Potholes seem to be a fact of life anywhere there are both roads and weather, and Memphis gets a lot of rain. More even than Seattle. But a new City of Memphis program aims to be more aggressive about fixing potholes proactively.

On today's episode, The Daily Memphian's Samuel Hardiman joins editorial director Mary Cashiola to talk about the new city program, how it works, what the early results look like and how the news website may share a small amount of the credit.

Plus:

• Tennessee Highway Patrol is driving an increase in arrests
• Marshals arrest a second suspect in a fatal shooting of a rapper
• Downtown makes progress, despite the "doom loop"
• DeSoto County parents planned a protest following Whiteside's sentencing
• MSCS school mergers could impact 2,650 students
• A Cleotha Abston rape conviction is upheld by the Appeals Court