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<strong>Mayoral candidates include Floyd Bonner Jr. (left), Karen Camper, J.W. Gibson Jr., Michelle McKissack, Van Turner, Paul Young and Willie Herenton.</strong> (The Daily Memphian files)Elections

Four mayoral candidates spent $1.76M combined over summer

None of the other 13 Memphis mayoral candidates on the ballot were in six figures, but these four spent six-figure sums on their campaigns throughout the summer.

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Election season’s final act starts as curtain goes down on early voting

By Bill Dries September 29, 2023
City of Memphis

Feel like summer heat is lingering? That’s because it is

Forecasted temperatures are hovering in the low to mid-90s — about 10 degrees higher than average for this time of year. 

By Keely Brewer September 29, 2023
Transportation & Logistics

Mississippi River levels swing between historic highs and lows, causing shipping delays

Shippers are being told to expect up to three-day delays, and rates have doubled for barges leaving from Memphis and St. Louis compared to the three-year average.

By Keely Brewer September 28, 2023
Downtown

Memphis 1968 glows in stained glass at Clayborn Temple

An ongoing renovation of the historic church was paused Thursday, Sept. 28, for a look at new stained-glass images of the city’s turmoil in the 1968 sanitation workers’ strike.

By Bill Dries September 29, 2023

  • Elections

    Election season’s final act starts as curtain goes down on early voting

    The last day of early voting is Saturday, Sept. 30, at 18 sites across the city. Next, the Oct. 5 election day will close out the campaigns for Memphis mayor and all 13 seats on the Memphis City Council. 

    By Bill Dries September 29, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    City Council considers bringing back runoff provision in mayor’s race

    The council is still considering partisan city primaries for the 2024 ballot, but did not vote on any proposal Tuesday. Here’s a rundown of other council matters.

    By Bill Dries September 27, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    Where to view the (partial) solar eclipse (with friends)

    A partial solar eclipse will be visible in Memphis next month, and local groups are helping viewers see the spectacle.

    By BJ Gibbs September 27, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    Memphis unveils $750 million fiber plan with goal of covering low-income areas

    City would chip in $7 million to help low-income residents afford fiber — plus $15 million over 40 years to own part of the fiber’s capacity.

    By Samuel Hardiman, Bill Dries September 26, 2023
  • Criminal Justice

    No criminal charges for officers in Jaylin McKenzie case

    “For our office to bring criminal charges, we must be confident that we can prove an actual violation of a criminal statute beyond a reasonable doubt,” Mulroy said. “We don’t have sufficient evidence to do that here.”

    By Julia Baker September 26, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    Strickland to propose new police review board, broadband plan

    The proposals both go to Memphis City Council members Tuesday, Sept. 26, for discussion and could be added to the afternoon agenda for the first of three votes. The proposals come as Strickland has three months left in office. 

    By Bill Dries September 26, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    Officials hunt for ways to reduce pedestrian deaths

    As of Sept. 22, the number of pedestrian deaths in Memphis is down 28% from the same point last year, but up 73% compared to 2013. 

    By Julia Baker September 29, 2023
  • North Mississippi

    Memphis must treat DeSoto County wastewater 8 more years

    A long-awaited federal court ruling provides a section of DeSoto County eight years to build its own wastewater treatment facility and end its reliance on Memphis for the work.

    By Beth Sullivan September 25, 2023
  • Premium Sports

    Memphis Miracle League baseball field and playground could be a game-changer

    Eddy Hatcher never forgot his two childhood friends who couldn’t run, play or enjoy baseball due to physical disabilities, and “I don’t want that to happen to anyone in Memphis ever again.”

    By Don Wade September 25, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    Here’s what $5 million and five years of research taught Memphis about the aquifer

    With all this new information about one of the city’s most important resources, what happens now? 

    By Keely Brewer September 22, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    Ninja Turtles co-creator headlines this weekend’s Memphis Comic Expo

    Kevin Eastman, one of the co-creators of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle characters 40 years ago, is the featured celebrity at this weekend’s Memphis Comic Expo.

    By Michael Waddell September 22, 2023
  • Downtown

    ‘Fishing for lives': Tom Lee’s story told by Grammy-winning poet J. Ivy

    J. Ivy has written and performed a new piece about Tom Lee to mark the opening of the redesigned riverfront park named in Lee’s honor. The work is the first in a series commissioned by the Mellon Foundation.

    By Bill Dries September 24, 2023
  • Premium City of Memphis

    Buckley: Answers to key Memphis sports venues renovation questions

    Jim Strickland’s $684 million plan to renovate Memphis’ four major sports venues was announced last October. Nearly a year later, no agreements have been reached regarding funding allocation.

    By Tim Buckley September 21, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    Construction on Downtown Brooks can continue for now, but future uncertain

    Construction on the new downtown location of the Brooks museum can move forward for now but the future of the project remains uncertain. 

    By Aarron Fleming September 20, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    Receiving multiple MLGW bills? You don’t have to pay immediately

    Defective smart meters are blamed for the billing problem. 

    By Keely Brewer September 20, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    If you smell rotten eggs on your morning commute, don’t worry

    MLGW warned that crews will be performing routine gas maintenance at one of its electrical substations at 9645 Winchester Road. 

    By Keely Brewer September 19, 2023
  • Premium City of Memphis

    Letter shows legislators pressured Strickland on stadium deal

    State Rep. Kevin Vaughan (R-Collierville) and other West Tennessee Republicans have pushed Strickland to finish allocating cash for the slow-moving renovations to Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. 

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    Documents show framework of stadium deals, but with work left to do

    By Samuel Hardiman September 21, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    Documents show framework of stadium deals, but with work left to do

    Documents show gaps remain in the City of Memphis’ plan to fund the FedExForum and Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium renovations. 

    By Samuel Hardiman September 21, 2023
  • Premium Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: What to think about that new stadium proposal? Let’s hope the Grizzlies don’t hold a grudge.

    “The city’s proposal to fund stadium renovations is now out there for all he world to see. How should Memphians think about that? They should hope that Robert Pera and the Grizzlies don’t hold a grudge.”

    By Geoff Calkins September 18, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    Political Roundup: Early voting, a blue wave strategy and a sign removal blitz

    The opening day of early voting in Memphis elections posts numbers closer to opening day in 2015 than 2019. Also in the round up, trying to apply a “blue wave” strategy to nonpartisan city elections.

    By Bill Dries September 17, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    The Mississippi River brought low by drought — again

    The National Weather Service at Memphis expects the river to approach, or maybe surpass, last year’s record low by the end of the month.

    By Keely Brewer September 15, 2023
  • Premium Education

    Chapter Four: Busing’s turbulent first year comes to a close

    Memories of that first year under Plan Z still linger for those who lived through it. 

    By Bill Dries September 26, 2023
  • Premium Chris Herrington

    Herrington: Despite controversy, Tom Lee Park bringing people together

    The scene at the center of Tom Lee Park this first week has felt like different types of Memphians — different ages and races, but even more so people from different neighborhoods and economic status — sharing free, open space, in a way that’s too rare. 

    By Chris Herrington September 13, 2023
  • Premium City of Memphis

    Memphis’ power provider needs to double — or maybe triple — energy supply

    It took the Tennessee Valley Authority 90 years to build its current electric grid, but it’s going to need to move a lot quicker to keep up with its customers’ need for power. 

    By Keely Brewer, Samuel Hardiman September 13, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    City Council weighs partisan primaries ballot question or move to court for runoffs

    Memphis City Council has seven more meetings to take a final vote on a ballot question to allow partisan primaries in city elections. Some argue it would be better to go to court and get a runoff provision reinstated for all city offices.

    By Bill Dries September 12, 2023

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