If there's one thing happening this weekend, it's food. More specifically, it's a bunch of food festivals. Today, digital producer Kelsey Bowen joins us to talk about what looks, and sounds, good.

Plus:

• Tennessee will expand the voucher program
• Hardaway hires Missouri assistant coach to Memphis' staff
• A transgender health care tracking bill passes the Senate
• A Lakeland board recommends a pay hike for elected officials
• A coalition urges tax hikes to fund social programs
• The Downtown Longshot space could be filled by a new cocktail bar

For the past three years, the civil suit brought by Tyre Nichols' family against the City of Memphis has wound its way through the court system. The trial is currently scheduled for November, and this week, the attorneys for the City of Memphis released new court documents including a list of potential witnesses and experts who could be called to testify.

Sam Hardiman joins us in the studio to talk about what the documents could mean for the case. We'll also talk briefly about xAI's paused water reclamation project.

Plus:

• A new FedEx St. Jude Championship leader has been appointed
• City Council wants answers on 'No Kings' march violence
• Caissa K12 is expanding at Clark Tower
• The new Audubon clubhouse is ready to tee off

Earlier this month, Memphis Grizzlies player Brandon Clarke was arrested in Arkansas for trafficking an illegal substance. Clarke's arrest was due, in part, to a natural botanical that originates from Southeast Asia and can either be a sedative or a stimulant, depending on the dosage. It's been illegal in Arkansas since 2016 but it is still legal in Tennessee. For now.

Joining us today is state house reporter Noah McLane to tell us all about kratom: What it is, where you get it, what the Tennessee General Assembly is considering doing about it and even how to say it.

Plus:

• A man charged with attempting to kidnap the mayor enters a plea
• Big Bad Breakfast is opening in Cooper-Young
• A historic building where Elvis trained in martial arts hits the market
• Mayor Lee Harris backs Harold Collins
• A more specific plan for a new jail and justice center could be on the horizon
• The Farm Table is opening Downtown
• Reams of new evidence are to be introduced in the Nichols' civil case

A historic Front Street property. An unleaseable shopping center. A signature Midtown music venue. Those are some of the buildings that have recently been sold or are currently for sale.

Today, commercial real estate reporter Andy Ashby is here to tell us not only what's going on with those transactions, but what makes commercial real estate such a fun and interesting beat.

Plus:

• Germantown invests in new snowlplow equipment
• FedEx begins the search for a new CFO
• FedEx pilots reach a tentative agreement with the company
• Townsend says his leave was his decision while a Memphis Chamber email suggests otherwise
• Lakeland passes new ordinances restricting smoking and vaping
• Ford revs up investment in West Tennessee communities

This week begins with a public question: How should AI-related property-tax revenue be spent? The Memphis City Council is asking citizens to weigh in Monday, April 13. There's also a Shelby County Commission meeting, a luncheon to celebrate Girls Inc. of Memphis turning 80, a fundraising gala for LeMoyne-Owen College and an award ceremony for realtors. Plus, the start of early voting and our first opportunity to see the new Memphis Tigers football team at work.

Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips joins us today to talk about another very busy week.

Plus:

• David Porter releases a new book
• Two more mass shooting victims file $15M lawsuits against Youth Villages
• Prince Mongo sells a historic Front Street building for $1.25 million
• Tigers will wear FedEx sponsorhip jersey patches
• Elon Musk gives a timeline on the water recycling plant

It's time to get your counter-culture on.

Some of the highlights this weekend include Tattoo Fest at Graceland Exhibition Center (with more than 200 tattoo artists from around the country), the Spirit Fest Metaphysical, Holistic, & Crystal Expo, a music festival featuring only tribute bands and a Shelby County "Star Trek" day celebration.

Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips joins us today to talk about all those events and more.

Plus:

• DeSoto County district attorney highlights plunging crime rates and stiff penalties at a chamber luncheon
• The Second Line reopens in Laurelwood
• A former office space will become a creative space for charter school kids
• The xAI water recycling plant is on an indefinite pause

For more than a decade, the City of Memphis has tried to quell gun violence by talking to potential perpetrators and intervening with them before they might make life-altering choices.

How does the city do it? Using several nonprofits and people, mostly men, called "violence interrupters." The nonprofits identify people deemed to be at risk of perpetrating violence — because they are connected either to a known shooter or a shooting victim — and the mentors try to help them stay on a good path.

But now the city is doubling down. And it's doing so at a time when, potentially, it could seize some of the momentum of the Memphis Safe Task Force to impact crime in a long-term, meaningful way.

Joining us today to discuss is enterprise reporter Samuel Hardiman.

Plus:

• An audit clears the county clerk's finances but still cites reporting problems
• FedEx Freight unveils a strategy as it goes public June 1
• Indie Memphis finds a new artistic director
• Little Diggers brings Bahama sands to East Memphis
• Grind City Amp's grand opening kicks off with a free concert
• A local investor sees value in an 'unleaseable' shopping center

In November of last year, two DeSoto County teenagers were in danger after their SUV crashed and went into a ravine. It had been raining, and the water in the ravine was moving fast.

But the girls were lucky because one of the people who witnessed the accident was Johnathon Bigham. And Captain Bigham is the leader of DeSoto County Search & Rescue, a group of about 34 volunteers who get called to help with emergencies.

Though he didn't have any equipment or team members with him, Bigham sprang into action, saving the girls in what was DeSoto County's third water rescue that year.

North Mississippi reporter Brandon LaGrone II recently wrote a story about the team and the changes Bigham has instituted to make it more effective. LeGrone joins us today to talk about it.

Plus:

• Pooh Shiesty's detention hearing is set in Texas
• The Memphis Safe Task Force accountability act clears the Tennessee House
• The new trial appeal in the Nichols' case is still pending
• MSCS sets the 2026-2027 academic calendar
• A judge alleges that $1.6B in child support is held up due to a third-party vendor
• GXO closes their Southaven warehouse as xAI moves in
• Memphis has reorganized its gun violence program
• MSCS advances its improvement plan

Among a city of talented musicians, the Whalums stand out.

Kirk Whalum is a Grammy Award-winning saxophonist whose achievements include soloing on Whitney Houston's smash hit, "I Will Always Love You." Wendell Whalum was a respected organist, musicologist, composer, and longtime director of the Morehouse College Glee Club. Hugh "Peanuts" Whalum was a jazz saxophonist, singer and pianist who toured with Nat King Cole. Thelma Whalum was a classically trained pianist who played the organ at Metropolitan Baptist Church for nearly 50 years.

But today's story isn't about those Whalums. It's about Kenneth III, Kortland, Kameron and Kyle, a group of brothers and cousins. Three out of the four of them performed — though not together — at the most recent Grammy Awards.

Today, John Klyce joins us to tell us about each of these individual musicians and what their work means to their family.

Plus:

• Suburban leaders and residents want more restrictions on solar
• Local medical leaders hope to fix a future physician shortage
• Solar panel storage helps power the industrial market
• Germantown aims to spend $27 million on safety, streets and schools

It's a busy week, and it starts with your last opportunity to register to vote before the Shelby County primaries on Tuesday, May 5. And there's a celebration in honor of those who have helped Midtown stay Midtown. Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips is here to talk about it all and get us prepared for the week ahead.

Plus:

• Grizzlies star Ja Morant's home is for sale
• A triple shooting Downtown leaves 2 in critical condition
• When disaster strikes, hard-working people get paid nothing to answer the call in DeSoto County
• Blue Honey Bistro owners are to open an East Memphis restaurant
• Brandon Clarke has been released from jail after an alleged high-speed chase and arrest
• Penny Hardaway hires a general manager
• The woman accused of killing a pastor is 'on notice' for an alleged bond violation