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The AM/DM podcast: A week to celebrate Girls Inc., LeMoyne-Owen and realtors

editors@dailymemphian.com ( The Daily Memphian Staff) — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:23:20 -0500

But the week begins with a public question: How should AI-related property-tax revenue be spent?

This Week in Memphis: Public meeting on AI funds and early voting begins

editors@dailymemphian.com ( The Daily Memphian Staff) — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:00:09 -0500

Also happening this week: A new Raising Cane’s will open, and the Tigers football team has its Spring Fest.

More specific plan for new jail and justice center could be on the horizon

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:36:43 -0500

Shelby County commissioners meet Monday to consider a resolution calling a professional study for a new jail and justice center.

Chucalissa festival is a reminder 'this culture, this heritage, is important'

jcallahan@dailymemphian.com (Jody Callahan) — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 21:02:28 -0500

Hundreds of Native Americans and others gathered at Chucalissa Saturday for the first homecoming festival at the Choctaw site in more than a decade.

Democrats and Republicans strategize ahead of May county primaries

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:00:13 -0500

Leaders of the local Republican and Democratic parties talked about the May Shelby County primary elections on “Behind The Headlines.”

2 more mass shooting victims file $15M suits against Youth Villages

afleming@dailymemphian.com (Aarron Fleming) — Thu, 9 Apr 2026 18:19:48 -0500

The two were both shot April 9, 2025, during a meeting of Youth Village’s SWITCH program in Hickory Hill.

XAI Mississippi air permit appealed by SELC

hardiman@dailymemphian.com (Samuel Hardiman) — Thu, 9 Apr 2026 16:56:17 -0500

Last month, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Permit Board approved an xAI subsidiary’s application to erect 41 natural gas turbines.

Elon Musk gives timeline on water recycling plant

hardiman@dailymemphian.com (Samuel Hardiman) — Thu, 9 Apr 2026 13:57:44 -0500

The Daily Memphian reported the water recycling facility, a key promise the company made to local leaders and residents, was “on an indefinite pause.” Without it, xAI uses fresh drinking water to cool its Colossus data center.

The AM/DM podcast: 'Violence interrupters' seizing the moment?

mcashiola@dailymemphian.com (Mary Cashiola) — Thu, 9 Apr 2026 13:00:00 -0500

For more than a decade, the City of Memphis has tried to quell gun violence by talking to potential victims or perpetrators before they make life-altering choices.

TBI could get its own cold case unit

noahmclane.news@gmail.com (Noah McLane) — Wed, 8 Apr 2026 20:30:21 -0500

A bipartisan effort to launch a dedicated cold case unit within the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation could help cut down on the ever-growing number of missing persons in Tennessee.

Audit clears county clerk's finances but still cites reporting problems

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Thu, 9 Apr 2026 13:01:16 -0500

Wanda Halbert’s office did not provide the auditing firm reviewing county finances with an annual financial statement or a reconciliation of funds collected by the clerk and deposited into the county’s bank account.

XAI water recycling plant on indefinite pause

hardiman@dailymemphian.com (Samuel Hardiman) — Thu, 9 Apr 2026 09:03:37 -0500

Without the plant’s completion, xAI and TVA could continue drawing billions of gallons of freshwater from the aquifer, which also supplies the region’s drinking water.

Will TN voucher program expand by 15,000 or 20,000 seats? House and Senate are at odds on details.

mbrown@chalkbeat.org (Melissa Brown) — Tue, 7 Apr 2026 20:58:13 -0500

House Republicans dropped the immigrant tracking provision of the expansion bill, which is poised for final votes within days.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools sets 2026-27 academic calendar

Ltestino@dailymemphian.com (Laura Testino) — Tue, 7 Apr 2026 21:29:40 -0500

Beginning next year, the district’s administration has said it hopes to move more quickly on producing a school calendar and potentially consider multiple calendar years at once.

New trial appeal in Nichols case still pending, cross-appeals denied

afleming@dailymemphian.com (Aarron Fleming) — Tue, 7 Apr 2026 17:42:44 -0500

Whether the former Memphis police officers accused of killing Tyre Nichols will be retried remains unclear. But a separate request from their attorneys has been dismissed by the U.S. Sixth Circuit.

Pooh Shiesty detention hearing set in Texas

afleming@dailymemphian.com (Aarron Fleming) — Tue, 7 Apr 2026 12:52:06 -0500

The Memphis rapper and eight others, including his father, were arrested after the FBI raided his Cordova home.

Memphis Safe Task Force accountability act clears Tennessee House

noahmclane.news@gmail.com (Noah McLane) — Tue, 7 Apr 2026 18:01:11 -0500

The MSTF Accountability Act passed the House with 74 ayes and 21 noes now heads to Senate.

Tennessee bill would make drink spiking a felony and require test strips at bars

noahmclane.news@gmail.com (Noah McLane) — Mon, 6 Apr 2026 19:50:30 -0500

Led by Sen. Paul Rose, R-Covington, a bipartisan bill that aims to crack down on the use of “date rape” drugs to involuntarily intoxicate someone cruised through the Senate, but is set for a challenge in the House.

MSCS advances improvement plan, acknowledges ‘critical blind spots’ uncovered by state’s audit

Ltestino@dailymemphian.com (Laura Testino) — Mon, 6 Apr 2026 15:07:01 -0500

MSCS head Roderick Richmond is advancing plans to improve internal controls and district processes in response to forensic audit findings released last week. Now, the district has launched two websites to track progress.

Bodywerk, Brezay, Sunset Symphony to play Overton Park Shell

eperry@dailymemphian.com (Elle Perry) — Wed, 8 Apr 2026 17:14:27 -0500

The lineup includes Scottish and Australian artists, as well as artists from Brooklyn, Hawaii and New Orleans.