Potential school closures at Memphis-Shelby County Schools have been a topic of conversation for years now, but it’s been almost just as long since district leaders have actually closed a large number of schools. 

But that’s changing soon, or seems to be. Interim Superintendent Roderick Richmond’s administration is expected to produce a list of schools to close or consolidate later this month, and at least one board member said there’s no need to keep kicking the can down the road. 

What’s more, those potential closures are just the beginning. 

Plus:

• The old Bayer building could become a campus for kids aging out of foster care
• An embezzlement case leaves a high school band short on funds
• A new pecan brand is rooted in family
• Hotel Napoleon's bar reopens with a different operator
• Riverside Drive reopens with changes
• Trees are disappearing on Wolf River Boulevard
• Memphis school students have been diagnosed with a highly contagious illness
• Wing Guru closes its final Memphis partner location
• Frontier Airlines is to add a nonstop route between Memphis and Atlanta