Data centers and Grizzlies start
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This week sees the Memphis City Council return for two three-hour sessions on what a possible data center moratorium could look like. We then follow that up with the start of the Memphis Grizzlies 2026-2027 season.. Grizzlies writer Drew Hill is here to help us Plus:
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Memphis Sounds, songs and artists
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If you love Memphis artists or artisans, this is for you. Arts and culture editor Elle Perry joins us to discuss it all. Plus:
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Getting into the Spirit Halloween
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Today, commercial real estate reporter Andy Ashby is here to talk about h with new pop-up locations. Plus:
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Early voting in the midterms begins
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In Shelby County, early voting for the midterm elections begins today. Longtime political reporter Bill Dries joins us to walk us through some of the ballot highlights. Plus:
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Inside the immigration mega master docket
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In May, , a full docket of preliminary hearings to handle mostly procedural matters. Joining us today to talk about that — and how the Memphis Safe Task Force is impacting local prosecutors — is new Daily Memphian public safety reporter Mary Evans. Plus:
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Fall break and Memphis Madness
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One can tell we’re firmly in fall by the reappearance of local public schools’ fall break and Memphis Madness, the annual University of Memphis event where fans meet this season’s basketball teams. And this year, the Tigers will also be hanging out with the tigers as Memphis Madness heads to the Memphis Zoo. Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips joins us to talk about all of that as well as new baseball fields at Tobey Park, the Grizzlies preseason finale and the ribbon-cutting for Gussied Up.
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Jazz, opera, EDM and Widespread Panic
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This weekend ups the ante on music — all kinds — in a music town. There are two music festivals plus even more shows. Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips is here to walk, or dance, us through the weekend.
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Helping the environment in your own backyard
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Adam Queen, the cutting gardens manager at the Dixon Gallery & Gardens, is part of a community of people interested in native plants. Today, digital producer Nick Lingerfelt joins us to talk about as well as the whys and hows of growing native plants. Plus:
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Is this as close to Willy Wonka as Memphis gets?
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30 years after Hershey arrived in Memphis, many people still don’t know the factory exists. But one of the factory’s leaders is hoping to change that. Today, features writer John Klyce is here to talk about his time inside the factory, what they make there and .
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Addressing America's housing crisis, one lot at a time
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Leon Place, located in North Memphis, has the feel of both past prosperity and being a current work-in-progress. There’s a new pocket park and playground but there are also older homes, built from 1912 into the 1930s, and at least one once-grand home stands vacant and boarded up. Across the way, two brand new houses are going up, as part of the city’s Essential Housing Program. And the people behind those homes are not your typical developers. Bill Dries joins us today to talk about the nation’s housing crisis, who much it impacts Memphis and what city government hopes to...
info_outlineThis week sees the Memphis City Council return for two three-hour sessions on what a possible data center moratorium could look like. We then follow that up with the start of the Memphis Grizzlies 2026-2027 season..
Grizzlies writer Drew Hill is here to help us walk through it.
Plus: