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It's time to get your counter-culture on.  Some of the highlights this weekend include Tattoo Fest at Graceland Exhibition Center (with more than 200 tattoo artists from around the country), the Spirit Fest Metaphysical, Holistic, & Crystal Expo, a music festival featuring only tribute bands and a Shelby County "Star Trek" day celebration.  Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips joins us today to talk...

For more than a decade, the City of Memphis has tried to quell gun violence by talking to potential perpetrators and intervening with them before they might make life-altering choices. How does the city do it? Using several nonprofits and people, mostly men, called "violence interrupters." The nonprofits identify people deemed to be at risk of perpetrating violence — because they are connected eit...

In November of last year, two DeSoto County teenagers were in danger after their SUV crashed and went into a ravine. It had been raining, and the water in the ravine was moving fast.  But the girls were lucky because one of the people who witnessed the accident was Johnathon Bigham. And Captain Bigham is the leader of DeSoto County Search & Rescue, a group of about 34 volunteers who get called to...

Among a city of talented musicians, the Whalums stand out.  Kirk Whalum is a Grammy Award-winning saxophonist whose achievements include soloing on Whitney Houston's smash hit, "I Will Always Love You." Wendell Whalum was a respected organist, musicologist, composer, and longtime director of the Morehouse College Glee Club. Hugh "Peanuts" Whalum was a jazz saxophonist, singer and pianist who toure...

It's a busy week, and it starts with your last opportunity to register to vote before the Shelby County primaries on Tuesday, May 5.  And there's a celebration in honor of those who have helped Midtown stay Midtown. Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips is here to talk about it all and get us prepared for the week ahead .  Plus: Grizzlies star Ja Morant's home is for sale A triple shooting Downtown le...

This weekend's events — the ones The Daily Memphian staff are most excited about, anyway — have one very important thing in common. They are free. Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips is here to give us all the details on those events, including the absence of a price.  Plus: The Halbert ouster attempt could be back in play UTHSC gives $1.75M in grants across Tennessee An MSCS audit yields findings '...

Spring is often a time of renewal and rebirth, and those themes seem to be echoing in our local restaurant scene. Reporter Sophia Surrett, who writes our weekly Food Files column and tracks local restaurant openings and closings, is here today to talk to us about some of the eateries on the horizon.  Plus: Heartsong Church sells 10 acres for $700,000  Memphis guard Curtis Givens III plans to enter...

Roughly a month ago, Memphis Police Department officer Oscar Torres-Molina was shot during what should have been a routine traffic stop. Though police know who the alleged shooter is, he hasn't been found yet .  The Daily Memphian's public safety reporter, Aarron Fleming, was curious about that recently, especially in light of the extra manpower on the ground due to the Memphis Safe Task Force. Fl...

Early on, the plan to overhaul Regional One was to rebuild the entire thing on its current site, and to do it in phases so the hospital could still operate during construction. But then the plan changed, to building a new hospital on the Commercial Appeal's former home on Union Avenue. The land was purchased, for $26.6 million, and the entire project is estimated to cost upwards of $900 million. B...

This week begins with a Shelby County Commission meeting and a new member of the commission. This week also includes the three-day commemoration of the 58th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination at the National Civil Rights Museum, including the annual changing of the wreath. And, on Sunday, a new contract with a Pennsylvania company to maintain the state's interstates begins.  The...

This weekend brings a lot of opportunities to get outside: South Main Trolley Night, a garden party at the Dixon Gallery & Gardens and the Mane Street Food Festival. But it starts with a focus on inside. Art by Design, an ArtsMemphis fundraiser, will have a showroom at Agricenter International with art activations done by local interior designers and galleries.  Today, newsletter editor Bianca Phi...

Today, Regional One is 1.2 million square feet across six main buildings and 15 acres, and it has centers of excellence for trauma and burn victims, high-risk pregnancies and newborns with critical issues. Today we're joined by reporter Jody Callahan for part one of a discussion about what Regional One is and why it needs a new hospital facility . Plus: A riverfront group's lawsuit over museum con...

President Donald Trump came to Memphis Monday, March 23, to celebrate the results of the Memphis Safe Task Force. The Daily Memphian sent four staffers to the event and today, one of them, veteran reporter Bill Dries, is here to talk about some of the behind-the-scenes details of a presidential visit.  Plus: A sixth faculty member at UTHSC resigns over a fellow professor The MSTF Accountabilty Act...

What was once the Gameday Baseball complex in Cordova is set to become an "upscale" RV park, catering to the higher end of the recreational vehicle market. Eric Barnes talks to business reporter Andy Ashby about the plans for the 280-space park , as well as his recent stories on new retail that may be coming to the South City area of Downtown Memphis. Plus: Collierville will appeal the Chick-fil-a...

Collierville leaders already voted down a new Chick-fil-A at Poplar Avenue and Bray Station Road. But a judge recently ordered them to approve the plans. So, that's back on the Collierville Board of Mayor and Aldermen agenda today , and suburban reporter Abigail Warren joined Bianca Phillips in the studio to talk about it. Plus: Why TV stations preempt shows for weather coverage UTHSC is looking f...

Today is the first day of spring, and there are so many ways to get outdoors and celebrate this weekend . Daily Memphian digital producer Kelsey Bowen joins Bianca Phillips today to talk about all the spring fests: the Indian festival of Holi, the German Frühlingsfest at Brewing and a fairy party at Loflin Yard. Plus: Horn Lake board approves a second sanitation rate hike in under a year A Hilton-...

Erica Horton is a local foodie and, for the past year, she's been writing many of The Daily Memphian's $15 Deals. Today, we talk to her about the local restaurant scene and some of our favorite $15 deals.  Plus: The Tennessee House passes controversial immigration bills A DeSoto captain is honored after rescuing teens from a submerged car Wonder Cowork Create is expanding in the Edge District Aldi...

For the past year and a half, Jerry Lee Lewis' Nesbit ranch has been open to tourists. As with the home tour of another famous Mid-South musician, visitors of the house can see gold records, antique cars and other rock 'n' roll artifacts. Today, North Mississippi reporter Brandon LaGrone II is in the studio to talk about the history behind the tourist attraction . Plus: The immersive museum on Mud...

When local birds of prey are injured, they may end up at the Mid-South Raptor Center near Shelby Farms Park. The organization's volunteers are dedicated to rehabilitating — and more importantly, releasing — hawks, falcons, eagles and owls. Today, we're talking to enterprise reporter John Klyce about who's behind the Mid-South Raptor Center and how they get the birds back in the air .   Plus: Bartl...

It's spring break week for area public school students (except for the University Schools district), which means the airport may be busy but the roads probably won't be. his week also brings us St. Patrick's Day, the Memphis Amateur Sports Hall of Fame ceremony and a vote on an exterior grant for another plan for 409 S. Main, formerly Puck Food Hall.  Today, newsletter editor Bianca Phillips is he...

St. Patrick's Day celebrations start early this year, with parades and parties beginning Saturday, March 14. But there's also the Grind City Coffee Xpo, "Seussical" the musical, a daffodil show and the Orpheum Theatre's Broadway season reveal party. Daily Memphian newsletter editor Bianca Phillips joins us today to share all the tea (and coffee) on what to do this weekend .  Plus: Memphis students...

The Standard could have been Germantown's first TIF, or tax increment financing, district. Located at Poplar Avenue and Kirby Parkway, the development is slated to replace the Carrefour at Kirby Woods. The Carrefour shopping center has already been demolished, and in its place, developers planned to build a hotel, 40 luxury condos and 150,000 square feet of office space. But earlier this week, the...

In February, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that tariffs enacted by President Donald Trump's administration, and using the International Emergency Economic Power Act, were illegal. In light of the ruling, the president quickly enacted other tariffs, but the Supreme Court's decision did not go unnoticed. Several international companies, such as Costco, Nintendo, Dole Fresh Fruit Co. and Memphis' own...

Before this weekend, Ja Morant, the Memphis Grizzlies star point guard, hadn't spoken to the media since January. That also meant he hadn't spoken publicly since after the NBA's trade deadline — when he notably wasn't traded and Jaren Jackson Jr. was.  But there's a story there about him talking to the media now, and it involves the injury he sustained to his left elbow on Jan. 21.  Today, The Dai...

This week begins with a flurry of government activity. Bianca Phillips is here to talk about all of it and help us prepare for the coming work week .  Plus: The Jerry lee Lewis Ranch Experience is now a fixture in Mid-South music tourism Millington hopes to break ground on a Lone Sailor monument by July 4 A former county director and his wife could face federal charges Collierville could get a thi...