Germantown is saying if the mayor becomes full-time, the elected individual would have to quit their full-time job. However, the referendum on the May 5 ballot doesn’t state such.

The president of SpaceX, which just merged with xAI, made a series of pledges about xAI’s plans for Memphis and North Mississippi.

A Memphis City Council member is pushing the city to crack down on short-term rental problems.

Car thefts are way down, Brent Taylor has a challenger and a pastor is turning her church into a sober club.

Student-athletes can now get paid for their name, image or likeness as well as revenue-sharing payments from the school. Today, we try to sort it all out. 

February 2027 is set to be Tennessee’s first Tennessee Songwriter Month. 8Ball was recognized for his significant cultural impact and as a pioneer of Memphis hip-hop.

The Daily Memphian dove into the $2.2 million invested in the still-stalled private development. Now, two Memphis City Council members want answers from Memphis Mayor Paul Young’s administration.

MPD Chief C.J. Davis showed the Memphis City Council data for the first two months of 2026 that showed multi-double-digit percentage drops year over year in crime.

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company continues to pour billions of dollars into Memphis and North Mississippi. 

All 13 state House incumbents and three state senators representing Shelby County have checked out qualifying petitions for the August ballot. The filing deadline for primary challengers is March 10.

Family sues Youth Villages for wrongful death, and Memphis gets some sports wins at a time of great sports loss. 

The county primary election is fast approaching. Here’s what you need to know so far. 

To be honored in the Associated Press Sports Editors’s annual writing and photography contest is one of the highest honors a sports writer or photographer can earn. Plus, this was the first year APSE had a podcast category.

A majority of Shelby County residents want to build a new jail and think the Memphis Safe Task Force has been a success. But the majority also thinks the Task Force’s widespread immigration-related arrests have not made Memphis safer. 

Matthew De’Marcus Williams, 22, was shot and killed while attending a violence intervention program meeting in 2025. His family has filed a wrongful death suit against Youth Villages.

The council could vote Tuesday on a new procedure for resolving impasses between the city and unions. It also gets an update on crime statistics.

A bill that would require new teachers in Tennessee to pass a civics test to earn their teaching license is zipping through the legislature.

The Memphis police officer was reportedly shot after pulling over a white Nissan Maxima on Feb. 26.

Gubernatorial candidates get sassy, Lakeland wants more from the sheriff’s office and we share the story of Memphis’ oldest person. 

This is the week when the Banana Ball Championship League (finally) comes to Memphis. 

Also in the political roundup, Tim Burchett at Lincoln Day, xAI surfaces at Democratic mayor’s forum, Henri Brooks on reasons to run and the shape of the new County Commission.

When Elizabeth Bolden died in 2006, she was 116, and had 40 grandchildren, 75 great-grandchildren, 150 great-great-grandchildren, 220 great-great-great-grandchildren and 75 great-great-great-great-grandchildren.

The City of Lakeland and the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office have an agreement about deputies occupying a space at The Lake District, but there seems to be some disagreement about the level of law enforcement presence.

“I feel like we are on the right track — kind of pun intended — to stabilize, improve the service and then grow,” MATA Trustee Rodrick Holmes told The Daily Memphian.