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  • City of Memphis

    City Council takes first step to rein in Downtown parking garages

    The City Council tries to regulate Downtown parking garages and short-term rentals. 

    By Bill Dries May 07, 2025
  • Business

    Gayle Rose joins Memphis Magazine, Flyer ownership group

    Rose’s addition comes as two prominent Memphis names leave the board of directors.

    By Jody Callahan May 12, 2025
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    I-55 roundabout partially opens to traffic, new bridge next

    The $111 million roundabout near Downtown separates Interstate 55 traffic from local traffic and has been discussed for more than 15 years.

    By Bill Dries May 07, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Nichols’ death was about ‘choices,’ attorneys say in closing remarks

    During the closing remarks of the the state murder trial for the former officers, attorneys talk about the “choices” that led to the death of Tyre Nichols.

    By Aarron Fleming May 06, 2025
  • State Government

    Tennessee’s governor vetoes easier denial of parole bill

    Gov. Bill Lee had previously only shown his displeasure with bills by working to get them changed or defeated in the committee process, or, in rarer instances, letting them go into law without signing them.

    By The Associated Press May 06, 2025
  • South Memphis

    XAI’s second data center could use enough electricity to power 40% of Memphis

    MLGW said that it has discussed xAI using up to 1.1 gigawatts of power at its Tulane Road data center. However, MLGW said that amount of power is not poised to be delivered soon and is not formally being studied.

    By Samuel Hardiman May 06, 2025
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    The Early Word: More AI is coming, and Ford actually brings the Raid

    County Commission will vote to sync MSCS elections, Tom Lee’s legacy resurfaced in a time capsule and Darren Musselwhite has a famous cousin. 

    By Bianca Phillips May 06, 2025
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    The Making of a Hero: The bend that took down the M.E. Norman riverboat

    The series of turns in the Mississippi River just south of Memphis has claimed boats before and was known for strong currents. It has changed in the century since the M.E. Norman capsized and sank to the river’s muddy bottom.

    By Bill Dries May 06, 2025
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    The Making of a Hero: After fading, Tom Lee’s story resurfaces

    Forty years after he died, a group of descendants and others began to reassemble the scattered puzzle pieces of Tom Lee’s heroism.

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    The Making of a Hero: The bend that took down the M.E. Norman riverboat

    By Bill Dries May 06, 2025
  • Metro

    Noisy debate doesn’t deter County Commission from ethics vote

    The vote brought to the surface deep differences the body has with Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris, and one commissioner brought a plastic bag filled with house shoes. 

    By Bill Dries May 06, 2025
  • Education

    County Commission to vote on putting all MSCS seats on ballot

    The ordinance is possible because of a state law passed in the Tennessee Legislature this year that enabled local legislative bodies to do that in Shelby and Knox counties.

    By Bill Dries May 05, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Closing arguments begin in Tyre Nichols state criminal trial

    Closing arguments began Monday, May 5 in the Tyre Nichols state murder trial. 

    By Aarron Fleming May 05, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Youth Villages, family of Alegend Jones release statement

    “All parties believe this is a good resolution,” the statement said regarding the death.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 05, 2025
  • City of Memphis

    Parking garage plan gets first Council vote

    Memphis City Council members take the first of three votes Tuesday, May 6, on a proposal to fine the owners of Downtown parking garages who don’t maintain safety standards and pick up their trash.

    By Bill Dries May 05, 2025
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    The Early Word: Tom Lee’s rescue and Memphis’ drive-out tag ‘epidemic’

    WKNO may face Trump cuts, the Real ID deadline is this week and we take a look inside the “River of Time.”

    By Bianca Phillips May 05, 2025
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    Ask the Memphian: Why are there so many temporary tags in Memphis?

    In the latest installment of “Ask the Memphian,” we try to answer why Memphis seems to be overrun with temporary tags on cars. But it’s not just a Memphis problem.

    By Jody Callahan September 30, 2025
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    The Making of a Hero: What happened to Tom Lee after the river rescue

    When Tom Lee arrived on the Memphis riverfront May 9, 1925, the morning after that long night, he began encountering people who already knew his name and knew the bravery of what he’d done.

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    What Calvin Coolidge told Tom Lee at White House

    What was happening in Memphis in May 1925?

    By Bill Dries May 05, 2025
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    What was happening in Memphis in May 1925?

    Here’s a look at what was happening in Memphis in May of 1925 as an engineers’ convention, that included a riverboat cruise south on the Mississippi River, met in Downtown Memphis.

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    What Calvin Coolidge told Tom Lee at White House

    The Making of a Hero: What happened to Tom Lee after the river rescue

    By Bill Dries May 05, 2025
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    The Making of a Hero: What Calvin Coolidge told Tom Lee at White House

    A decade after the meeting, an unbylined column in The Commercial Appeal offered a reason behind Tom Lee’s decision to cut short his visit to the nation’s capital.

    By Bill Dries May 05, 2025
  • City of Memphis

    This Week in Memphis: Tom Lee Day and the Real ID deadline

    Also happening this week: The Shelby County Commission meets on Monday, but a planned budget talk at the meeting has been delayed.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 05, 2025
  • Shelby County

    Political Roundup: Why Republicans want partisan school board primaries

    The Shelby County Republican Party is hoping having partisan primaries in school board races will help them crawl back to relevancy in the Democratic-dominated county, even if they have little chance of winning some races.

    By Bill Dries May 04, 2025
  • Shelby County

    County ethics proposals could face ‘can of Raid’ and ‘house shoes’

    Two ethics proposals return to the Shelby County Commission Monday. County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr., who faces criminal charges himself, is accusing others of wrongdoing.

    By Bill Dries May 05, 2025
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    The Making of a Hero: Who was Tom Lee?

    A headstone in Mt. Carmel Cemetery shows Tom Lee was born Feb. 18, 1885, and died April 1, 1952. Between those two dates, Lee mostly lived in Memphis.

    By Bill Dries May 04, 2025
  • Metro

    The Making of a Hero: Overview of The Daily Memphian’s series on Tom Lee and the M.E. Norman

    100 years after the M.E. Norman capsized and Tom Lee rescued 32 people, The Daily Memphian tells the story of the disaster, Tom Lee and how the story has faded and returned to prominence in recent years.

    By Bill Dries May 07, 2025
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    The Making of a Hero: 100 years ago, an engineers’ convention turned deadly

    On May 8, 1925, about 100 years ago, a steamboat capsized in the Mississippi River — a disaster that forced dozens of men, women and children to fight for their life against the current until a brave Memphian, a veteran river worker, reached out to help. 

    By Bill Dries May 04, 2025

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