Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian | News Happening in the City of Memphis | City of Memphis News

$13 million MATA bridge loan tops City Council agenda

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:01:39 -0500

The Memphis City Council also looks at moving $6 million from riverfront projects to improvements around the future Memphis Art Museum.

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.

City, county want input on new zoning plan

aashby@dailymemphian.com (Andy Ashby) — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:43:12 -0500

The new plan is a part of Memphis 3.0, which has received local pushback.

Memphis Mayor Paul Young responds to LeBron James comments

hardiman@dailymemphian.com (Samuel Hardiman) — Fri, 3 Apr 2026 15:57:52 -0500

The mayor reacts to the NBA superstar’s suggestion that the Memphis Grizzlies relocate to Nashville.

Construction of riverboat landing on Mud Island kicks off

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:58:48 -0500

Leaders of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers broke ground Monday, March 30, as several barges passed by on a windswept river.

Cops on leave after violent No Kings march

afleming@dailymemphian.com (Aarron Fleming) — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:53:39 -0500

Memphis Mayor Paul Young announced that the city will investigate police actions at a No Kings march in Downtown Memphis.

No Kings march ends with pepper spray and arrests

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:02:12 -0500

The march began peacefully at Robert R. Church Park, but confrontations with police at the end of the day led to arrests. Two of the arrested marchers have been released, but two others remain in custody.

Officers who beat Tyré Nichols could be excused from civil suit

hardiman@dailymemphian.com (Samuel Hardiman) — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:29:43 -0500

Attorneys for RowVaughn Wells, Nichols’ mother, filed a motion to dismiss the five officers from the nearly 3-year-old civil rights lawsuit.

Fire crews respond to smoke billowing from Peabody hotel

jcallahan@dailymemphian.com (Jody Callahan) — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:15:01 -0500

Guests were evacuated from the Peabody Hotel Downtown on Saturday morning after a fire was reported in the laundry room.

Case dismissed in lawsuit to stop Brooks' Downtown museum

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:06:57 -0500

The 2023 lawsuit, filed by Friends for our Riverfront and others, challenging the new Memphis Art Museum Downtown has hit another barrier.

City Council approves big changes to city impasse procedure

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:58:10 -0500

The rewrite of the impasse procedure is the most significant change in a process drafted in the wake of 1978 strikes by Memphis police and firefighters.

After Downtown shootings, Memphis police chief is looking at youth curfew

hardiman@dailymemphian.com (Samuel Hardiman) — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:56:46 -0500

The city is still searching for a space where teenagers, once picked up by MPD, would spend time waiting for their parents.

‘We still have work to do,' Young says as Trump claims credit for Memphis crime

hardiman@dailymemphian.com (Samuel Hardiman) — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:48:12 -0500

Memphis Mayor Paul Young says the city is moving in the right direction on crime, but didn’t credit President Donald Trump or the Memphis Safe Task Force for that.

Trump protests pop up during president's visit to Memphis

afleming@dailymemphian.com (Aarron Fleming) — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:36:16 -0500

Parents, pets and local politicians lined an intersection, holding signs condemning everything from President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement efforts to the war in Iran.

New approach to tidier Memphis interstates starts rolling

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:12:19 -0500

The state has a five-year $60 million contract with a Pennsylvania company to maintain the city’s interstate system, including fixing potholes and removing snow and ice.

Could AI help shut down party houses?

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Wed, 4 Mar 2026 12:56:10 -0600

A Memphis City Council member is pushing the city to crack down on short-term rental problems.

Impasse procedure gets rewrite, delay at City Council meeting

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Wed, 4 Mar 2026 11:00:17 -0600

The Council put off any vote on the streamlined impasse procedure for three weeks. Meanwhile, a Council discussion about how to regulate short-term rental properties took an AI turn.

Council members question Liberty Park project after Daily Memphian reporting

hardiman@dailymemphian.com (Samuel Hardiman) — Tue, 3 Mar 2026 19:03:17 -0600

The Daily Memphian dove into the $2.2 million invested in the still-stalled private development. Now, two Memphis City Council members want answers from Memphis Mayor Paul Young’s administration.

City Council wants answers to short-term rental problems

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Mon, 2 Mar 2026 15:49:19 -0600

The council could vote Tuesday on a new procedure for resolving impasses between the city and unions. It also gets an update on crime statistics.