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Last month, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and District Attorney General Steve Mulroy announced the purchase of four new rapid DNA machines, giving local law enforcement the ability to turn DNA test results around in 90 minutes. Today, reporter Brandon LaGrone is here to talk about what this means for Memphis and Shelby County.  Plus: An ICE raid detains 100 in Memphis and draws community backlash...

A very local holiday anchors this week but there's plenty of other happenings coming up. Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips is here today and we set up the week.  Plus: The daycare owner in a bus death runs 6 other Memphis-area centers 5C Group is turning old Fred's real estate into new tech Comedy pops up at Flyway Brewing Lee Harris exits county government with a new job at Ole Miss An autopsy re...

It's a weekend for nostalgia. Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips is here to talk about all the fun . Plus: Flip Side now has liquor St. Jude plans a $41M data center expansion A local nonprofit gets $2M for suicide prevention A former airport-area Holiday Inn will be renovated and reopened

Poplar Avenue and Highland Street has been a landmark corner for years, in part due to Poplar Plaza's second-floor exterior facade. Now the owners of Poplar Plaza are taking a new strategy with leasing for the shopping center, something they are calling dwell time.  Commercial real estate reporter Andy Ashby is here to talk about what exactly they are trying to do and why. Plus: Meta reaches a $17...

More than two weeks ago, then- Collierville Fire Chief John Selberg was placed on administrative leave . Fire department staffers were told of the change by assistant fire chief Mark Carter, who was appointed interim chief. But details were scant.  Suburbs reporter Abigail Warren has been following this story for us, and today she's here to talk about what might happen now.  Plus: Chick-fil-A is a...

Two weeks ago, a non-verbal autistic first grader died after being left in a Cordova daycare van. Kid University was supposed to drop six-year-old Winter Jones off at Macon-Hall Elementary for school that morning. Instead, she was found hours later and rushed to an area hospital, but she did not survive.  Today, longtime reporter Jody Callahan is here to talk about Jones' death and the processes t...

The University of Memphis football team will play its season opener Saturday against UNLV. But, before that, eight of the 13 Shelby County Commissioners will have their last meeting before rolling off the board.  Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips is here today as we talk about all of that and tee up the week.  Plus: Saturday's storm wreaked havoc on the MLGW system A Cordova shopping center sells...

If it's Friday, it's time to tune in for chitchat about  local Memphis events. Bianca Phillips is here to talk all about it. Plus: The Wolf River Greenway could be completed in 2031 Local medical providers say new federal vaccine guidelines won't change missions Ramblin' Joe's expands to Germantown

Earlier this week, M alco Theatres quietly announced that it would soon offer haptic and motion seats to two area theaters . Today, The Daily Memphian's arts and culture editor Elle Perry is here to talk about this moving development. Plus: A corrections deputy is found guilty in Gershun Freeman's death Data centers could soon pay the full cost of power infrastructure A piece of the Grizzlies fund...

When Tennessee voters go to the polls during the primaries, they are asked which ballot they want: Republican, Democrat or general. That is the moment they declare their political party, not when they register to vote. Which means, hypothetically, Tennessee voters can declare a different political party during every primary election, should they want to do so.    But Tennessee gubernatorial candid...

In early July, the new director of the Memphis Public Libraries announced t he City of Memphis' library system would no longer partner with Friends of the Library , a local fundraising group. Business reporter Noah McLane joins us today to talk about how the 60-year partnership came undone.  Plus: Four Memphis attorneys are nominated for two new Criminal Court judicial positions Motion pictures ar...

Civic engagement is the watchword this week. Two members of the Shelby County Board of Commissioners are inviting up to 25 people to join a virtual conversation with them as they leave office.  This week will also see an update on the Wolf River Greenway, the brand new airport board meeting and the qualifiying deadline for the upcoming Nov. 3 election. Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips is out toda...

This weekend's for the theater kids. John Legend is coming to town, you can watch a movie in a swimming pool or meet a new partner at Novel. Arts and culture editor Elle Perry joins us today to talk about all the fun .  Plus: Collierville breaks ground on the library's new $12M chapter The First Horizon Foundation donates $5M for a new UTHSC project The Grizzlies will return to a MLK Day slate in...

The University of Memphis Tigers will play their first home game in September in the renovated Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. The $227 million construction project isn't yet finished, but Tigers fans got their first look at the renovation last week. Today, Frank Bonner is here to talk about what fans think of the construction project -- and what it means for conference realignment and Memphis' conc...

Last year, the Mississippi state legislature created a new Circuit Court and a Chancery Court judge in DeSoto County. But, in doing so, lawmakers said that only a small section of county voters could elect the two new judges for those courts. DeSoto County Supervisor Robert Foster argued the move was unfair — and racially motivated — and is now suing the state to eliminate the newly created subdis...

In January 2024, the Exxon Hop-In at the corner of Poplar Avenue and Highland Street caught fire. The location had been home to a filling station since the 1930s. In 2024, people expected that, even after the fire, the gas station would be rebuilt. But here we are two and a half years later, and nothing is happening at the site. It's still vacant and it still is surrounded in construction fencing....

It's all in the hips this week as we prepare for two very Memphis, but very disparate summer traditions.  It's both golf tournament week and Elvis week. Choose one or the other or both, and prepare for Memphis to show you something special.  Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips joins us to talk about those events as well as Ikea asking this week to change the name of one Memphis street. 

If you like off-the-beaten path type of events, you will love what's going on this weekend. This off-the-beaten-path weekend will take you on a foam run, through the lion's gate portal and into a brewery book fair. Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips joins us today to talk about those events and more fun you might want to get into this weekend.

At the very end of July, Memphis Light, Gas and Water revealed it had been asked to study what would happen if a new user wanted to connect to the grid and use up to 300 megawatts of electricity.  Though no one said what might need to use that much electricity, the request came from an investor that owns 575 acres of vacant land in Pidgeon Industrial Park.  That same investor was highly involved i...

In May, a shooting at OUTMemphis left two victims in critical condition. A day later, police arrested a transgender woman known as Jewel.  However, Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy said last week that police had arrested the wrong person after witnesses misidentified the shooter.  Today, reporter Jody Callahan is here to discuss this story and how it all happened. Plus, how the...

Every year, The Orpheum Theatre brings about seven Broadway shows to Memphis. They might be comedies, dramas, musicals.  But they aren't just the shows that are on tour that year. The  Orpheum shows are carefully selected for Memphis by Orpheum President and CEO Brett Batterson.  In fact, for the upcoming season, which starts in September, the Orpheum is staging two non-musical plays in Memphis —...

Election Day is Thursday, and you've probably heard us say it a million times, but we have lots of free resources to study up on before you go to the polls. Holly Whitfield gives you our election coverage rundown . Plus: District Attorney Steve Mulroy warns about misleading endorsement ballots Memphis Escape Rooms expands to Bartlett International Paper beats profit expectations SpaceXAI has built...

It's hot, hot, hot, so do Fido a solid this weekend, and take him to a pool party.  On today's AM/DM podcast, Kelsey Bowen and Bianca Phillips go to the dogs. They talk about Streetdog Foundation's Summer Splash — essentially a pool party for dogs — and, of course, they talk about their own dogs, Margot, Tater and Ella. They've also got a rundown of events for humans — all of them indoors and out...

In early 2024, after months of rumors about it, an outdoor entertainment project was announced for Bartlett.  Called The Ramble on Summer, it was going to be located at the former Bartlett Nursery site and patterned after Memphis' Loflin Yard or Railgarten.   It's now mid-2026, and the project is moving forward. But it's doing so with newly disclosed investors. Adding to all of this, one of the sa...

A new seafood restaurant slated for the former Fancy's space Downtown.  A bagel shop opening a new location seven times as big as its first. A Memphis couple pivoting back to dips after a restaurant fire.  And a restaurant with a "lights on but no one's home" vibe that finally opens with a menu and staff .  Those are all recent storylines from the Memphis food scene, and reporter Sophia Surrett is...