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    ICE raids and ethnic restaurants may be recipe for empty dining rooms

    “Our lunch rush isn’t nearly as busy as it used to be. And it seems like everyone is trying so hard to speak English,” one local restaurant worker said.

    By Ellen Chamberlain August 18, 2025
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    Ask the Memphian: Did The Beatles’ show in Memphis lead them to stop touring?

    The Beatles stopped in Memphis during their August 1966 tour amid a backdrop of protest. The supergroup never toured again, and Memphis could have been a factor in the decision.

    By Clay Bailey August 19, 2025
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    This Week in Memphis: Friday night lights are on; sports talk star gets award

    The big high school football matchup will be Southwind visiting Lausanne on Friday. Plus, county commissioners are still discussing a school-board shakeup.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 17, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Man accused of masterminding Young Dolph slaying is set for trial

    The trial starts Monday for Hernandez Govan, who allegedly arranged the 2021 hit on rapper Adolph Thornton Jr.

    By Aarron Fleming August 17, 2025
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    Read the room: Push for county commissioners to ‘vote your party’ on school board gets chilly response

    Also Republican contender for governor John Rose on Medicaid expansion and “Tennessee values,” and Democratic contender Jerri Green on debating Senator Marsha Blackburn.

    By Bill Dries August 17, 2025
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Fans young and old, from near and far close out Elvis Week 2025

    Fans of The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll came to Memphis to celebrate his life and music, traveling from as close as North Mississippi and as distant as Australia.

    By Jody Callahan August 16, 2025
  • Behind The Headlines

    How to keep interest in Downtown Memphis ahead of big projects

    The head of the Downtown Memphis Commission talks on “Behind The Headlines” about what’s beyond Downtown’s waiting period for several new and renovated institutions to come online.

    By Bill Dries August 18, 2025
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    Ezekiel Kelly terrorized Memphis for roughly 20 hours. It took three years to reach a resolution.

    The Daily Memphian explains what happened during that day of mayhem and attempts to answer a question many Memphians may be asking: What took so long to close this case?

    By Aarron Fleming August 16, 2025
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    Photo Gallery: Elvis fans maintain solemn observance at annual vigil

    The annual Candlelight Vigil, the cornerstone event for Elvis Week each year, draws thousands of fans to Graceland on the eve of Presley’s death.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 15, 2025
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    Wing Guru must pay Ja Morant, judge rules

    A Memphis-based wing chain restaurant must pay Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant, a judge ruled Friday.

    By Aarron Fleming August 15, 2025
  • Public Safety

    A West Tennessee ICE detainment center got the votes. The ACLU argues otherwise.

    A letter sent to Mason, Tennessee officials says a vote to approve a contract for the detention center is invalid.

    By Jody Callahan August 15, 2025
  • Education

    Ghana government pays U of M $1 million for student costs

    The Ghanaian government has made $1 million payment toward its debt at the University of Memphis for 185 students there but still owes $2.2 million.

    By Jody Callahan August 15, 2025
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    The Early Word: Grizzlies set the dates, Memphis schools keep eye on vandals

    Health department offers lead screening for students, Lakeland Town Square gets busy and hip-hop awards are a go.

    By Chris Herrington August 15, 2025
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    MSCS could fight vandalism with $612K cameras

    Memphis-Shelby County Schools could install new security measures its staff say would prevent vandalism at its vacant buildings.

    By Laura Testino August 15, 2025
  • Education

    Shelby County offers free lead testing to students exposed to unsafe water

    Twenty-four schools recently reported high lead levels in their water. Now, the local health department is offering free blood testing to exposed students.

    By Bri Hatch August 14, 2025
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    The Early Word: Mass shooter’s massive sentence, MSCS’ big job ahead

    Germantown sexual-solicitation case heads to a grand jury, microbreweries may finally be allowed in Collierville and JJJ gets into crypto.

    By Bianca Phillips August 14, 2025
  • Premium Public Safety

    A Memphis man was sentenced to hundreds of years in prison. He isn’t Tennessee’s first.

    Ezekiel Kelly, who carried out a city-wide shooting spree in 2022, was sentenced to hundreds of years behind bars. He isn’t the first to see that much time. 

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    Mass shooter sentenced to hundreds of years in prison

    By Aarron Fleming August 14, 2025
  • Shelby County

    Ups, downs and votes on a new County Commission chair

    It took one vote to elect the new County Commission chair and four to elect the chair pro tempore. In between was the usual commission intrigue and grievances.

    By Bill Dries August 14, 2025
  • Education

    ‘Hard decisions’ ahead for group looking at MSCS school closures

    A new Memphis-Shelby County Schools committee met for the first time Wednesday, Aug. 13, to guide looming decisions on school closures and consolidations, plus plans for repurposing facilities and building new ones. 

    By Laura Testino August 14, 2025
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    Germantown man accused of sexually soliciting minors waives preliminary hearing

    A man accused of sexually soliciting minors in a Germantown park waived his preliminary hearing in the suburb’s court.

    By Abigail Warren August 14, 2025
  • Metro

    Mass shooter sentenced to hundreds of years in prison

    Ezekiel Kelly pleaded guilty to all 28 charges he was facing, which included three counts of first-degree murder and the commission of an act of terrorism.

    By Aarron Fleming August 13, 2025
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    The Early Word: Firm looks for MSCS fraud, and ICE will use nearby prison

    FedEx exec leaves with big bucks, two Downtown hotels are merging and a man breaks the Oreo record at Jack Brown’s.

    By Bianca Phillips August 13, 2025
  • Metro

    The AM/DM podcast: The trolley problem

    Memphis Area Transit Authority officials have said it’s possible to make the Downtown trolley system operational again. But there are a lot of questions to answer before the trolleys start rolling down the tracks. 

    By Mary Cashiola August 13, 2025
  • Public Safety

    West Tennessee town approves new ICE detention center

    In a contentious and confusing meeting Tuesday night, the Mason Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to reopen the 600-bed West Tennessee Detention Facility for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to use for immigrants.

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    Tennessee town considers deal to turn closed prison into immigration detention facility

    By Jody Callahan August 13, 2025
  • State Government

    Gubernatorial candidate John Rose has ‘epiphany’ on crime in Memphis

    “My time as a member of Congress is not my calling card for this job,” the Republican Congressman from Cookeville said of his run for Tennessee Governor.

    By Bill Dries August 12, 2025

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