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  • Spirit of Memphis

    Team Max helps fill the stomachs of Memphis’ hungry people

    Aided by more than 130 volunteers, Team Max distributes 6,000 large food baskets to those in need, including 3,000 handed out on a chilly Saturday morning at the Mid-South Food Bank in South Memphis.

    By Jody Callahan December 14, 2024
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    The xAI supercomputer needs power. Some worry what that could mean

    Last week, xAI, the startup founded by Elon Musk, announced plans to expand its supercomputer. Now, environmental groups want to know what it will cost Memphis. 

    By Samuel Hardiman December 14, 2024
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    Taste of community: Memphis cookbook will connect recipes to history

    Residents will a dash of neighborhood stories and a pinch of family recipes to create a cookbook that captures the “authentic voices” of South Memphis.

    By Julia Baker December 30, 2024
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Holiday spirit (and candy) brings community together in Whitehaven

    Onlookers at the Memphis Christmas Parade on Saturday talked about how the parade was a nice chance to show off their community spirit, an event to shine a positive light on the vast South Memphis area.

    By Jody Callahan November 23, 2024
  • South Memphis

    ‘Embarrassing’ blight and roadwork issues dominate One Memphis forum

    Mayor Paul Young hears of concerns regarding a road infrastructure project, as well as blight and crime, during his final One Memphis event of the year.

    By Julia Baker November 20, 2024
  • South Memphis

    ‘Good bones': I Love Whitehaven event celebrates cuisine, culture, community

    The annual celebration of Whitehaven continues this week culminating with the community’s Christmas Parade on Saturday. 

    By Julia Baker November 19, 2024
  • Update South Memphis

    TVA board votes to serve xAI, but not without questions

    Multiple TVA board members asked questions about the impact xAI has had on surrounding neighborhoods in Westwood and Boxtown.

    By Samuel Hardiman November 07, 2024
  • South Memphis

    First-ever mascot brings magic to LeMoyne-Owen

    LeMoyne-Owen’s new permanent president wanted a mascot to enhance the school’s culture. 

    By Bianca Thedford November 04, 2024
  • City of Memphis

    Mayor says ‘on-demand’ ride services could make up for fewer bus routes

    Memphis Mayor Paul Young talked about the overhaul of the Memphis Area Transit Authority during a Thursday, Oct. 31, “One Memphis” forum at LeMoyne-Owen College.

    By Bill Dries October 31, 2024
  • Public Safety

    16 arrested in major drug-trafficking bust

    The sheriff’s office began an operation focused on McLemore Avenue’s Club Insight in February 2023. Over the more than year-long investigation, sheriff’s detectives found that the drug-trafficking operation spread throughout Memphis and Shelby County.

    By Julia Baker October 29, 2024
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    Small Biz Saturday spotlights Whitehaven

    Greater Memphis Chamber launched the event three years ago, and this was the biggest yet, with vendors including insurance companies, dessert shops and a representative of Whitehaven Plaza Shopping Center.

    By Aisling Mäki October 26, 2024
  • South Memphis

    Old Porter Junior High moves toward makeover

    The old school building is undergoing a renovation to an early childhood center run by Porter-Leath, with a museum dealing with the rich history of the area to come in a later phase.

    By Bill Dries October 24, 2024
  • Gallery Neighborhoods

    Diving into the dark history buried in Elmwood Cemetery

    During the Scoundrels and Scandals tour Saturday, Oct. 19, attendees were introduced to some of the infamous gravesites in the city’s oldest active cemetery.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff October 20, 2024
  • Music

    Orange Mound Music Festival returns for second year

    “I believe it’s a beautiful way to merge the arts and give us a day to show something positive because there is so much love and talent in the Mound,” said one of the participating artists.

    By Bianca Thedford October 19, 2024
  • Education

    This time, Whitehaven STEM lab is really happening

    After funding delays and worries that a proposed science, technology, engineering and mathematic lab for Whitehaven High would never happen, officials held a second ceremonial groundbreaking for the $9 million project.

    By Jody Callahan October 02, 2024
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    Rappers 8Ball and MJG get honorary sign in ‘the Mound’

    The Airways Boulevard and Park Avenue intersection is now also known as 8Ball Boulevard and MJG Avenue for the duo whose lyrics proclaim they’re “part of the streets, ’cause the streets are a part of us.” 

    By Michael Waddell September 30, 2024
  • South Memphis

    Crypto mining facility set for Southeast Memphis

    California-based Merkle Standard is at least the second digital operation to locate in Memphis in recent months, following Elon Musk’s xAI. 

    By Jody Callahan September 14, 2024
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    Memphis film’s answer to food deserts: Grow fresh produce at home

    Brody Kuhar and Joshua Cannon’s ”Mama Sundry” next screens in Memphis on Thursday, Sept. 12, at Crosstown Theater, followed by a panel.

    By Stevie Paige September 08, 2024
  • South Memphis

    Air-monitoring station headed to South Memphis

    After weeks of questions, Shelby County Health Department leaders confirmed that the EPA has approved an air monitoring station for xAI’s Memphis Supercomputer ZIP code. 

    By Samuel Hardiman September 05, 2024
  • Business

    XAI supercomputer to double in size by year end

    Deemed Colossus, the xAI supercomputer is the “most powerful AI training system in the world,” Elon Musk wrote on X Monday, Sept. 2.

    By Sophia Surrett, Samuel Hardiman September 04, 2024
  • City of Memphis

    With xAI’s arrival, concerns about Memphis aquifer arise

    “There’s a lot of issues that are unknown, and there’s a lot of contamination. ... So how do we address that, and where are those sources coming from?” the science director at Protect Our Aquifer said.

    By Samuel Hardiman August 31, 2024
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    Whitehaven schools would have more freedom in proposed MSCS structure

    “I think the autonomy should be left down there in the Whitehaven area so we can show y’all ... how to do these kids right,” Shelby County Probate Court Clerk Eddie Jones said. 

    By Laura Testino August 28, 2024
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    Environmentalists urge health department to take action on xAI

    The EPA considers turbines, such as the ones being used at the xAI supercomputer in Memphis, a significant source of hazardous air pollutants. 

    By Samuel Hardiman August 28, 2024
  • South Memphis

    DOJ: Missouri woman charged in Graceland scheme

    “This defendant allegedly used a brazen scheme to try to defraud the Presley family of their interest in this singularly important landmark,” said Kevin Ritz, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee.

    By Aarron Fleming August 17, 2024
  • City of Memphis

    Elvis vigil 2024: Candles, hearts glow at the gates of Graceland

    Photographer Brad Vest captured the 2024 Candlelight Vigil, the annual cornerstone event for Elvis Week, at Graceland on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 17, 2024

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