Commissioners makes a last-ditch jail effort, a new coffee shop is sprouting in Southaven and four Memphis authors have the write stuff.

Two and a half years after a Poplar Avenue gas station caught fire, the site hasn’t been redeveloped. 

Shelby County commissioners debated whether they should do nothing and let the new commission with a new majority start anew on the issue.

A Saturday night party at a nightclub ended with arrests after the Memphis Safe Task Force, alongside Memphis law enforcement, locked down the venue. 

An ice storm aftermath, the newspaper industry, small-town Helen of Troy circa 1993 and where climate crisis and motherhood intersect: Here are the four books that have Memphians up for a statewide award. 

After a weekend shootout at a college send-off party killed a woman, Memphis lawmakers and grieving family members are demanding the closure of neighborhood problem properties. 

UTHSC report vindicates a controversial professor, SpaceXAI is suing a contractor and a gluten-free bakery has “real” doughnuts.

This week brings us to very Memphis but very disparate summer traditions: Golf and Elvis. 

With new four-year terms secured, several suburban school board members are focusing on the future of the municipal districts and hoping for fewer demands from the state.

In this week’s Ask the Memphian, we take a look at the costly, controversial, but ultimately successful effort to bring a trolley system to Memphis. 

Faculty members who left the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s occupational therapy department dispute the findings of the two reports.

Also happening this week: Ikea Way could get a new name, and Hattiloo opens new spaces.

The two agenda items come as commissioners prepare to give way on Sept. 1 to a new commission and a new county mayor.

As a surgical oncologist at UT Health Sciences, Dr. Martin Fleming has followed the path of his father and served as a role model for his son — in addition to training hundreds of doctors. 

Also in the political roundup, two write-in candidates appeared to fizzle by the unofficial vote totals, the Memphis narrative moves into the general election campaign and a D.C. Scorecard going into the August recess.

Two Shelby County corrections deputies are charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault in the death of Gershun Freeman.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris talks about his eight years as mayor on “Behind The Headlines” and the challenges facing his successor, Mayor-elect Mickell Lowery.

SpaceXAI alleges that Darana Hybrid and its CEO engaged in a practice of overbilling to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Mississippi attorney general and gubernatorial candidate Lynn Fitch branded herself as a Trump conservative in an appeal to about 50 supporters at a Mexican restaurant.

University of Tennessee Health Science Center officials have said the $350 million project is a transformational one that will grow the size of cohorts at the university and be a powerful recruitment tool.

Shelby County and the City of Memphis have officially declared Aug. 7 as LeMoyne-Owen College Day.

Millington police officer Bryan Childress fired after an investigation revealed he was filing false timesheets, pocketing nearly $3,000 by doing so.

We’ve got all the election news you need to know, plus news on Interstate Bar-B-Que and a hot deal on a pork panini. 

This off-the-beaten-path weekend will take you on a foam run, through the lion’s gate portal and into the world of cat videos. 

District 96 Democratic incumbent Gabby Salinas lost to primary challenger Telisa Franklin in a rematch of the 2024 primary Salinas won.