their home opener Saturday, but the stadium’s new $7 meal deals were a bit of a bust.
That’s settled: A Germantown Board of Education candidate has finally settled a longstanding lawsuit against the very school district she’s running to represent.
Peppery partnership: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital families may soon find themselves craving baby back ribs.
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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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