Nichols’ case will detail MPD’s use of force, a farmers market becomes a restaurant and Germantown is ready for snow.

Early voting ahead of the May 5 election day in Shelby County begins Wednesday, April 15, at 26 locations across the county. Here’s everything you need to know about the start of the first election of 2026.

New documents and witnesses announced in Nichols' civil trial will aim to show use-of-force culture in MPD.

Monday’s resolution could eventually result in a list of basic questions and cost options — but it probably won’t be until a new county mayor and commission take office.

House Bill 2532 met with bipartisan opposition, barely clearing the majority vote needed to pass.

University leadership at four regional higher education institutions will sign an agreement forming an AI research partnership on April 20.

The Memphis City Council also looks at moving $6 million from riverfront projects to improvements around the future Memphis Art Museum.

But the week begins with a public question: How should AI-related property-tax revenue be spent?

Chamber CEO is on leave, FedEx pilots may have a deal and Memphis’ “Soul Man” has a new book. 

In this week’s political roundup: Harris backs Collins, Memphis loses a public records case, Lowery weighs in on LeBron, and Green talks medical debt and executive orders.

Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke was charged with trafficking an illegal substance in Arkansas after he was found to be in possession of more than 200 grams of kratom. But what exactly is the drug?

Also happening this week: A new Raising Cane’s will open, and the Tigers football team has its Spring Fest.

Shelby County commissioners meet Monday to consider a resolution calling a professional study for a new jail and justice center.

New Bellevue pastor Ben Mandrell steps into one of Memphis’ most influential pulpits with a focus on reaching the next generation while deepening the church’s role as a catalyst for the city.

While discussing serious issues related to the Shelby County Jail, sheriff’s candidates talk chicken wings, and U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen visits Nashville during Congress’ break in D.C.

City Hall Cheesecake owner Kim Daly used to be frustrated that ex-offenders weren’t given second chances. Then she decided she could do something about it by buying a bakery.

Hundreds of Native Americans and others gathered at Chucalissa Saturday for the first homecoming festival at the Choctaw site in more than a decade.

Leaders of the local Republican and Democratic parties talked about the May Shelby County primary elections on “Behind The Headlines.”

According to several high-level sources, Ted Townsend has been placed on leave by the Greater Memphis Chamber, but it is unclear why.

Two sue Youth Villages over shooting, a Hernando native is helping with the moon mission and we recommend a sandwich that looks like a shoe. 

“Will Elon Musk follow through on his promise to build a water-recycling facility? It’s up to Memphians to make sure he does.”

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The two were both shot April 9, 2025, during a meeting of Youth Village’s SWITCH program in Hickory Hill.

Last month, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Permit Board approved an xAI subsidiary’s application to erect 41 natural gas turbines.

Matthew Ramsey is managing the Artemis II mission, but his roots are in DeSoto County where he played sports and learned from STEM programs at Hernando High.

The Daily Memphian reported the water recycling facility, a key promise the company made to local leaders and residents, was “on an indefinite pause.” Without it, xAI uses fresh drinking water to cool its Colossus data center.