Months after Tennessee launched its first statewide voucher program, the Tennessee Department of Education won’t say how many students are using it to attend private school.

Four designs will be displayed on the Main Street Mall and will highlight and celebrate the city’s identity.

MLGW previously considered moving the utility’s headquarters to the same building, but backed off on that plan. 

The City Council could vote on the resolution, so far backed by a group of council members, at its meeting next week. It is not binding on Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee.

Midtown Chick-fil-A is back, Arlington traffic may improve in a roundabout way and Thursday is for throwback movies.

In the wake of Tyré Nichols’ death, the Memphis Police Department decided it had an absence of supervision in the field, and set out to fix that problem by creating a new position — the second lieutenant. But that solution caused a string of other problems. 

The state National Guard is also being sent to Memphis, although exactly what its job will be and where they will be deployed remain some of the biggest unanswered questions.

President Donald Trump said Memphis will be a “replica” of D.C. with the National Guard. What has it looked like in the nation’s capital?

Daily Memphian reporters talked to Memphis residents to find out if they support President Donald Trump’s new task force.

See The Daily Memphian’s full coverage of the Memphis Safe Task Force

Many residents in the Midtown and Downtown area were left with no power when an MLGW substation caught fire.

Gov. Bill Lee described the Memphis Safe Task Force as a “long-time” mission that could last six months or longer.

City questions legality of its employee unions, Good Fortune learns its game-show fortune and Wiseacre OG gets in the sandwich game.

Memphis’ very own Good Fortune Co. brought their handmade noodle and dumplings and faced off against Nishaan, a Pakistani-American fusion food truck based in New York City.

The EDGE resolution includes “solar as an eligible use of property.”

“This task force will be a replica of our extraordinarily successful efforts here (in Washington D.C.), and you’ll see it’s a lot of the same thing (in Memphis),” the president said. 

A “threat to democracy” vs. making Memphis “the most safe city in America,” area leaders give their thoughts on what the National Guard deployment can mean for the city. 

The city argues that there’s nothing in its charter that gives city employees the right to collectively bargain as a union. 

The Tops location, which suffered another fire in February, had been within four weeks of reopening after a major reconstruction. 

Food truck puts greens on a grilled cheese, the Tigers football team is undefeated and we take a trip down memory lane to the “beach within reach.”

In this episode of The AM/DM, newsletter editor Bianca Phillips and columnist Chris Herrington talk about the week ahead, which includes The Daily Memphian’s upcoming anniversary.

Buddy Chapman led the police department in 1978, when the National Guard came as police and fire strikes left the city burning. This time, he says, it’s different.

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Collierville Schools is hoping cell service is soon improved in the high school area. District leaders also heard an update on two sites they are purchasing. 

Every Monday, a group of about 25 runners and walkers meets in The Heights at 5:30 a.m., but it’s not just about physical fitness.

The owners of DeSoto’s Maywood Beach routinely headed down to Destin, but it wasn’t to frolic in the waves. 

For now, the 2026 Republican primary has no candidates for Shelby County mayor. Where does that leave the race? Also in the political roundup, more reaction to the National Guard coming to the city and a golf net at Audubon.