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Task Force has targeted citizens, ACLU alleges

blagrone@dailymemphian.com (Brandon LaGrone II) — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:00:08 -0500

Attorneys seek a preliminary injunction to stop Task Force members from retaliating against residents who film their operations.

Task Force's 1-year mark comes with questions

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:33:41 -0500

A year since the presidential executive order that created the Memphis Safe Task Force was announced in the Oval Office, its impact and future are still being debated, touted and condemned.

Opinion: To fix Memphis mass transit, MATA board members need to get on the bus

opinion@dailymemphian.com (Barry A. Ford Sr.) — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 04:00:02 -0500

“The new MATA board reveals a glaring disconnect. With one exception, they are almost entirely corporate executives and administrators who likely do not use the system they oversee.”

City Council members plan to ask Task Force to leave

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:07:20 -0500

On the one-year anniversary of the executive order that created and sent the Memphis Safe Task Force to the city, relatives and friends of those rounded up in the El Corralon nightclub raid told the council that raid and others have split families.

Crime decline continues, MPD monthly review shows

mevans@dailymemphian.com (Mary Evans) — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:50:08 -0500

According to the Memphis Police Department, reported crime has fallen by around 10,000 incidents so far this year.

City Council ponders pickleball displacement

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:23:40 -0500

Memphis Parks Director Justice Bolden provided more details on the roller derby’s future as council members pressed him about the league's displacement.

City Council returns to data center discussion with multiple proposals to regulate them

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:58:00 -0500

A trio of proposed ground rules for future data centers in Memphis is on a busy City Council agenda.

Pipkin could go pickleball

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:49:14 -0500

The company that developed pickleball courts in a Bartlett movie theater two years ago wants to do the same at the Pipkin Building in Liberty Park.

NextUp901 offers career prep and placement to Memphis youths

wrogin@dailymemphian.com (Wallis Rogin) — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:26:41 -0500

“I used to think that if one door closed, that was it. Now I know that if one door doesn’t work out, there’s always another one.”

Orange Mound land trust breaks ground on first of a dozen new homes

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Wed, 9 Sep 2026 04:00:13 -0500

The first new home is on Marechalneil Street near Deadrick Avenue and supports Mayor Paul Young's goal of 10,000 new or renovated affordable housing units by 2030.

City calls off extension of road into Pidgeon Industrial Park, for now

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Tue, 8 Sep 2026 16:33:58 -0500

The city announcement Tuesday, Sept. 8, cites “legitimate concerns” from Southwest Memphis residents near the planned extension of the road connected to a SpaceXAI data center.

MATA unveils new buses

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Fri, 4 Sep 2026 12:17:59 -0500

MATA unveiled eight of 12 new buses delivered to Memphis in recent weeks, part of an overall investment to bring more than 50 new buses to an aging fleet by next year.

New MATA board signals gradual move away from trustee

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Tue, 1 Sep 2026 22:04:36 -0500

For the time being, the new MATA board will coexist with a trustee. The Memphis City Council also approved funding for four parks projects.

Data centers looking to expand in Memphis but are months away

hardiman@dailymemphian.com (Samuel Hardiman) — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:44:50 -0500

Memphis Light, Gas and Water CEO Doug McGowen told the Memphis City Council on Tuesday, Sept. 1, that two companies plan to build significant data centers in Memphis.

MLGW to keep chipping in on FedExForum costs

hardiman@dailymemphian.com (Samuel Hardiman) — Tue, 1 Sep 2026 13:36:57 -0500

Memphis City Council’s Memphis Light, Gas and Water committee gave the utility the green light to keep paying the city $2.5 million a year towards the arena.

Storm cleanup could cost $18M, MLGW says

hardiman@dailymemphian.com (Samuel Hardiman) — Tue, 1 Sep 2026 17:27:57 -0500

Memphis Light, Gas and Water shared a time lapse of the recovery efforts — and an estimate of how much it would cost ratepayers — with the Memphis City Council on Tuesday.

Free the 901 asks leaders to oust Task Force from city

nmclane@dailymemphian.com (Noah McLane) — Tue, 1 Sep 2026 05:35:42 -0500

More than 20 small business owners gathered at Tamboli’s Pasta & Pizza in Midtown Monday afternoon to call for elected leaders to do more about the Memphis Safe Task Force’s presence in the city.

City Council talks data center pause and votes on new MATA board

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:36:36 -0500

The one-year moratorium on new data centers would be to develop guidelines and regulations for the centers as part of the county’s Unified Development Code.

Central library's long-stalled escalators are back in motion

wrogin@dailymemphian.com (Wallis Rogin) — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:39:01 -0500

The library escalators are back on the up and up.

Photo Gallery: 901 Day on Beale

editors@dailymemphian.com ( The Daily Memphian Staff) — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 18:54:03 -0500

Photographer Brad Vest was on hand to capture the action.