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  • City of Memphis

    MLGW ready for winter weather, Doug McGowen says

    Memphis Light, Gas and Water CEO Doug McGowen said the utility has been working to insulate key equipment during the cold. 

    By Samuel Hardiman January 08, 2025
  • Shelby County

    ‘Let’s get our school system in order,’ county commissioner says

    The Shelby County Board of Commissioners is moving toward creating a “governance plan,” which would set goals for both the elected school board and Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Marie Feagins.

    By Bill Dries January 08, 2025
  • Update Metro

    More than 10,000 MLGW customers without power Wednesday morning

    The utility’s outage map showed about 33 outages and more than 10,000 customers without power within the Interstate-240 loop. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff January 08, 2025
  • Premium The Early Word

    The Early Word: Music plays on at Lafayette’s, and a wing deal goes bad

    Marchers remember Tyre Nichols, the Landers Center head is fired and owners of a Cooper-Young sober home file a lawsuit.

    By Bianca Phillips January 08, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Marchers call for justice, hold vigil in the cold for Tyre Nichols

    Groups huddled in the cold in view of the police Skycam that caught much of the grisly action on Castlegate Lane in Southeast Memphis on Jan. 7, 2023.

    By Jane Roberts January 08, 2025
  • City of Memphis

    Gun-control ordinance, ironically a ‘trigger’ law, clears first vote at City Council

    None of the provisions can take effect until or unless state laws are changed to permit the provisions in the ordinance.

    By Bill Dries January 07, 2025
  • Premium Metro

    Recovery-home operators sue Memphis, Shelby County

    The operators have been trying to open a recovery home in Cooper-Young since last summer.

    By Jody Callahan January 08, 2025
  • Premium Shelby County

    Memphis wing restaurant owes Grizzlies star $365K

    An independent arbitrator ruled the restaurant owes Ja Morant money for breaching a deal it had with the basketball star.

    By Aarron Fleming January 07, 2025
  • City of Memphis

    MLGW: xAI’s massive expansion a long way from connecting to grid

    “It is a physics problem, not a political problem, on how much energy can be provided here,” MLGW CEO Doug McGowen told the Memphis City Council on Tuesday.

    By Samuel Hardiman January 07, 2025
  • City of Memphis

    Memphis Parks Director leaving the city

    Nick Walker has been the head of Memphis Parks since 2019.

    By Bill Dries January 07, 2025
  • Premium The Early Word

    The Early Word: Star fights Chickasaw gates, and Feagins won’t back down

    Beale Street has safety measures in case of attack, the City Council takes up gun reform again and Zach Edey’s haters may be eating their words.

    By Bianca Phillips January 07, 2025
  • Premium Public Safety

    After French Quarter attack, Beale Street safety means bollards, barriers and beyond

    In the wake of the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people, questions about Beale Street security are the latest concerns for those who try to plan for the worst.

    By Bill Dries January 07, 2025
  • Premium Education

    ‘I will not resign,’ Feagins says in response to MSCS board

    Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Marie Feagins “will not resign” from her post, she wrote to school board Chair Joyce Dorse Coleman, firing back against efforts to remove her as the city’s top education leader.

    By Laura Testino January 06, 2025
  • Premium Midtown

    Hollywood actress takes leading role in Chickasaw Gardens gate controversy

    A group of Memphians opposed to the gates, including a Golden Globe-nominated actress, has retained Alex Wharton of the Wharton Law Firm to look into potential First Amendment issues associated with the proposed barriers. 

    By Samuel Hardiman January 07, 2025
  • City of Memphis

    City Council takes next step for Memphis gun control

    The ordinance, which is up for the first of three votes, would make a set of gun-ownership limits a part of the city code of ordinances.

    By Bill Dries January 07, 2025
  • Premium The Early Word

    The Early Word: Tigers barely avoid a loss, and crime is down, but how much?

    DOJ report will play into Nichols suit, a “kooky” eatery has closed in Cordova and we’ve got a look at Memphis running clubs.

    By Bianca Phillips January 06, 2025
  • Premium City of Memphis

    Here’s how Memphis’ crime — and what we spend to combat it — compares to other cities

    More police spending does not always equate to lower crime rates. Memphis and Atlanta spend almost the same on police per person per year but have seen vastly different results.

    By Samuel Hardiman January 06, 2025
  • City of Memphis

    This Week in Memphis: Ja is back in court, and Chickasaw gates are back

    Also happening this week: Graceland celebrates what would have been Elvis Presley’s 90th birthday.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff January 05, 2025
  • Premium Arts & Culture

    Finding your stride: Which Memphis running group is right for you?

    Runners can rack up the miles with like-minded friends on trails, through scavenger hunts or with a beer at the end. 

    By Christin Yates January 10, 2025
  • Premium Education

    A detailed look at the allegations to fire MSCS’ Feagins

    The Daily Memphian reviewed claims about overtime pay, a check donation and a grant application, and compiled what is known about them. 

    By Laura Testino January 06, 2025
  • Metro

    Flurries possible Monday but don’t expect more than a light dusting

    The Mid-South will experience weather whiplash in the next 24 hours as a significant cold front ushers in the coldest air of the season this week.

    By MemphisWeather.net January 05, 2025
  • Behind The Headlines

    Reporters dig into crime, Mulroy ouster attempt, other top 2024 stories

    Violent crime and efforts to battle it were among the top stories of the year as discussed in a reporters’ roundtable on “Behind The Headlines.” 

    By Bill Dries January 04, 2025
  • Metro

    Trial date for Nichols’ civil rights case set for mid-2026

    Judge Mark Norris made the ruling after attorneys for Tyre Nichols’ estate and his mother argued the DOJ investigation into the Memphis Police Department contained further evidence for the civil rights lawsuit. 

    By Samuel Hardiman January 03, 2025
  • Shelby County

    County Commission to weigh ‘no confidence’ vote on MSCS board

    A connected resolution would also hold up funding for the new Frayser school project for three months and urges school leaders to work through a mediator. 

    By Bill Dries January 03, 2025
  • Metro

    Blackburn says Senate priorities are Trump nominees, immigration, tax cuts

    U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee talked with reporters online after taking the oath of office Friday, Jan. 3, to begin her second six-year term in the upper chamber.

    By Bill Dries January 03, 2025

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