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<strong>A member of the National Guard stands watch on Beale Street Oct. 24, 2025, in Memphis.</strong> (George Walker IV/AP file)Premium City of Memphis

Reality check? Dropping crime numbers meet the first spring weekend on Beale Street

A violent Friday night Downtown stokes the ongoing debate about the Memphis Safe Task Force’s effectiveness. 

By Bill Dries 17 hours ago
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Two state senators are trying to add more judges in Shelby County

The state senators have filed competing bills to restore a Criminal Court division to Memphis.

By Aarron Fleming March 23, 2026
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Dries: Looking back before Trump’s visit at memorable presidential stops in Memphis

Barack Obama addressing Booker T. Washington High graduates, Bill Clinton delivering one of his best speeches, George H.W. Bush touting “a thousand points of light” only to return four years later to a hostile crowd during his ill-fated attempt for a second term and more are on the list of memorable presidential visits to Memphis.

By Bill Dries March 22, 2026
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‘It’s not just a bike ride. It’s a sisterhood.’

Five years ago, 10 women set out on a bike ride to the beach as a fundraiser for West Cancer Foundation. But when they leave Saturday morning, their group will have more than doubled.

By Abigail Warren March 21, 2026

  • Education

    MSCS must name its new Frayser high campus as it considers selling more buildings

    Frayser? Trezevant? Frayser-Trezevant? As construction continues, MSCS will have to make up its collective mind.

    By Laura Testino 24 minutes ago
  • Premium Public Safety

    Analysis: To Trump, rise in crime is political, foreign and enabled by Democrats

    As President Donald Trump touts the Memphis Safe Task Force as proof that tough immigration policies and aggressive enforcement are restoring “law and order,” Mayor Paul Young argues Memphis’ long-term safety depends more on tackling poverty, disinvestment and other root causes. 

    By Bill Dries 24 minutes ago
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    Sometimes it takes a family to find just where you belong.

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  • Premium Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: Trump came to Memphis. We’ll soon be ‘virtually crime free.’

    President Donald Trump came to Memphis to declare victory over crime. Two Friday night shootings were a reminder that work still remains.

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    By Geoff Calkins 24 minutes ago
  • Public Safety

    ‘We still have work to do,’ Young says as Trump claims credit for Memphis crime

    Memphis Mayor Paul Young says the city is moving in the right direction on crime, but didn’t credit President Donald Trump or the Memphis Safe Task Force for that.

    By Samuel Hardiman 11 hours ago
  • City of Memphis

    Trump protests pop up during president’s visit to Memphis

    Parents, pets and local politicians lined an intersection, holding signs condemning everything from President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement efforts to the war in Iran.

    By Aarron Fleming 13 hours ago
  • Metro

    Trump visits Memphis to talk Task Force

    During his visit to Memphis, President Donald Trump said that Memphis is a different place because of his Memphis Safe Task Force, praising the city’s leadership along with the Task Force while noting the declining homicide rate.

    By Samuel Hardiman 11 hours ago
  • Metro

    US to hold off striking Iranian power plants, Trump says in Memphis

    “I directed the Department of War to temporarily postpone land strikes against major energy and electricity targets in Iran,” President Donald Trump said during his Memphis visit Monday, March 23.

    By Samuel Hardiman 13 hours ago
  • Premium The Early Word

    The Early Word: Tiger returns, Trump is coming and more judges may be, too

    Feagins sues MSCS again, xAI is sued over deepfakes and Maru serves sushi you can eat with your hands.

    By Bianca Phillips 22 hours ago
  • Collierville

    The AM/DM Podcast: Collierville Chick-fil-A saga continues

    Collierville leaders already voted down a new Chick-fil-A, but it’s getting a second chance today.

    By Bianca Phillips 22 hours ago
  • Premium Food News

    Memphis chef is cooking up community

    At a local library, Chef Jasmen Richmond is using the kitchen to dish out more than just recipes by building literacy, business skills and confidence for children.

    By Ellen Chamberlain March 23, 2026
  • Premium Ask the Memphian

    Ask the Memphian: Why do TV stations interrupt shows like the Oscars for weather coverage?

    Many watched the Academy Awards earlier this month spent much of their night watching weathermen on the TV. 

    By Jody Callahan 18 hours ago
  • Metro

    This Week in Memphis: Trump is coming, and so is minor-league hockey

    Also happening this week: Collierville leaders revisit Chick-fil-A, and a vacant Uptown lot hosts a food festival.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 22, 2026
  • Premium Metro

    Trump coming to town 6 months into Memphis Safe Task Force

    The backdrop for President Donald Trump’s visit to the city is complex and has everything to do with the Memphis Safe Task Force. What Trump will say, if anything, about the task force is anyone’s guess.

    By Bill Dries March 22, 2026
  • Premium Transportation & Logistics

    Is the bus still running? Social media star calling out ‘shockingly unusable’ state of local public transit

    Kelsey Huse is no stranger to transit and biking issues in cities, but in less than three years, she’s already helped others elevate those issues in Memphis.

    By Steve Bohnel March 22, 2026
  • Public Safety

    MPD investigating two back-to-back Downtown shootings

    Two people were shot less than an hour apart Downtown Friday, March 20, according to the Memphis Police Department.

    By Aarron Fleming 22 hours ago
  • Behind The Headlines

    Changes to how sales tax revenue is divvied up will take effect in July

    The new formula and its links to the city’s quest to create 10,000 new and renovated units of housing by 2030 is among the topics discussed on “Behind The Headlines.”

    By Bill Dries March 21, 2026
  • Premium Spirit of Memphis

    ‘I read every last one of them’: New Fox13 reporter Rob Sneed on his viral Memphis welcome

    Thanks to his viral Facebook post, new Fox13 reporter Rob Sneed is recognized everywhere he goes in Memphis. And after a 17-year career and one of the most challenging years of his life, all the attention is especially meaningful. 

    By John Klyce March 21, 2026
  • Metro

    New approach to tidier Memphis interstates starts rolling

    The state has a five-year $60 million contract with a Pennsylvania company to maintain the city’s interstate system, including fixing potholes and removing snow and ice. 

    By Bill Dries March 20, 2026
  • Shelby County

    Some docs in Feagins’ initial lawsuit won’t be ‘released to Facebook’

    A judge ruled from the bench that former Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Marie Feagins and the school district can shield certain documents from the public in the case.

    By Laura Testino March 20, 2026
  • Metro

    Teenagers sue Musk’s xAI claiming image-generator made sexually explicit images of them as minors

    The high school students, who are seeking to proceed under pseudonyms, filed the lawsuit in California, where xAI — Musk’s artificial intelligence company — has its headquarters.

    By The Associated Press March 20, 2026
  • Premium Education

    Amid county mayoral bid, Feagins sues MSCS again

    The lawsuit is the second Marie Feagins has filed against MSCS since she was fired in January 2025.

    By Laura Testino March 20, 2026
  • Premium The Early Word

    The Early Word: Intrator building comes down, and UTHSC is hiring

    Shelby County tops a state gun list, Central BBQ adds breakfast and Stomping Grounds has an opening date.

    By Bianca Phillips March 20, 2026
  • Metro

    The AM/DM podcast: Spring has sprung, and we take a Journey

    Today is the first day of spring, and there are so many ways to get outdoors and celebrate this weekend.

    By Bianca Phillips March 20, 2026
  • Premium State Government

    Republican bill clears way for private firearms in government buildings

    This follows a trend in this session of legislation that relaxes gun rules in public spaces.

    By Noah McLane March 20, 2026

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