Assessor Melvin Burgess Jr. came to the Frayser Exchange Club on Thursday, July 31, to talk taxes. He also talked about broader issues touching on his bid to become the next county mayor.

In a Memphis August, there’s no such thing as a “cold front.” But temperatures are expected to be 10 degrees cooler on Friday than on Thursday. 

Germantown tries to help Houston High, Tom Lee’s house may see new life and runners cover 465 miles for St. Jude.

According to interim superintendent Roderick Richmond, carving up Memphis-Shelby County Schools prioritizes “localized decision-making.” 

The Olive Branch Police Department is seeking volunteers to work on the force as a supplement to its regular full-time officers.

Multiple lawsuits have been filed in recent years over inmate deaths at the Shelby County Jail. Here is where some of them stand. 

The pool party, hosted by an Ole Miss student at his parents’ house, charged attendees $10 a person.

“We can decide we have a medium-tier school system or a top-tier school system, and that determines how we have to fund it,” a Houston High alumnus and parent said.

The grant from a $3 million pool of grant funds to 24 sites is the latest by the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund to several historic properties in Memphis.

Students will be required to keep personal devices, including smartwatches, turned off and put away during school hours. Violating that policy could come with consequences, up to suspension.

“Whatever you think of the members of this particular school board, even they couldn’t screw this one up.”

More dirty soda and cowboy boots are coming. Plus, we take a deep dive into the fight between the city and the police union.

The City of Memphis and the police union remain locked in a dispute over promotions. The Daily Memphian has obtained the city’s most recent offer — an offer the union refused. 

MSCS rejected requests for Kirby Middle and Hillcrest High to become district charter schools once their ASD terms end. The denials could carry consequences, under a new state law.

The four schools in Southwest Memphis that xAI has proposed supporting have some of the greatest deferred maintenance needs in the district. 

Following the recent retirement of former Assistant Chief Don Crowe, MPD officials promoted a longtime employee to the vacant position. 

A 33-year-old inmate died Monday at the Shelby County Jail, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. 

The City of Memphis is planning a $55 million renovation of AutoZone Park and potential redevelopment of the area around the stadium, according to public records reviewed by The Daily Memphian.

Parker’s next court date is set for 9 a.m. on Sept. 4.

Intake at 201 Poplar takes days, the County Commission delayed an MSCS board shakeup and high tea meets Asian fusion in Cordova.

On this episode of the AM/DM podcast, Mary Cashiola and Aarron Fleming talk about the news site’s decision to try and get several documents unsealed in the federal case of the former Memphis Police officers charged in the death of Tyré Nichols.

Word Flower is a fun and challenging game people of all ages can play.

The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office reports in its June 2025 Jail Report Card that booking and processing took an average of 72 hours last month, a 67% increase from the 43 hours it took in May.

While some commissioners said the resolution the could end terms early for some MSCS board members is “unfair” and that there were “pure hypocrites in this room,” unhappy community members said, “It’s time for change.”

The report details further expenditures from the embattled bus system that raised questions with auditors about how taxpayer money for bus-riders was being spent.