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    The Station owner trying again for liquor license

    The owner of The Station, a proposed high-end liquor store in East Memphis, will appear before the city’s Alcohol Commission next week to ask for a permit.

    By Jody Callahan December 13, 2025
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    It’s about to get really cold in Memphis

    Beginning late Saturday night, temperatures in Memphis will free fall.

    By Jody Callahan December 13, 2025
  • City of Memphis

    ‘The very foundation on which this city was built’ finally renovated

    Memphis’ historic cobblestone landing formally opened Friday after at least 19 years of bureaucracy, red tape and the rise and fall of the Mississippi River.

    By Bill Dries December 13, 2025
  • Shelby County

    Sheriff’s office staying in ICE training program, MICAH says

    Local community organizers gathered Friday to discuss a conversation with Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner about participating in an ICE training program, and urged him to back out of the agreement.

    By Aarron Fleming December 12, 2025
  • Behind The Headlines

    ‘Largest development in the history of Downtown Memphis’ faces hope and skepticism

    A future cloud computing hub — at the site of a another development that never panned out — is among the topics on “Behind The Headlines” a reporters’ roundtable.

    By Bill Dries December 13, 2025
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    The Early Word: Break-ups for Ford, Feagins and Memphis Tigers football

    Zach Edey is injured, the old 616 could see new life and Midtown is getting a salad spot. 

    By Bianca Phillips December 12, 2025
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    The AM/DM podcast: Wheel of Fortune, ‘Friday’ party and Phillips on a float

    This weekend is awash in holiday parades — and you can even see Daily Memphian newsletter editor Bianca Phillips in person, during a Downtown parade. 

    By Mary Cashiola December 14, 2025
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    MSCS spent millions on safety center with AI-assisted cameras, active-shooter simulator

    After years of planning, renovations and security-equipment purchases, Memphis-Shelby County Schools debuted its “Real Time Safety Center” on Thursday. “We know seconds matter” during threats, the district’s interim safety and security chief said.

    By Laura Testino December 12, 2025
  • Metro

    Michael Lightman, respected real estate developer, dies

    Some said that Michael Lightman, who contributed to the real estate landscape of Memphis, had the “Midas touch.” 

    By Abigail Warren December 12, 2025
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    Newcomer, incumbents plan runs for Bartlett school board

    Three candidates have announced their intentions for the Bartlett City Schools board positions in next year’s municipal elections.

    By Michael Waddell December 11, 2025
  • State Government

    Tennessee executes Harold Wayne Nichols for killing college student in 1988

    Days after a coalition of Tennessee medical professionals urged Gov. Bill Lee to pause all state executions, Tennessee executed Harold Wayne Nichols by lethal injection.

    By The Associated Press December 11, 2025
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    Attorney splits with Feagins in suit against MSCS

    An attorney representing former Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Marie Feagins in a lawsuit challenging her ouster from the district has withdrawn from the case, court documents show.

    By Laura Testino December 11, 2025
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    Sign of the times: DA Barton warns Memphis criminals to turn around

    DeSoto County prosecutor Matthew Barton has a message for criminals coming from the north — your kind is not wanted in that county.

    By Brandon LaGrone II December 11, 2025
  • Metro

    The AM/DM podcast: Inside the FBI’s Operation Viper

    Before there was the Memphis Safe Task Force, there was Viper, an FBI operation that occurred very quietly over the past summer. 

    By Mary Cashiola December 11, 2025
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    The Early Word: ‘Largest development’ comes Downtown, and Huff talks big

    Just City’s bail lawsuit goes class action, all is not OK for local pre-K and you might want to wear green to Memphis in May events.

    By Bianca Phillips December 11, 2025
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    Thousands of Memphis-area kids could lose pre-K in January

    Up to 3,000 kids who receive needs-based prekindergarten in Memphis and Shelby County might not have pre-K centers to go to in January amid a funding crunch.

    By Samuel Hardiman December 11, 2025
  • State Government

    Just City lawsuit over state bail law now represents thousands of defendants

    A state law eliminating consideration of a defendant’s ability to pay when setting bail was challenged by a Memphis lawsuit. That lawsuit is now a class action.

    By Aarron Fleming December 11, 2025
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    Kamala Harris to speak at Orpheum Jan. 15

    The former vice president will discuss her book “107 Days.”

    By The Daily Memphian Staff December 10, 2025
  • Education

    CBU exits probation after two years, school announces

    The decision ends a two-year period in which the Midtown university cut numerous faculty positions and programs and more than $4 million in expenses.

    By Jody Callahan December 10, 2025
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    Sheriff’s Office responds to inmates’ depictions of jail life

    The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office responded to a recent Daily Memphian article detailing stories of recent inmates at local jails.

    By Aarron Fleming December 10, 2025
  • Arts & Culture

    Memphis in May names honored country for 2026

    The Greater Memphis Chamber and Memphis in May announced the honored country for next year to more than a thousand people at the Chamber’s annual Chairman’s Luncheon.

    By Sophia Surrett December 10, 2025
  • Education

    Top GOP lawmaker wants to drop income, enrollment caps in Tennessee’s early voucher program

    House Speaker Cameron Sexton has already said he wants to at least double the capacity of the Education Freedom Scholarships program, which launched this year with 20,000 seats.

    By Melissa Brown December 10, 2025
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    The Early Word: Cxffeeblack has a new HQ; Tami Sawyer won’t face charges

    Lucy Elementary students may have to move, fresh produce is coming to Raleigh and two musicians got to be Neil Diamond for a day.

    By Bianca Phillips December 10, 2025
  • Public Safety

    The AM/DM podcast: Tales from inside 201

    For the past year and a half, the Shelby County Jail — commonly known as 201 Poplar — has been over its 2,400-inmate capacity. 

    By Mary Cashiola December 10, 2025
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    MSCS downsizes as suburb wants to grow. One school is in the middle.

    Families at Lucy Elementary have known a change was coming. But MSCS officials recently proposed giving the school to Millington this summer, a year early. 

    By Laura Testino December 10, 2025

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