The Shelby County Commission agreed to start term limits for Memphis-Shelby County Schools board elections with the 2026 election. But it delayed a decision on when to get all those races on the same ballot.

Memphis threw a celebration at FedExForum that was worthy of Fred Smith’s life. Of course, Smith himself might not have liked all the fuss. He would have told us to get back to work.

“He opened doors for generations of entrepreneurs to proudly go through in the Bluff City,” Memphis Mayor Paul Young said. “Fred Smith didn’t just build a company. He built belief.” 

The reset came amid a broader rescheduling of a case that is approaching two-and-a-half years old. 

The victim told The Daily Memphian how the alleged assault began. 

Although not a native Memphian, he was the “face of the Memphis Zoo” for nearly 15 years. 

A Shelby County Circuit Court judge declined to reinstate Marie Feagins to her former position as superintendent of Memphis-Shelby County Schools.

In this episode of The AM/DM podcast, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips discuss the week ahead.

MATA doesn’t have the money for a trolley return, Bar Hustle’s pizza has a secret and Shadyac has a new gig.

MATA does not have enough money to operate the trolleys even as it works to ready vehicles for a potential return. 

In what a former Memphis police chief laughingly calls a “goat rodeo from the word go,” three bumbling crooks hatched a harebrained scheme to steal the body of Elvis Presley two weeks after his death. It didn’t go very well.

Also happening this week: The County Commission considers an MSCS board election shakeup, and the CRA wants your ideas for the Old Brick Church.

The move to put all nine MSCS board seats on the ballot in 2026 took a few turns last week in County Commission committee sessions. 

As the golf tournament resumes, MLGW crews are slowly whittling down the number of customers without power after a summer squall dumped an inch of rain on the city Friday afternoon.

With the launch of a second elementary school campus in Sherwood Forest this week, University of Memphis’ new K-12 district began its first expansion effort outside the college’s campus. Even more could be on the horizon. 

Heavy rain Friday afternoon leaves more than 11,000 in the dark and causes play to be suspended at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

After serving as Lakeland commissioner, Wesley Wright is preparing for a run as county commissioner representing District 3.

A Monday, Aug. 11, roundtable discussion U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn is hosting at PURE Academy will not be open to the public, according to information obtained by The Daily Memphian.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools also notified Tennessee regulators and provided bottled water to be used along with water-filtration systems and hand sanitizer.

Celtic Crossing is temporarily closed, Swedish cowboys were spotted at FESJC and we tell you where to find corn dogs coated in cereal. 

MLGW will not be providing more than a small amount of power to xAI and the Tennessee Valley Authority may not provide a lot either, according to CEO Doug McGowen.

A family from Sweden traveled 14 hours to watch Ludvig Aberg. They left with signed golf balls from the Swedish star and a new admiration for St. Jude.

Accused of kidnapping and killing a man in 2021, the former MPD officer pleaded guilty to five of the charges he was facing.

In 2024, Joshua Zimmerman escaped DeSoto County custody, where he was being held for attempted murder. Before he came to Mississippi, he wanted for murder in Texas.

The deaths are two of at least seven housed at the overcrowded jail to die this year.