Pour that cup of coffee, Memphis, because it’s Monday again. Today is October 28 and the Shelby County Commission will be returning to two resolutions. This could increase the budget of the Clerk of the Circuit Court.

And the Germantown Board of Mayors and Aldermen could take the first step Towards Turning Germantown Mayor into Full-Time Job. In Collierville, the BMA will discuss a renovation of the city’s police emergency dispatch center.

The Memphis Grizzlies play their second home game of the new season tonight, against the Chicago Bulls. And the Memphis Tigers play the Rocket City Classic against Alabama, their last exhibition game before the start of the real season.

It’s no secret that xAI founder Elon Musk is throwing his support behind former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. He’s also made a number of wild claims about the election, including an allegation that Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is the puppet of an anonymous conspiracy. So what does Grok, Musk’s xAI-trained chatbot, have to say about all this? The Daily Memphian’s Samuel Hardiman had a little chat with the chatbot, and he said that Harris “is not ‘controlled’ by any individual or entity in any way that implies puppet influence over her decisions.” Grok also had a lot to say about Musk’s other claims.

It’s a good time to be a candy man (or woman). With Halloween fast approaching, two Memphis candy stores are currently doing business: Wayne’s Candy Co. Downtown and Macklin Candy Co. in Whitehaven. Wayne’s saw record sales last year, and this one also seems to be booming, because employees arrive early and stay late to meet customer demand. Macklin struggled a bit during the pandemicbut things seem to be improving, as does the demand for Long Boys and Chic-O Sticks. “We don’t worry about anything. Business is still pretty good,” co-owner Sam Macklin Jr. said.

Furthermore, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and Juvenile Court Fail to Reach Agreementthe director of Memphis Animal Services was fired from a previous job for lying and the grizzly bears turn the clock back 295 days.