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  • Visual Arts

    Incognito presents an art mystery where buyers are encouraged to buy what they love, not what they know

    At the Incognito Art Auction to benefit the Memphis Botanic Garden, buyers will be purchasing pieces that speak to them without knowing who actually created them until the sale is complete.

    By Jody Callahan July 05, 2025
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    City Council Scorecard: Setting the budget past the impasse process

    The City Council Scorecard tracks how the 13 council members voted on the critical events of the budget season.

    By Bill Dries, Samuel Hardiman July 05, 2025
  • Midtown

    Central Gardens paradegoers celebrate holiday with mixed feelings

    Midtown Fourth of July celebration attracts hundreds, but many who came said they had mixed feelings about the holiday this year.

    By Jody Callahan July 07, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Police say groups argued Downtown, then fired at officers early Friday

    Suspects allegedly opened fire on cops in Downtown Memphis early Friday morning, Memphis Police Department officials said.

    By Jody Callahan July 04, 2025
  • Metro

    D.C. Scorecard: Memphis US reps split on Big, Beautiful Bill

    The One Big, Beautiful Bill of tax and spending cuts cleared the U.S. House of Representatives in a 218-214 vote.

    By Bill Dries July 18, 2025
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    Federal judge recuses self from two more cases

    The federal judge who formerly presided over the criminal case of the five former Memphis police officers charged in the death of Tyré Nichols has recused himself in more cases involving attorneys on the Nichols case.

    By Aarron Fleming July 03, 2025
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    The Early Word: xAI gets its way, and a crash can’t stop Guinness from flowing

    Fish and chips comes to Collierville, the Redbirds caused a stir on socials and we’ve got an update on JJJ’s toe. 

    By Bianca Phillips July 03, 2025
  • South Memphis

    Despite community concern, xAI gets air-emissions permit

    The Shelby County Health Department received more than 1,000 public comments on the project.

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    Nonprofit installing its own air-quality sensors near xAI

    By Samuel Hardiman July 03, 2025
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    Redbirds stir up controversy with ‘Big Beautiful Buffet’ post

    “Gross, gross.” “It’s OK to make a mistake.” “Yikes!” Memphians react to a Redbirds ad for a Fourth of July celebration. 

    By Jody Callahan July 07, 2025
  • North Mississippi

    DeSoto Hope awards first scholarships to students affected by cancer

    The local nonprofit founded by five cancer survivors has announced the first two recipients of its new $2,500 Community Cancer Support Scholarship.

    By Brandon LaGrone II July 02, 2025
  • Public Safety

    MPD identifies second victim in Memphis Rox shooting

    Jarmond Johnson, 25, an employee at the local rock-climbing facility, was the other man killed. 

    By Aarron Fleming July 02, 2025
  • City of Memphis

    Nonprofit installing its own air-quality sensors near xAI

    Memphis Community Against Pollution announced plans for its own air-quality sensors after doubting testing carried out by the City of Memphis.

    By Joseph Mangin July 02, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Police arrest mother of man who allegedly brought gun to 201 Poplar

    When officers came to arrest Dedrick Patterson at his home, they only found his father, who told officers his son had just left with his mother.

    By Aarron Fleming July 02, 2025
  • State Government

    Bartlett native is new TDOT head

    When searching for a new leader of the Tennessee Department of Transportation, Gov. Bill Lee didn’t have to look far. 

    By Bill Dries July 02, 2025
  • Shelby County

    Mayor appoints interim public health director

    The new director previously served as the department’s health officer and led vaccination efforts at the Shelby County Division of Corrections during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

    By Aisling Mäki July 02, 2025
  • Education

    Gov. Bill Lee downplays transparency concerns about Tennessee school voucher program

    Students’ prior enrollment is a frequently asked question in other state voucher programs and was a required question on the application for Tennessee’s first voucher initiative.

    By Melissa Brown July 02, 2025
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    The Early Word: Chicken spot is ‘kuku’ for Memphis; JJJ news you need to toe

    XAI secures big bucks, MSCS gets its money back from the feds and fireworks won’t be the only thing going boom this weekend.

    By Bianca Phillips July 02, 2025
  • Premium South Memphis

    XAI raises $10 billion. What does it mean for Memphis?

    News of xAI securing more funding also comes as the company looks to move ahead on one of its key promises to Memphis — a water recycling plant that could cut long-term usage of the Memphis Sand Aquifer by about 9%. 

    By Samuel Hardiman July 05, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Memphians ‘starting to feel the difference’ as crime declines, top cop says

    “While the data tells one part of the story, what matters is that people in our neighborhoods are starting to feel the difference in their homes,” Memphis Police Department Chief C.J. Davis said.

    By Aarron Fleming July 02, 2025
  • Premium State Government

    D.C. Scorecard: The ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ and its many amendments

    The D.C. Scorecard tracks the votes of Tennessee’s two U.S. senators on the spending bill and its several dozen amendments now bound for a House reconciliation process. 

    By Bill Dries July 01, 2025
  • Premium Education

    MSCS lost money it needed for air-conditioning and roofs. Feds gave that $55M back.

    Memphis-Shelby County Schools had abruptly lost access to leftover pandemic-era federal funding in March.

    By Laura Testino July 01, 2025
  • Premium City of Memphis

    Trump taps familiar face for U.S. attorney of Western District

    Dunavant was the chief federal prosecutor for West Tennessee during the first Trump administration.

    By Bill Dries July 01, 2025
  • Metro

    Trump names Memphian to TVA board

    TVA board members are nominated by the president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Trump fired three board members this spring, leaving the board without a quorum. 

    By Samuel Hardiman July 01, 2025
  • Premium The Early Word

    The Early Word: A Celtic crash, a deal for JJJ to stay and a new Penny in town

    A man has been charged in the Memphis Rox shooting, the County Commission went back to the budget and there’s a new option for game night.

    By Bianca Phillips July 01, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Man charged in Memphis Rox shooting that killed two

    Farris Haley, 28, has been charged in a South Memphis double shooting Sunday, June 29, that killed a Memphis Rox employee.

    By Aarron Fleming June 30, 2025

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