Jonah Neal was shot and killed by a member of the Memphis Safe Task Force, who arrived after Neal’s mother called 911 saying her son was threatening to commit suicide with a handgun. For those who were close to Neal, none of it makes sense.
The Orange Mound location is the first of 116 planned anchor sites across the city that will provide free, public, high-speed Wi-Fi.
Gifts from the Martin and Rhodes families, along with $1 million from First Horizon, are helping fund the clubhouse and a new six-hole short course.
Two women are teaming up on an affordable-housing development in North Memphis, another move in the momentum to bring more new homes to the city.
The City of Memphis-funded nonprofit fired its head after he allegedly used the corporation’s credit card for personal expenses.
Ferguson Enterprises says MZX Tech failed to pay for materials used at the Macrohard data center, adding to the AI company’s growing construction disputes.
A University of Memphis professor has spent years studying public transportation systems in cities nationwide. Now, Memphis has been added to that list.
Attorneys seek a preliminary injunction to stop Task Force members from retaliating against residents who film their operations.
Build-out and activity is bustling at SpaceXAI’s DeSoto County operation, less than a mile from Memphis and unperturbed by the political winds blowing to the north.
Also in the political roundup, a new poll shows the race for Tennessee governor tightening, and one of two standout independent candidates campaigns in Memphis.
A year since the presidential executive order that created the Memphis Safe Task Force was announced in the Oval Office, its impact and future are still being debated, touted and condemned.
“The new MATA board reveals a glaring disconnect. With one exception, they are almost entirely corporate executives and administrators who likely do not use the system they oversee.”
As residents weigh in online, debates over SpaceXAI, the Safe Task Force and city leadership collide in one highly public exchange.
SpaceXAI is moving full steam ahead while Memphis City Council wants to pump the brakes on data center expansion.
On the one-year anniversary of the executive order that created and sent the Memphis Safe Task Force to the city, relatives and friends of those rounded up in the El Corralon nightclub raid told the council that raid and others have split families.
A data center moratorium is losing steam as questions of the City Council’s authority to ban the developments mount.
According to the Memphis Police Department, reported crime has fallen by around 10,000 incidents so far this year.
Memphis Parks Director Justice Bolden provided more details on the roller derby’s future as council members pressed him about the league's displacement.
A trio of proposed ground rules for future data centers in Memphis is on a busy City Council agenda.
The company that developed pickleball courts in a Bartlett movie theater two years ago wants to do the same at the Pipkin Building in Liberty Park.
Ten days into the new Shelby County Commission’s four-year term, two commissioners have been formally charged with crimes, while two other local officials are part of investigations.
“I used to think that if one door closed, that was it. Now I know that if one door doesn’t work out, there’s always another one.”
The first new home is on Marechalneil Street near Deadrick Avenue and supports Mayor Paul Young's goal of 10,000 new or renovated affordable housing units by 2030.
The city announcement Tuesday, Sept. 8, cites “legitimate concerns” from Southwest Memphis residents near the planned extension of the road connected to a SpaceXAI data center.
MATA unveiled eight of 12 new buses on Sept. 2. Agency officials remain hopeful, as do critics — but the latter still have many questions about reliable service.
One day out of office, an honorary street renaming for outgoing county mayor Lee Harris was approved by the Memphis City Council, but not without some rare and vocal opposition.
The Protect College Sports Act, which has not been passed, would more than double the University of Memphis’ sports expenses — unless the Tigers move conferences.
MATA unveiled eight of 12 new buses delivered to Memphis in recent weeks, part of an overall investment to bring more than 50 new buses to an aging fleet by next year.
For the time being, the new MATA board will coexist with a trustee. The Memphis City Council also approved funding for four parks projects.Related content: