Five ordinances and a resolution — all on data centers — top the Tuesday council agenda including a call for a moratorium on new data centers.

More than 550 arts funders from across the country are in Memphis this week for a national conference examining how investments into local artists and organizations can strengthen communities.

Hatley admonished the state’s ballooning budget and opposed deploying the Memphis Safe Task Force, saying the real issue plaguing Memphis was an underfunded police department.

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch has cleared a Senatobia police officer of wrongdoing in a fatal June shooting of a 1-year-old. 

Tennessee’s takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools has been paused again.

The appointment appointed is the latest in a series of recent judicial shakeups.

This week sees the Memphis City Council return for two three-hour sessions on what a possible data center moratorium could look like. 

The Memphis Safe Task Force is a hot political topic, and we’ve got recs for ribs and fall coffees. 

Also in the roundup: Commissioner Rhonda O’Dell’s second letter about Edmund Ford Jr., “Souls to the Polls” rallies worked to boost the early vote turnout Saturday and Pearson and Molder make appeals beyond party lines. 

Memphis game designer Reuben Brunson debuts his second concept, a new, fast-paced card game called Litter Box, which he thinks may just be a big hit.

With early voting underway in Shelby County, federal officials touted the Memphis Safe Task Force while Democratic congressional nominees vowed to scrutinize the operation.

Also happening this week: The Memphis Tigers basketball team plays their first exhibition game.

“A public meeting belongs to the whole community. Being loud does not make you right, being angry does not make you righteous, and neither gives you the right to silence everyone else.”

The candidates for the three Bartlett alderman races on the November ballot, made their case for election during a forum Friday night.

Rene Lassauzet has been ALSAC’s senior vice president of brand creative for about a year-and-a-half. During that time, he’s immersed himself in the world of St. Jude, fulfilled his longtime dream of becoming an American citizen and settled into a community he has no plans to leave.

SpaceXAI continues to grow in Southaven as do its debts. Another lien has been filed against the AI giant.

The mix of early voting and campaigns watching the turnout while trying to mobilize their voters and partisans is the main topic of conversation on “Behind The Headlines.”

“We’re working on a permanent plan for Memphis,” the director of the U.S. Marshals Service said.

Booker T. Washington High opened in 1873 as Clay Street School but moved to its current location in 1926.

Takeover board could replace Richmond, Pearson sues the City Council and if you’re craving fluffy eggs, we’ve got you. 

If you love Memphis artists or artisans, this is the weekend for you. 

“CBU has faced real challenges in recent years. We should not minimize them, and we should not allow them to define us. Our responsibility is to make the choices necessary to ensure this university can continue serving students and Memphis for generations to come.”

“I can’t imagine the destruction he’s left behind. It’s repulsive,” a former employee said.

At 44, Katie Barrett is the Shelby County Fire Department’s top recruit. Her message to anyone, especially women: “It’s never too late.”

None of the nine state appointees poised to take control of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools system will say whether they intend to act on the superintendent hiring timeline included in documents most of them voted to accept. 

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