The Shelby County commissioner sued the state after learning, at age 72, that she was among the children adopted through the old Tennessee Children’s Home Society led by Georgia Tann.
Ted Townsend had to answer some questions about Elon Musk and xAI on Sunday. And he couldn’t very well duck them. They were from his mom.
“The vision that (Elon Musk) shared, knowing that vision includes Memphis in the winning equation, that for me was a goose bump moment,” Greater Memphis Chamber President and CEO Ted Townsend said.
Also happening this week: Collierville votes on its budget, and the NAACP holds its biggest fundraiser of the year.
At age 86, after more than five decades in state and county positions, he is retiring from his job as Millington’s city manager. This time, he says it’s real.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is coming for the GOP’s Lincoln Day Gala. She was booked when it looked like she might be Donald Trump’s running mate, but much changed between the booking and the announcement.
The Memphis Parks department is addressing violence at the city’s community centers and parks, but stakeholders agree combating crime requires everyone’s effort.
It was Mayor Paul Young vs. Mayor Lee Harris on the basketball court Saturday. And it was not always a pretty sight. But the impulse behind it was beautiful. Isn’t that what really counts?
Former Memphis Grizzlies forward Tony Allen received the Heal the Hood Foundation’s first-ever Heroes of Change Award during halftime of the high-profile basketball game.
NFL linebackers Darius Harris from the Kansas City Chiefs and Nakobe Dean from the Philadelphia Eagles orchestrated a football camp at their alma mater for about 200 kids.
The known and unknown about Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer in Southwest Memphis dominated the conversation in a reporters roundtable on “Behind The Headlines.”
One Germantown alderman shared he does not plan to seek reelection. However, he plans to remain engaged in the suburb and continue to serve its residents.
The University of Memphis, with $1.5 million from National Science Foundation and industry leaders, will open the Center for Electrified and Automated Trucking in August.
Memphis police are investigating whether a U.S. Army veteran charged with killing a homeless man has targeted other homeless people in the city, a spokesperson said.
U of M jumps on the AI train, the Liberty Bowl needs answers and Zinnie’s is closing (but not forever).
A source who spoke with The Daily Memphian exclusively on Thursday shed light on why the company chose Memphis, including the city’s ample land at fair prices.
After a stint in administration at Houston High School, Shannon Blackburn will become principal at Arlington Middle School officially beginning next month.
The Shelby County Juvenile Court building, which has been closed indefinitely since April, could reopen next month.
Elon Musk’s investment triggered a response that will include new professors in traditional AI fields and incentives for others to align their research in AI applications.
The flyway is a boardwalk that will lead to a view of the Mississippi River from an overlook where Tom Lee Park becomes Ashburn-Coppock Park.
The facility’s technology labs are built to prepare engineering students for what might be possible through the rest of the century.
U of M tuition is going up, a Germantown triathlete is going to the Olympics and golfers play 99 holes at Overton.
The arrival of xAI’s “gigafactory of compute” could pose new challenges and opportunities for the region’s electric grid.
“My son is a skater,” RowVaughn Wells said of her son Tyre Nichols, who would have been 31 on Wednesday, June 5. “That was his passion. Anytime the skating community wants to honor my son, I’ll be there.”
As candidates can begin pulling petitions later this month, the incumbents in six Bartlett offices on the Nov. 5 ballot intend to run to retain their seats.