In the space of 41 days, some of the fastest runners in the Mid-South will have the opportunity to race for the M-Town Crown. Race directors of four evening races have united to create the M-Town Race Series.

“It’s a good idea,” said Bob Kirk, an attorney at the forty lawyer firm Farris Bobango that stepped up to become title sponsor the all new  running series.

Friends of Mid-South mother Heather Palumbo-Jones, whose estranged husband is charged in her murder, are holding a Zumba party to benefit the two children left behind, Connor and Ava.

A $5 minimum donation will get you three hours of Zumba, something Palumbo-Jones loved to do.

The Zumba Dance Party for Heather's children is Saturday, May 11, from 9:30 a.m. until 12:30 pm. at Church of the Holy Communion, 4645 Walnut Grove Road.

Participants are encouraged to wear purple, which was Heather's favorite color.

Fingertrick, a Memphis-area rock band, comprised primarily of former or current Christian Brothers High School students, has announced that it intends to contribute all of its earnings from Friday night’s Beale Street performance to the family of Andrew Svgdik.  Svgdik, himself a CBHS grad, was crossing a Chattanooga street last week when he and a friend were struck by a passing vehicle.  Svgdik was killed.  His friend, Kelsey Butler was injured.  Witnesses say Svgdik pushed Butler out of harm's way, saving her life.

Svgdik was 19 years old and had been enrolled as a freshman at UT Chattanooga.

Christopher Pietrangelo, lead guitarist and singer for Fingertrick, attended CBHS with Svgdik.  His younger brother, Patrick, the band’s bassist, is a freshman there.

The Fingertrick concert, which features several other local opening acts, starts at 8:00 p.m. at the New Daisy on Beale Street.  Tickets are $10.