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    One of Memphis’ oldest churches is wrestling with its past, planning memorial for thousands of enslaved people

    For a decade, Calvary Episcopal Church leaders and parishioners have been wrestling and reckoning with a disturbing truth: In the mid-1800s, Christians worshipped God in their church while enslaved men, women and children were sold right outside.

    By John Klyce February 08, 2026
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    Some pregnant Tennesseans could park in handicap spots if new bill passes

    A new bill would allow them to use parking spaces otherwise reserved for people with disabilities.

    By Noah McLane February 08, 2026
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    PDS launches $7M campaign focused on community and outdoor learning

    Presbyterian Day School has launched a campaign to reshape the center of campus to better support community, outdoor learning and student development.

    By Christin Yates February 08, 2026
  • Business

    Local banker and civic leader Kent Wunderlich has died

    Wunderlich was the board chairman of Financial Federal bank as well as a member of several Memphis civic organizations, including the Shelby Farms Conservancy.

    By Jody Callahan February 07, 2026
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    Photo Gallery: Memphians celebrate Mardi Gras

    For the third year in a row, the owners of Fat Tuesday Memphis and Esco Memphis restaurants brought back their Mardi Gras in Memphis celebration.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 07, 2026
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    MATA riders’ pleas for better service met with piecemeal progress

    On Transit Equity Day, more than 60 MATA riders and others gathered in Orange Mound to express their frustrations and hopes for a better public transportation system in Memphis.

    By Jody Callahan February 10, 2026
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    School board elections, superintendent contract ‘irrelevant’ with MSCS takeover looming, lawmakers say

    The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board is about to decide on the district’s leadership, and candidates are campaigning for school board seats. But two sponsors of a state bill say little, if any, of that matters.

    By Bill Dries February 07, 2026
  • City of Memphis

    What did Memphis get in the appropriations bills?

    Here’s a list of “community funding requests” or earmarks approved as part of the appropriations bills that cleared the House and Senate and were signed into law this week by President Donald Trump.

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    Dodging another government shutdown: How local politicians voted

    By Bill Dries February 09, 2026
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    ‘Unprecedented’ MSCS forensic audit report expected this spring

    “There’s financial record mismanagement, waste and abuse of contracts, disorganization at a level that’s unprecedented,” state Rep. Mark White told The Daily Memphian Friday.

    By Laura Testino February 06, 2026
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    Dodging another government shutdown: How local politicians voted

    The D.C. Scorecard tracks the votes of the city’s Congressmen and two U.S. Senators in the latest move to avert a federal government shutdown. Also: The latest on phone records.

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    What did Memphis get in the appropriations bills?

    By Bill Dries February 06, 2026
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    The Early Word: Morant is still here, and Bain takes barbecue out east

    Indie Memphis makes a comeback, Tigers get a “Sincere” win and açaí bowls are coming to the Edge.

    By Bianca Phillips February 06, 2026
  • Metro

    The AM/DM podcast: Party like it’s Mardi Gras and Lunar New Year

    We’re on the verge of another weekend, so today, newsletter editor Bianca Phillips joins us to talk about this weekend’s holiday celebrations. 

    By Mary Cashiola February 06, 2026
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    Believe Memphis weighs closure allowing Grizzlies Prep a larger South Memphis campus

    The potential relocation would give Grizzlies Prep students, currently about 300 boys, a campus with a gym and outdoor spaces. It also would provide a facility for the charter operator to open its new all-girls school.

    By Laura Testino February 05, 2026
  • State Government

    Tennessee GOP says ongoing Memphis schools audit is ‘concerning’

    The district says state auditors haven’t presented any evidence of fraud or abuse to constitute further investment. Republican lawmakers didn’t name specifics either.

    By Bri Hatch, Melissa Brown February 05, 2026
  • Public Safety

    Fake combat veteran pleads guilty to federal ‘stolen valor,’ wire fraud charges

    A Fayette County woman pleaded guilty Thursday to pretending to be a combat veteran and using the story to solicit goods and services from donors.

    By Aarron Fleming February 05, 2026
  • City of Memphis

    City solid waste pickup delayed again

    The city has not has solid waste pickups since Jan. 24 as remnants of the winter storm stubbornly hang around.

    By Bill Dries February 05, 2026
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    The Early Word: MSCS is snowed out, but the short-staffed Grizzlies go all in

    Ex-St. George’s student appears in court, Ford Jr. ignores his guilty plea and Hernando’s mayor “messed up” the budget.

    By Bianca Phillips February 05, 2026
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    The AM/DM podcast: Solidifying a legacy at 87 Adams

    It was a decade ago that members of Calvary Episcopal Church decided they needed to do something about an old historical marker about Nathan Bedford Forrest on the church’s property. 

    By Mary Cashiola February 06, 2026
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    MSCS used all its snow days. What happens now?

    Memphis-Shelby County Schools used up its eighth and final snow day on Wednesday, Feb. 4 — then closed for Thursday.

    By Laura Testino February 05, 2026
  • Shelby County

    County Commission plows through agenda from snowed-out meeting quickly

    The Shelby County Commission finished up a short (but delayed) slate of items in about an hour Wednesday, Feb. 4.

    By Bill Dries February 04, 2026
  • Shelby County

    Ford resignation letter dodges guilty plea, cites ‘antagonistic environment’

    Ford filed a resignation letter to the Shelby County Commission, as required by his guilty plea to federal tax-evasion charges. Meanwhile, county commissioners have a timetable for filling the vacancy.

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    County Commission plows through agenda from snowed-out meeting quickly

    By Bill Dries February 05, 2026
  • State Government

    RFK Jr. touts administration efforts, makes autism claims in Nashville

    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took the stage with state leaders as part of his “Take Back Your Health Tour.”

    By Noah McLane February 04, 2026
  • Premium Public Safety

    Man convicted of threatening to kill federal judge in Memphis

    A jury convicted a man Wednesday, Feb. 4, for threatening to kill a federal judge and two prosecutors in Memphis last year.

    By Aarron Fleming February 05, 2026
  • Premium Collierville

    Ex-St. George’s basketball player faces 8 felonies in campus sexual assault case

    A 19-year-old accused of eight felonious accounts related to two sexual assaults on the St. George’s campus appeared in court. His attorney says much of the story is still untold.

    By Abigail Warren February 05, 2026
  • Elections

    Human error caused temporary voter registration lookup outage, Secretary of State says

    The Tennessee Secretary of State’s Office said Wednesday that the issues some voters had accessing their registration Tuesday night stemmed from a computer glitch. 

    By Samuel Hardiman February 04, 2026

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