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A very local holiday anchors this week but there's plenty of other happenings coming up. Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips is here today and we set up the week.

Plus:

• The daycare owner in a bus death runs 6 other Memphis-area centers
• 5C Group is turning old Fred's real estate into new tech
• Comedy pops up at Flyway Brewing
• Lee Harris exits county government with a new job at Ole Miss
• An autopsy reveals that a man killed by the National Guard was shot in the back
• Grinder, Taber & Grinder is expanding its East Memphis HQ
• 6 disabled MSCS students land internships at Memphis' Amazon center

It's a weekend for nostalgia. Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips is here to talk about all the fun.

Plus:

• Flip Side now has liquor
• St. Jude plans a $41M data center expansion
• A local nonprofit gets $2M for suicide prevention
• A former airport-area Holiday Inn will be renovated and reopened

Poplar Avenue and Highland Street has been a landmark corner for years, in part due to Poplar Plaza's second-floor exterior facade. Now the owners of Poplar Plaza are taking a new strategy with leasing for the shopping center, something they are calling dwell time.

Commercial real estate reporter Andy Ashby is here to talk about what exactly they are trying to do and why.

Plus:

• Meta reaches a $17B settlement with states in a landmark trial over teen social media addiction
• The University of Memphis establishes an institute for articifial intelligence and the law
• The second ouster attempt of Wanda Halbert is near dismissal
• DNA results from crime scenes could soon be returned in as little as 90 minutes in Shelby County
• Some local restaurants lose $20K due to power outages
• Houston High and Germantown Athletic Club updates secure money

More than two weeks ago, then-Collierville Fire Chief John Selberg was placed on administrative leave. Fire department staffers were told of the change by assistant fire chief Mark Carter, who was appointed interim chief. But details were scant.

Suburbs reporter Abigail Warren has been following this story for us, and today she's here to talk about what might happen now.

Plus:

• Chick-fil-A is a step closer to a new restaurant
• The County Commission ends the term with a cap on school-takeover legal fees
• Kustoff agrees to co-sponsor a breast cancer bill
• A medical examiner's report says Brandon Clarke may have had a history of drug use and stints in rehab
• Legal fees mount in the MSCS takeover lawsuit

Two weeks ago, a non-verbal autistic first grader died after being left in a Cordova daycare van. Kid University was supposed to drop six-year-old Winter Jones off at Macon-Hall Elementary for school that morning. Instead, she was found hours later and rushed to an area hospital, but she did not survive.

Today, longtime reporter Jody Callahan is here to talk about Jones' death and the processes the state has put in place to keep kids safe.

Plus:

• Selberg says retirement came as a shock
• National Civil Rights Museum launches voter turnout push
• A $10 million renovation is planned for the Millington Family YMCA
• Baron Von Opperbean weathers HVAC problems to draw more than 10k people
• The TVA Board of Directors approves a new rate class for data centers

The University of Memphis football team will play its season opener Saturday against UNLV. But, before that, eight of the 13 Shelby County Commissioners will have their last meeting before rolling off the board. Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips is here today as we talk about all of that and tee up the week.

Plus:

• Saturday's storm wreaked havoc on the MLGW system
• A Cordova shopping center sells with plans to add to the neighborhood's growing Asian hub
• Poplar Plaza is looking for people who want to hang out
• A 3-day Memphis Jazz Festival is coming this fall
• A new sports store located in the 'mecca of baseball' hopes to cash in
• Fogelman Properties adds to its Texas holdings
• Brookhaven Pub & Grill reveals a facelift

If it's Friday, it's time to tune in for chitchat about local Memphis events. Bianca Phillips is here to talk all about it.

Plus:

• The Wolf River Greenway could be completed in 2031
• Local medical providers say new federal vaccine guidelines won't change missions
• Ramblin' Joe's expands to Germantown

Earlier this week, Malco Theatres quietly announced that it would soon offer haptic and motion seats to two area theaters. Today, The Daily Memphian's arts and culture editor Elle Perry is here to talk about this moving development.

Plus:

• A corrections deputy is found guilty in Gershun Freeman's death
• Data centers could soon pay the full cost of power infrastructure
• A piece of the Grizzlies funding moves forward
• St. Jude announces a new CEO
• Olive Branch restricts data centers
• A council committee passes a data center pause

When Tennessee voters go to the polls during the primaries, they are asked which ballot they want: Republican, Democrat or general. That is the moment they declare their political party, not when they register to vote. Which means, hypothetically, Tennessee voters can declare a different political party during every primary election, should they want to do so.

But Tennessee gubernatorial candidate Marsha Blackburn recently tweeted, in all caps no less, that the state should close its primaries, forcing voters to choose their affiliation when they register. Bill Dries joins us today to talk about what it's all about as well as some of the political strategy that can come into crossover voting.

Plus:

• A father is arrested after a 5-year-old accidentally kills himself
• A childcare center where staff failures led to a 6-year-old girl's death permanently closes
• A run of bad luck hits Biscuits & Jams
• Maru Handroll is going next level
• Homicides are down 44.5% in Memphis as the police chief credits new strategies
• An owner files to evict a disruptive Midtown tenant

In early July, the new director of the Memphis Public Libraries announced the City of Memphis' library system would no longer partner with Friends of the Library, a local fundraising group. Business reporter Noah McLane joins us today to talk about how the 60-year partnership came undone.

Plus:

• Four Memphis attorneys are nominated for two new Criminal Court judicial positions
• Motion pictures are getting motion seating
• Baptist buys an East Memphis hotel
• Raymond James seeks $13M from the former landlord
• Governor Lee and elected officials attend the Veterans Village grand opening in Memphis