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Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips is here, and we'll be talking about all the fun, and educational, things you could do this weekend.  Plus: Record heat and near-record drought leave Memphis primed for fires The state approves Shelby County's budget Arena League football is coming to Landers Center The City Council asks ICE and the National Guard to leave Memphis Get candy and voting information at the National Civil Rights Museum on Halloween The City Council votes down an indefinite data center pause Musk spends '4 days a week' in Memphis as SpaceXAI's presence continues to grow

Today, we're joined by Bill Dries and Mary Evans, who reported from City Council Tuesday as the body took its next steps to regulate data centers.  Plus: The parking-guidance system at the airport will be finished next month Oak Court Mall demolition enters its next phase Threadgill will retire from the Bartlett Chamber early next year Yolanda Cooper-Sutton is suspended City Council committee duties Pearson celebrates a lifted ban for Memphis City Council attendees A fired Collierville battalion chief sues the town and Mehner in federal court The game time is set for Memphis-Army on Halloween

More than 50 years ago, Stax drummer Al Jackson was killed in the Central Avenue home he shared with his wife, Barbara. Today, reporter Jody Callahan joins the show to talk about what might've happened to Jackson and why no one was ever charged.  Plus: Central Lofts officially has a new owner DeSoto County moves toward banning kratom sales A sushi and teppanyaki restaurant is coming to a former Bartlett hibachi space A new Millington VA clinic is providing care Gov. Reeves appoints a new County Court judge for DeSoto County MSCS takeover is paused again Mississippi AG rules that the fatal shooting of a Senatobia infant was justified

The U.S. ambulatory surgical center market is estimated to be almost $50 billion this year, and it's projected to grow to $84 billion by 2035. Today, business reporter Steve Bohnel joins us to talk about how it works in Memphis.  Plus: David Hatley talks about MSCS and data centers at a Memphis campaign stop Banana Ball is returning to Memphis A holiday movie set in Memphis will premiere on OWN CodeCrew leads a $4M push for tech careers in Memphis and Mississippi

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 walk through it.  Plus: Millington pauses new data center applications for 6 months A DeSoto board demands action on the stalled Landers hotel IP reveals the name of its overseas spinoff SpaceXAI leases a large Southaven warehouse

If you love Memphis artists or artisans, this is the weekend for you. Arts and culture editor Elle Perry joins us to discuss it all.  Plus: Justin J. Pearson is suing the Memphis City Council A former DeSoto County and Memphis developer is arrested Soulsville is getting a $7M boost An accessible baseball field is coming to Tobey Park Project Pat headlines LeMoyne-Owen's 'LOChella' homecoming fest Belle Mont's second phase gets a 10-year PILOT MSCS takeover board is ready to go

Today, commercial real estate reporter Andy Ashby is here to talk about how Spirit Halloween is able to jump-scare consumers each year with new pop-up locations.  Plus: Noah Wyle will help celebrate 100 years of Memphis Jewish & Rehab The County Commission advances a data center pause Collierville passes e-bike rules A data center debate causes tensions to flare at Walls Town Hall

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: Lower-performing schools in Memphis face a deepening staffing crisis A man has been charged with multiple felonies after a Memphis police shooting The Falls Building gets a 20-year tax freeze Five are dead and three are injured after a crash involving MPD officers in Hickory Hill Outpatient surgery centers keep growing as patients seek same-day care New publc documents indicate that the Memphis Grizzlies could come to a new lease at FedEx Forum soon A councilwoman calls for solutions to SpaceXAI traffic

In May, U.S. immigration courts started scheduling what are being called mega master hearings, 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: A jury finds a man guilty for killing a Memphis musician Sheriff Buckner taps a new chief inspector Pat Neely is back with another barbecue show MPD officers shoot and critically injure a man during a chase 5C Group says it plans to quadruple power at its Memphis data center with fuel cell technology A new cafe will open beside East Memphis' One City Church

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.

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.

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 his story on Queen as well as the whys and hows of growing native plants.  Plus:

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 how the Hershey's plant is making itself known in the community.

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 do to solve the problem.  Listen

Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips is here to talk about the happenings this week, including Memphis City Council, a possible sentencing hearing and a food symposium.  Plus: Where the money stands on Regional One's new hospital The deadly police chases and little transparency in the Memphis Safe Task Force's first year Alpha-gal syndrome is spreading Blackburn sues and Hagerty seeks the disbarment of Special Counsel Jack Smith An abortion pill debate reaches the FedEx annual meeting Germantown grandkids can attend the suburb's schools for free if capacity allows The MSCS board picks a new chair as a takeover challenge looms