Editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips discuss what fun can be had this weekend. There’s singing, there’s dancing and there’s backyard rabbitry. Just not all at the same time. 

Also, a cold front is coming, Hotel Pontotoc's bar will open soon, Tom Lee's house gets money for restoration, the MSCS interim leader will split the district into regions, conditions at the Shelby County jail continue to come under scrutiny and Germantown may adjust policies to fund Houston High's renovations. 

Today’s episode brings us to Bartlett where the last restaurant in a local chain has closed, but not without a little social media controversy. 

The Daily Memphian’s Mary Cashiola and Bartlett reporter Michael Waddell discuss how Goodwill wanted to open a drop-off center and specialty shop in a Baby Jack’s restaurant location and how it all went a little wrong. 

Plus, St. Jude runners began a 465-mile relay, Memphis-Shelby County Schools accepts a donation from xAI, an inmate has died at the Shelby County Jail, ASD schools' applications to become charters has been denied and the Memphis Police Department has named a new assistant chief. 

For years, the tallest building in Downtown Memphis — 100 N. Main — has stood vacant. 100 North Main LLC, which is redeveloping the building, bought it from the Downtown Mobility Authority last year, but actually broke ground on the project in 2023. Today, editorial director Mary Cashiola and CRE reporter Dima Amro discuss what’s happening with the $309 million redevelopment project and why it’s in “a pause.” 

Plus, Memphis plans for AutoZone Park renovation, an update in Sincere Parker's legal case, the County Commission postponed a vote for MSCS board changes, a former Kellogg facility has new ownership, Rowan will open its first store in Tennessee and Marie Feagins was pressed on claims in court.

After a strange turn of events in a high-profile, federal criminal trial, The Daily Memphian stepped into the case with a filing of its own. 

On this episode of the AM/DM podcast, editorial director Mary Cashiola and public safety reporter Aarron Fleming talk about the news site’s decision to try and get several documents unsealed in the federal case of the former Memphis Police officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols.

Also, Memphis Record Press is expanding, a hospitalized Bolton football player dies, Methodist enters a new partnership and it's a buyer's market for residential real estate in Memphis.

Editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips tee up the week ahead. School board seats may go back on the ballot soon, and the weekend brings plenty of back-to-school events. 

Plus, former mayor Bill Morris dies at 92, Lausanne begins a multi-phase campus transformation, TDOT helps Monarch butterflies, the Daily Memphian heads to court, BlueOval City plans to protect the aquifer, new sentencing dates have been set for former cops charged in the death of Tyre Nichols and the airport works to ease parking issues.

Editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips celebrate Fri-yay with their picks for the weekend. 

To start, there’s a big arena show, a food truck event and Tennessee’s tax-free weekend. 

Plus, The University of Memphis set a new fundraising record, County Commissioners considered cutting terms for MSCS board seats, the United Football League refutes claims that the Memphis Showboats are relocating, Barons expands into East Memphis and attorneys argue that a Feagins return to MSCS leadership would be short-lived.

Joe Caruso never made it to the Major Leagues as a player, but last week the Collierville man found himself on baseball’s biggest stage — throwing batting practice in the Home Run Derby to Oakland A’s slugger Brent Rooker.

The Daily Memphian’s Mary Cashiola talks to state sports writer of the year winner John Varlas about Caruso’s background, what he thought of the derby and a viral moment that saw Rooker losing his round by a single inch. 

Also, Baby Jack's closes in Bartlett, xAI's second data center will come online in weeks, Ezekiel Kelly gets a new trial date, and Marie Feagins makes her case.

When record-setting rains fell across Texas earlier this month, more than 120 people lost their lives in devastating flash floods.

Here in Memphis, we experienced our own torrential rainfall this spring — but with a very different outcome. On today’s episode: Why geography, soil and water systems mean a tragedy like what happened in Texas is unlikely to happen in Memphis, even though flooding is an issue. 

Plus, the City Council approves the Old Daisy lease, a new East Memphis restaurant will open on Poplar Avenue, we remember Ozzy Osbourne's wild Memphis night, a building at U of M is slated for renovation, Sincere Parker made his first court appearance, the deal to keep the Grizzlies won't be completed this summer and Porter-Leath takes over Head Start.

Who controls Beale Street?

That’s the question at the heart of a decades-long controversy and, today on The AM/DM podcast, Mary Cashiola talks to The Daily Memphian’s Bill Dries about how that question could be answered, once and for all. 

That is — if the Memphis City Council agrees.

Also, Edmund Ford Jr. gets a trial date, Memphis makes a $200 million proposal to join the Big 12, an Ole Miss football player was killed in a Cordova shooting, 100 N. Main developers pause project and crime is down in Memphis.

Editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips discuss the biggest news events of the week ahead. 

Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr., who is facing bribery and tax evasion charges, should get a trial date, and the Memphis City Council has a big decision to make on a decades-long lawsuit.

Plus, Cashiola confesses her love for Bluey. IYKYK. 

Also, Mayor Paul Young's newest cabinet members, MSCS Interim Superintendent Roderick Richmond is one third of the way through his contract, new Tigers player Sincere Parker was arrested, how Tennessee's two Republican senators voted on the clawback bill, FedEx's executive vice president steps down, Memphis Fire Firefighters Association sues the City of Memphis and The University of Memphis athletics departments sets a new fundraising record.