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    Former Evolve CEO to take plea deal on child pornography charges

    Former bank CEO Robert “Bob” Hartheimer will plead guilty to a series of child pornography charges.

    By Sophia Surrett December 15, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Memphis crime drops again, hitting lowest level in at least three years

    Crime keeps dropping. Police say major offenses fell again in November, reaching their lowest level in nearly three years.

    By Bill Dries December 15, 2025
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    While board finds xAI’s air emissions permit valid, they were skeptical of natural gas turbines

    At a hearing that displayed a clash of environmental activism and the city’s business establishment, the Air Pollution Control Board said the controversial air emissions permit will stand. But it may come with a policy change.

    By Samuel Hardiman December 16, 2025
  • Shelby County

    County’s top public defender retiring

    A replacement has not yet been named.

    By Aarron Fleming December 16, 2025
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    The AM/DM podcast: What will Collierville look like in 2050?

    It’s the last full, holiday-free week of the year and time to get business done.

    By Mary Cashiola December 15, 2025
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    The Early Word: City loses money on Liberty Park; Aussie PM lost his pants

    East Memphis liquor store gives license another shot, sheriff’s deputies will train under ICE and the cobblestones are finally restored.

    By Bianca Phillips December 15, 2025
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    Ask the Memphian: How did an Australian prime minister lose his pants in Memphis?

    The Memphis Trousers Affair: One night in 1986, a former Australian prime minister endured his worst day in the Bluff City.

    By Jody Callahan December 15, 2025
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    Memphis paid $2.2M for Liberty Park consultants — and it’s still an empty lot

    The city needs sales-tax growth at Liberty Park to pay bonds at the Memphis Sports and Events Center. To generate that tax growth, it needs hotel and apartments to become something more than hypothetical. 

    By Samuel Hardiman December 15, 2025
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    This Week in Memphis: Collierville’s future plan; Memphis Fire raises again

    Also happening this week: MSCS holds a meeting on the possible closure of Georgian Hills Elementary School.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff December 14, 2025
  • Shelby County

    County Commission returns to County Clerk’s office problems

    The commission votes on a resolution that asks County Clerk Wanda Halbert to cooperate with the regular audit of county finances. Auditors say Halbert isn’t cooperating as a Dec. 31 state law nears.

    By Bill Dries December 15, 2025
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    Downtown church’s rich history is intertwined with the stories of people it served

    The present St. Patrick Catholic Church was built in 1905 but the congregation dates back to 1866 on the same property south of FedExForum.

    By Bill Dries December 14, 2025
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    It’s alive! Everyone thought this insect was extinct, but 2 Memphis scientists discovered the truth.

    As far as anyone knew, the greater chestnut weevil was long gone, a victim of the same blight that has killed an estimated 4 billion chestnut trees in the U.S. in less than a century.

    By Jody Callahan December 14, 2025
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    Nearly 200 charged federally since beginning of Memphis Task Force, US Attorney says

    As he’s sworn in as West Tennessee’s top federal prosecutor, Michael Dunavant touts the achievements his office has made since his return in October.

    By Aarron Fleming December 14, 2025
  • Business

    The Station owner trying again for liquor license

    The owner of The Station, a proposed high-end liquor store in East Memphis, will appear before the city’s Alcohol Commission next week to ask for a permit.

    By Jody Callahan December 13, 2025
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    It’s about to get really cold in Memphis

    Beginning late Saturday night, temperatures in Memphis will free fall.

    By Jody Callahan December 13, 2025
  • City of Memphis

    ‘The very foundation on which this city was built’ finally renovated

    Memphis’ historic cobblestone landing formally opened Friday after at least 19 years of bureaucracy, red tape and the rise and fall of the Mississippi River.

    By Bill Dries December 13, 2025
  • Shelby County

    Sheriff’s office staying in ICE training program, MICAH says

    Local community organizers gathered Friday to discuss a conversation with Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner about participating in an ICE training program, and urged him to back out of the agreement.

    By Aarron Fleming December 12, 2025
  • Behind The Headlines

    ‘Largest development in the history of Downtown Memphis’ faces hope and skepticism

    A future cloud computing hub — at the site of a another development that never panned out — is among the topics on “Behind The Headlines” a reporters’ roundtable.

    By Bill Dries December 13, 2025
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    The Early Word: Break-ups for Ford, Feagins and Memphis Tigers football

    Zach Edey is injured, the old 616 could see new life and Midtown is getting a salad spot. 

    By Bianca Phillips December 12, 2025
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    The AM/DM podcast: Wheel of Fortune, ‘Friday’ party and Phillips on a float

    This weekend is awash in holiday parades — and you can even see Daily Memphian newsletter editor Bianca Phillips in person, during a Downtown parade. 

    By Mary Cashiola December 14, 2025
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    MSCS spent millions on safety center with AI-assisted cameras, active-shooter simulator

    After years of planning, renovations and security-equipment purchases, Memphis-Shelby County Schools debuted its “Real Time Safety Center” on Thursday. “We know seconds matter” during threats, the district’s interim safety and security chief said.

    By Laura Testino December 12, 2025
  • Metro

    Michael Lightman, respected real estate developer, dies

    Some said that Michael Lightman, who contributed to the real estate landscape of Memphis, had the “Midas touch.” 

    By Abigail Warren December 12, 2025
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    Newcomer, incumbents plan runs for Bartlett school board

    Three candidates have announced their intentions for the Bartlett City Schools board positions in next year’s municipal elections.

    By Michael Waddell December 11, 2025
  • State Government

    Tennessee executes Harold Wayne Nichols for killing college student in 1988

    Days after a coalition of Tennessee medical professionals urged Gov. Bill Lee to pause all state executions, Tennessee executed Harold Wayne Nichols by lethal injection.

    By The Associated Press December 11, 2025
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    Attorney splits with Feagins in suit against MSCS

    An attorney representing former Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Marie Feagins in a lawsuit challenging her ouster from the district has withdrawn from the case, court documents show.

    By Laura Testino December 11, 2025

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