Greater Memphis Chamber CEO placed on leave, reasons unclear
According to several high-level sources, Ted Townsend has been placed on leave by the Greater Memphis Chamber, but it is unclear why.
According to several high-level sources, Ted Townsend has been placed on leave by the Greater Memphis Chamber, but it is unclear why.
Two sue Youth Villages over shooting, a Hernando native is helping with the moon mission and we recommend a sandwich that looks like a shoe.
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The two were both shot April 9, 2025, during a meeting of Youth Village’s SWITCH program in Hickory Hill.
Last month, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Permit Board approved an xAI subsidiary’s application to erect 41 natural gas turbines.
Matthew Ramsey is managing the Artemis II mission, but his roots are in DeSoto County where he played sports and learned from STEM programs at Hernando High.
The Daily Memphian reported the water recycling facility, a key promise the company made to local leaders and residents, was “on an indefinite pause.” Without it, xAI uses fresh drinking water to cool its Colossus data center.
For more than a decade, the City of Memphis has tried to quell gun violence by talking to potential victims or perpetrators before they make life-altering choices.
Eclipse glasses travel from Bartlett to the moon, the suburbs may get a voice at MLGW and the Grizzlies have a close call.
About 30% of the MLGW’s customers live outside the city limits, and new legislation in Nashville could give them a say on the board.
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At least four pairs of specialty eyeglasses for viewing eclipses traveled from Bartlett to the moon as part of NASA’s manned Artemis II mission to fly by the moon.
A bipartisan effort to launch a dedicated cold case unit within the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation could help cut down on the ever-growing number of missing persons in Tennessee.
Despite being loved by foodies the world over, soul food also has a reputation for being salt-laden, artery-clogging, butter-soaked cuisine. But a Memphis-born chef wants to prove that’s not all soul food has to be.
Wanda Halbert’s office did not provide the auditing firm reviewing county finances with an annual financial statement or a reconciliation of funds collected by the clerk and deposited into the county’s bank account.
KIPP Memphis Public Schools has plans for an old office building in Cordova, including a “cafetorium.”
Without the plant’s completion, xAI and TVA could continue drawing billions of gallons of freshwater from the aquifer, which also supplies the region’s drinking water.
MSCS finally sets school dates, an “unleaseable” building gets a glow-up and Grind City Amp will open with a free show.
House Republicans dropped the immigrant tracking provision of the expansion bill, which is poised for final votes within days.
U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty talked with The Daily Memphian about the Memphis Safe Task Force and President Donald Trump’s pledge to destroy Iran’s “whole civilization.”
Beginning next year, the district’s administration has said it hopes to move more quickly on producing a school calendar and potentially consider multiple calendar years at once.
Whether the former Memphis police officers accused of killing Tyre Nichols will be retried remains unclear. But a separate request from their attorneys has been dismissed by the U.S. Sixth Circuit.
The Memphis rapper and eight others, including his father, were arrested after the FBI raided his Cordova home.
The MSTF Accountability Act passed the House with 74 ayes and 21 noes now heads to Senate.
Child-support payments are being held up, Lebanese sweets are coming and a YouTuber takes LeBron to task.
A juvenile court judge in Memphis says there’s a growing issue with child support payments in Shelby County and that the state’s newest child support enforcement vendor is to blame.
The city has quietly reorganized its gun violence intervention program, part of a longer-term effort to prevent shootings before they happen.
Lawmakers honored the four-time Grammy nominated artist with a resolution making his “Tennessee” an official state song, in the company of classics like “Rocky Top” and “Tennessee Waltz.”
Led by Sen. Paul Rose, R-Covington, a bipartisan bill that aims to crack down on the use of “date rape” drugs to involuntarily intoxicate someone cruised through the Senate, but is set for a challenge in the House.