The legal fight over SpaceX’s private power plant in Southaven, Mississippi, became a matter of national security on Monday, June 15. 

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SpaceX said that Cursor will become a wholly owned subsidiary when the deal closes in the third quarter.

County Commission may raise taxes, a meatpacking plant packs it up and four local Wendy’s are saved from closure.

Construction could start on the Big League Multi-Sports Complex by the end of the year.

City’s first-year USL 2 team next hosts Little Rock on Wednesday.

Wendelta, a subsidiary of Carlisle Corp., has acquired four local Wendy’s restaurants and plans “to make sure they’re running really, really well.”

Commissioners delayed votes on operating and capital budgets to a June 29 meeting that will also include a final vote on the property tax hike.

Will Cameron Boozer be available when the Grizzlies pick at No. 3? Will trade-market tremors shake up Ja Morant’s future? Does Memphis have a “Cam” quota?

The project is an 800-square-foot retail bay between Cocozza American Italian Restaurant and Cordelia’s Market.

JBS announced it is closing its Memphis plant effective Aug. 14, resulting in 208 layoffs.

In a motion to dismiss a lawsuit, attorneys for SpaceX argued that the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality had signed off on the natural gas turbines and that Mississippi’s air-quality regulations allowed the turbines.

Yvonne Nelson, a Memphis community activist, was shot and killed near a middle school during an argument.

Also in this political roundup, Green campaigns at Da Sammich Shop, Blackburn calls for a “revisit” on a Nashville data center and Rose pans Starbucks incentives, along with a look at the FISA extension and immigration funding.

“I’m not saying in 2028 we’re going to be sticking an ACC or Big 12 sticker in the middle of the field,” Tigers football Charles Huff said.