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    Alleged trespasser was ‘angry’ with Mayor Young

    Court documents reveal details about the man who was arrested for on suspicion of aggravated criminal trespassing, stalking and criminal attempted kidnapping.

    By Samuel Hardiman June 18, 2025
  • Downtown

    Fire damages historic theater on Beale

    When it opened, the theater was a prominent stop on the “Chitlin’ Circuit.”

    By Jody Callahan June 18, 2025
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    Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors

    The decision comes amid a range of other federal and state efforts to regulate the lives of transgender people.

    By The Associated Press, Aisling Mäki June 18, 2025
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    The Early Word: Morant claps back, and NAACP throws a stone at xAI

    MSCS is selling properties, Harris backs off his tax hike and we bid farewell to “real dude” Desmond Bane.

    By Bianca Phillips June 18, 2025
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    Where things stand with Memphis museum projects

    Construction on the Memphis Art Museum, what the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art will become when it moves Downtown, has continued. So has construction on the Metal Museum’s location in the Memphis College of Art building.

    By Elle Perry, Bill Dries June 23, 2025
  • Education

    MSCS to sell $12M of property, but building donations, demolitions paused

    MSCS board members are poised to finalize four property sales in June, one each in northeast Shelby County, Parkway Village, South Memphis and Whitehaven.

    By Laura Testino June 19, 2025
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    New MLGW substation to power growth in Collierville

    The new substation will help create redundancy in MLGW’s system.

    By Abigail Warren June 17, 2025
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    Mayor to limit solitary confinement in Shelby County prisons

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris plans to sign an executive order that will adopt United Nations Minimum Standards for the Treatment of Prisoners, also known as the Mandela Rules, for county prisons.

    By Bill Dries June 19, 2025
  • Metro

    Meet The Daily Memphian’s summer 2025 interns

    Meet Sarai Bennett and Joseph Mangin. Both interns will work on general news assignments.

    By Elle Perry June 17, 2025
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    Mayor Harris walks back tax hike

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris is changing the county property tax rate his administration is proposing to match the state’s certified rate.

    By Bill Dries June 18, 2025
  • Metro

    David vs. Goliath: NAACP readies lawsuit against Musk’s xAI over turbines

    They plan to sue Elon Musk’s xAI for alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act, stemming from the company’s use of natural gas turbines to partially power its Southwest Memphis supercomputer.

    By Samuel Hardiman June 17, 2025
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    The Early Word: Ford-Harris drama heats up; Head Start funds get late start

    Man dies after police shooting, the Grizzlies’ trade market is wide open now and local Gen Z hipsters can soon stock up on blue-collar workwear.

    By Bianca Phillips June 17, 2025
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    Head Start grant may not be awarded until beginning of school year

    Federal officials say they are negotiating with finalists who want to operate Head Start preschool programming, which funds 3,200 seats, for students from low-income families in Shelby County.

    By Laura Testino June 17, 2025
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    Southwest to revitalize theater and music buildings

    Students will gain the opportunity to pursue entertainment degrees and access to more entertainment internships, mentorships and hands-on training.

    By Sarai Bennett June 16, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Man dies after being shot by Memphis police officer

    The shooting happened after police approached “a large group of individuals in the parking lot of a business,” according to TBI. 

    By Aarron Fleming June 16, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Pervis Payne must serve life sentences one after the other, state supreme court rules

    Pervis Payne, 58, was convicted in 1988 of stabbing to death Charisse Christopher, 28, and her 2-year-old daughter, Lacie.

    By Aarron Fleming June 16, 2025
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    After Mayor Harris vetoes grant, Ford moves to override

    County mayor accused Ford of “not taking seriously” the federal indictment against him. At stake, right now, is a nearly $180,000 grant for an entertainment industry nonprofit.

    By Bill Dries June 16, 2025
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    MPD investigating trespasser at Mayor Young’s home

    The Memphis Police Department is currently investigating an incident that involved a man knocking on Memphis Mayor Paul Young’s door Sunday night, June 15.

    By Samuel Hardiman June 16, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Federal sentencing hearings in Nichols’ death canceled

    The U.S. District judge handling the case recused himself last week, though it’s still unclear why. 

    By Aarron Fleming June 20, 2025
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    The Early Word: Grizzlies say bye to Bane, and we’ve got a Parkways primer

    FedEx makes a power move, there’s a fight brewing in Bartlett and we’ve got tips on what to order at City Silo.

    By Bianca Phillips June 16, 2025
  • Premium North Mississippi

    Shifting tides in Horn Lake: Democrats claim majority

    Democrats grabbing a majority of seats on the Horn Lake Board of Mayor and Aldermen was not a huge surprise to some, but whether or not it is a trend remains to be seen.

    By Brandon LaGrone II June 16, 2025
  • Premium Education

    $30M Head Start contract up in the air

    Memphis-Shelby County Schools received another violation notice from Head Start monitors after a child walked away from the classroom. 

    By Laura Testino June 16, 2025
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    Ask the Memphian: The parkway system and its names? Make it make sense!

    In this week’s “Ask the Memphian,” we answer a reader's question: How did the city’s parkways get their names, and why are parts of them so confusing?

    By Jody Callahan July 07, 2025
  • Metro

    This Week in Memphis: Juneteenth and rescheduled Pride

    Also happening this week: Former Shelby County Commissioner Sidney Chism holds his annual political picnic, and the Shelby County Health Department hosts a community fair.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 16, 2025
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    Political Roundup: XAI divide grows, Young in D.C. and the race for governor

    Also in the Political Roundup: City vs. county at Southwind High, a short history of going from the Senate to the governor’s mansion in Tennessee and Lee Harris on his successor and his next campaign.

    By Bill Dries June 16, 2025

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