State Rep. and Congressional candidate Justin J. Pearson held a press conference endorsing a data center moratorium ahead of a possible City Council vote.

If Bluff City Pickleball moves into Liberty Park, it could save the city up to $40,000 a year in operating costs. 

The jump in electric bills is directly tied to customers using much more electricity during the September “heat dome” that hovered over Memphis and Shelby County for days. 

MLGW CEO Doug McGowen told the Memphis City Council that the utility’s electric distribution system has enough capacity to accommodate nearly double the residential customers.

Changes are coming to the Land Bank, a Memphis couple fills an empanada need and Cam Boozer does everything. 

Leon Place, located in North Memphis, has the feel of both past prosperity and being a current work-in-progress.

Mayor Paul Young also talked about the return of trolleys, work toward a new Memphis Grizzlies lease at FedExForum as well as the status of the convention center hotel the city bought and other topics.

How the oversight board determines what “ready” means could revive early criticisms from MSCS that the appointees lacked necessary structures to assume power over the school system.

There are now six proposals compared to the three plans — including a one-year moratorium on new data centers — on the table three weeks ago.

The visit would come as Republicans try to flip the state’s last Democratic-held U.S. House seat under a new map that splits Memphis into three districts.

Most of the money for the new Regional One hasn’t been approved yet, the Task Force is mum on police-pursuit policies and you can time travel in Arlington.

This week sees the beginning of the newest era of the Memphis Grizzlies, as the team prepares to take on the Atlanta Hawks. 

Taxpayers have paid for land, demolition and a project manager, but most of the county money tied to Regional One’s new hospital hasn’t been approved yet.

A Memphis restaurateur wants 1,240 acres rezoned for industrial use. He hasn’t said what would be built there, and residents fear the worst.

At least two people have died in pursuits since the MSTF arrived. Advocates are calling for clearer policies and required reporting.

“I am not exaggerating when I tell you gunshots used to awaken me almost every night, or that patching the bullet holes in our roof used to be an annual expense. I am also not exaggerating when I say it’s gotten a lot better.”

Also happening this week: UTHSC breaks ground on a new building, and the Tigers take on UAB in the Battle of the Bones.

The general elections for three newly drawn congressional districts that divide Shelby County are expected to be a potent draw on the Nov. 3 ballot along with a tightening race for governor.

Arkansas has become an epicenter of a mysterious tick-borne illness, once simply referred to as a “red-meat allergy.

Also in the political roundup, Blackburn talks about affordability, Hagerty’s letter as Jack Smith testifies in the insurrection case, and the difficult mechanics of write-in voting.

Memphians wanted extra cops. Memphis wanted help with crime. Memphis didn’t want to be a prop in a national sideshow. That’s why we are where we are.

Memphians had quite a few fall festivals to visit Saturday, including the newcomer Evergreen Street Fair.

Gov. Bill Lee said that Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada will step down this month.

Democratic congressional nominee Justin J. Pearson talked about ongoing U.S. aid to Ukraine and “America First” on “Behind The Headlines.”

The failed attempt to execute Christa Pike has put Tennessee under scrutiny.

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