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    Alleged Young stalker ‘not a bad man,’ family says

    “I know the conditions of the release. But he just wants to talk to him and I’m gonna ask the mayor, is he too busy?” the man’s uncle said. “(He’s) the mayor of the city. If he’s got a citizen that wants to talk to him, talk to him.”

    By Jody Callahan June 20, 2025
  • City of Memphis

    City loses another round vs. Memphis Police Association

    Shelby County Circuit Judge Damita Dandridge ruled that she would not stay her ruling over the city and the police union’s fight over the controversial second lieutenant position.

    By Samuel Hardiman June 20, 2025
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    The Early Word: xAI crosses the border, TV talker is Memphis-bound

    A new Agri-Education center in North Mississippi, a board-game bar expands and we’re talking Tigers.

    By Chris Herrington June 20, 2025
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    XAI stockpiling massive equipment at vacant Mississippi lot

    Filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission shed further light on xAI and Solaris Energy Infrastructure’s joint venture. They also offer further confirmation that xAI’s plans in the Memphis metro area will likely cross state lines. 

    By Samuel Hardiman June 20, 2025
  • Memphis Grizzlies

    After bashing Memphis, Stephen A. Smith is coming to town

    After suggesting that “cats like Jimmy Butler” and other NBA stars don’t want to play for the Grizzlies because of crime in Memphis, ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith is making plans to visit the Bluff City. 

    By Parth Upadhyaya June 19, 2025
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    A long-awaited harvest: DeSoto County Agri-Education Center opens

    The center, spanning 200 acres on Star Landing Road West, opened its doors with dignitaries, including Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.

    By Brandon LaGrone II June 19, 2025
  • Public Safety

    US Marshals arrest two Memphis shooting suspects in Murfreesboro

    The two men were charged after an April shooting that left two teens dead.

    By Aarron Fleming June 19, 2025
  • Education

    Tennessee schools could remove students with disabilities from classroom before assessment under proposed rule change

    Tennessee may soon make it easier for schools to temporarily remove some students with disabilities from their classrooms.

    By Melissa Brown June 19, 2025
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    The Early Word: Alleged trespasser mad over crime; BBQ matriarch dies

    Harris suggests tax hike again, the city nominates an animal shelter director and we’ve got a tip on how to handle bad takeout food.

    By Bianca Phillips June 19, 2025
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    Mayor Harris wants to add crime lab funding to budget

    County commissioners wrestled with budget amendments Wednesday totaling well past the $100 million mark, including the county mayor’s proposal.

    By Bill Dries June 19, 2025
  • Food News

    Interstate Bar-B-Q co-founder leaves behind ‘powerful’ legacy

    “It’s because of the love we had that I’m able to be here and be OK,” said Jim Neely, her husband of 45 years, Wednesday. 

    By Ellen Chamberlain June 20, 2025
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    Barking up the right tree: Local animal rescuers praise nominee for MAS head

    City officials made a rare move to nominate a new director of Memphis Animal Services with a background in grassroots animal-rescue work.

    Related content:

    City names new director for Memphis Animal Services

    By Jody Callahan June 19, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Harris signs ‘Mandela Rules’ to limit solitary confinement

    Wednesday’s signing won’t actually cause any changes at the jail as the facility has been implementing this policy since 2023.

    By Jody Callahan June 18, 2025
  • City of Memphis

    City names new director for Memphis Animal Services

    The city also plans on appointing a deputy director of animal services. The city fired former MAS director Ty Coleman last year.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 18, 2025
  • Public Safety

    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
  • State Government

    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
  • Premium Arts & Culture

    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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