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    What was happening in Memphis in May 1925?

    Here’s a look at what was happening in Memphis in May of 1925 as an engineers’ convention, that included a riverboat cruise south on the Mississippi River, met in Downtown Memphis.

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    What Calvin Coolidge told Tom Lee at White House

    The Making of a Hero: What happened to Tom Lee after the river rescue

    By Bill Dries May 05, 2025
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    The Making of a Hero: What Calvin Coolidge told Tom Lee at White House

    A decade after the meeting, an unbylined column in The Commercial Appeal offered a reason behind Tom Lee’s decision to cut short his visit to the nation’s capital.

    By Bill Dries May 05, 2025
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    This Week in Memphis: Tom Lee Day and the Real ID deadline

    Also happening this week: The Shelby County Commission meets on Monday, but a planned budget talk at the meeting has been delayed.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 05, 2025
  • Shelby County

    Political Roundup: Why Republicans want partisan school board primaries

    The Shelby County Republican Party is hoping having partisan primaries in school board races will help them crawl back to relevancy in the Democratic-dominated county, even if they have little chance of winning some races.

    By Bill Dries May 04, 2025
  • Shelby County

    County ethics proposals could face ‘can of Raid’ and ‘house shoes’

    Two ethics proposals return to the Shelby County Commission Monday. County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr., who faces criminal charges himself, is accusing others of wrongdoing.

    By Bill Dries May 05, 2025
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    The Making of a Hero: Who was Tom Lee?

    A headstone in Mt. Carmel Cemetery shows Tom Lee was born Feb. 18, 1885, and died April 1, 1952. Between those two dates, Lee mostly lived in Memphis.

    By Bill Dries May 04, 2025
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    The Making of a Hero: Overview of The Daily Memphian’s series on Tom Lee and the M.E. Norman

    100 years after the M.E. Norman capsized and Tom Lee rescued 32 people, The Daily Memphian tells the story of the disaster, Tom Lee and how the story has faded and returned to prominence in recent years.

    By Bill Dries May 07, 2025
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    The Making of a Hero: 100 years ago, an engineers’ convention turned deadly

    On May 8, 1925, about 100 years ago, a steamboat capsized in the Mississippi River — a disaster that forced dozens of men, women and children to fight for their life against the current until a brave Memphian, a veteran river worker, reached out to help. 

    By Bill Dries May 04, 2025
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Calvary’s stolen organ pipes are back and ready to be heard

    Calvary Episcopal Church will celebrate the reconstruction of its 1935 Aeolian-Skinner organ, which was nearly silenced by the 2023 theft of its pipes.

    By Jane Roberts May 08, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Defense rests in Tyre Nichols state trial

    Defense counsel rested Saturday, May 3, concluding proof in the Tyre Nichols state trial. 

    By Aarron Fleming May 05, 2025
  • Music

    ‘Memphis is the center point of the world’ when it comes to music

    Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, better known as Chuck D as part of hip-hop group Public Enemy, received a Soulsville Foundation Power of Music award Friday and spoke about the power of music to change the world.

    By Elle Perry May 03, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Use-of-force expert testimony continues

    Don Cameron, who also testified in the federal trial for the officers last year, agreed there are limitations to his testimony in that he was not present for Tyre Nichols’ initial traffic stop or later beating.

    By Aarron Fleming May 05, 2025
  • Behind The Headlines

    Mulroy said Brent Taylor’s latest move is ‘face-saving bit of window dressing’

    “There never was a case for removal or even investigation in the first place, and you don’t have to take my word for that,” Shelby County DA Steve Mulroy said on WKNO-TV’s “Behind The Headlines.”

    By Bill Dries May 03, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Use-of-force expert testifies to conclude Day 5 of Tyre Nichols trial

    Jared Zwickey, an expert in police training, said Tyre Nichols actively resisted arrest despite repeated blows, but the kicks and punches delivered to him were excessive.

    By Aarron Fleming May 02, 2025
  • Education

    As executive order looms, PBS chief, WKNO fans fear for educational broadcasting

    Public broadcasting has been threatened in the past, but local ties have largely enabled the stations to escape cutbacks — legislators don’t want to be seen as responsible for shutting them down. The current threat is seen as the most serious in the system’s history.

    By The Associated Press, Jane Roberts May 02, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Forensic consultant, use-of-force of expert testify on Day 5

    A forensic consultant and use-of-force expert offered testimony in Day 5 of the state criminal trial for the three former officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols.

    By Aarron Fleming May 05, 2025
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    The Early Word: Halbert mistake cost millions; Feagins wants to ‘take seats’

    Clayborn Temple suffers more loss, Republicans want partisan school-board elections and the Grand Carousel at CMOM is a time machine.

    By Bianca Phillips May 02, 2025
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    Grand Carousel is a magic time machine for generations of one family

    Jeannine Barganier’s father ran the ride in the 1940s, met his wife between the soaring horses and passed its magic to the next four generations. 

    By Jane Roberts May 03, 2025
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    Budget takeaways: What Wanda Halbert’s mistake cost and more

    Due to a delay in collecting the increased car-registration fee, a county clerk misstep cost the city more than expected. Plus, there’s no money for Mud Island amphitheater renovation this year.

    By Samuel Hardiman May 02, 2025
  • Shelby County

    County GOP reverses course on school board races

    The Shelby County Republican Party executive committee didn’t want partisan primaries in school board races two years ago, but Thursday’s vote went the other way.

    By Bill Dries May 02, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Testimony concludes on fourth day of Tyre Nichols trial

    Thursday afternoon’s testimony in the trial of three former police officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols included two witnesses: a forensic pathologist and one of the EMTs who treated Nichols on the scene.

    By Jody Callahan May 01, 2025
  • City of Memphis

    Clayborn Temple’s back wall collapses

    The collapse complicates efforts to preserve some part of the historic church that went up in flames April 28.

    By Bill Dries May 01, 2025
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    Feagins to supporters: ‘Let’s go take some seats’ in Shelby County election

    The Daily Memphian obtained audio and video excerpts of Marie Feagins’ “Take a Seat” event cohosted by former CNN news anchor Brooke Baldwin. Feagins advertised the event as being open to media, but The Daily Memphian’s ticket was refunded without explanation.

    By Laura Testino May 01, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Jail inmate died from fentanyl overdose, autopsy says

    Justin Segerson, 41, was found unresponsive at the jail Jan. 30 and was taken to Methodist University Hospital where he died the next day.

    By Aarron Fleming May 01, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Preston Hemphill testifies about night of Tyre Nichols’ beating

    After a late start Thursday morning, May 1, the trial of three former Memphis police officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols continued.

    By Jody Callahan May 01, 2025

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