The AM/DM

Today, suburbs editor Clay Bailey is here to talk about some of the contested races on the ballot and some candidates to watch.

Plus:

• Early voter turnout trails the 2018 pace
• $220M in claims are now filed against SpaceXAI
• Dr. Bean's Coffee & Tea's wait for a second location will be longer than expected
• Sunrise Memphis plans a Germantown location
• Culver's is coming to the Memphis area

This week starts off with a meeting of the Shelby County Board of Commissioners and a discussion about the county's continued involvement in the Memphis-Shelby County Schools state takeover lawsuit.

Plus:

• Regional One's $1 billion hospital still has no funding plan
• The four-year hunt for a man accused of killing a 15-year-old girl
• Lowery's transition team delivers recommendations for Shelby County's future
• Barbecue fest is coming in 2027, but not SmokeSlam
• Memphis restaurants earn Michelin nods for a second year in a row
• Spending in the MSCS-takeover suit nears the county's limit
• Memphis tax abatement could pull an industrial user from DeSoto County

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