— The Tennessee Valley Authority is raising electricity rates for data center operators.

— The Wolf River Greenway, a sprawling bike and pedestrian path stretching from Mud Island to Shelby Farms, is scheduled to be completed with the next five years.

— Earlier this month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order setting new guidelines and recommendations on childhood vaccines.

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— Kid University, a Cordova Childcare center where a 6-year-old girl died after being left on a hot school bus, has permanently closed.

— It’s been over a month since 18-year-old Nolan Wells was found dead off the Mississippi Coast on Horn Island and the NAACP is joining the call for more transparency.

— Chez Philippe, the fine dining restaurant inside the Peabody Hotel, was ranked No. 3 Best Hotel Restaurant in the country by USA Today’s Readers' Choice Awards.

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— A proposed moratorium on new data centers in the city passed its first reading at Tuesday’s Memphis City Council Meeting.

— In Olive Branch, city officials finally agreed on the language in its data center restrictions.

— Issues facing Tennessee voters in the upcoming November election include affordability.

— St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has named Charles, W.M. Roberts as the new president and CEO.

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— Memphis Police Chief CJ Davis says the city’s overall crime rate is poised to reach a 25-year low.

— Raymond James and Associates has filed a lien against the Downtown office tower that used to bear its name.

— The popular East Memphis burger joint, Belmont Grill, has announced it's closing after 42 years on August 29.

— Malco Theatres said it is bringing a new haptic technology to movie fans in Memphis that will allow viewers to physically experience the movies.

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— This week, the Memphis City Council will begin discussions on a new moratorium on data center developments in Shelby County.

— Mississippi has joined other states in congressional redistricting to lock in a Republican majority in the US house.

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— On Saturday night, Graceland marks the eve of Elvis Presley’s passing, though Elvis fans should expect a high temperature of 101 degrees.

— The University of Tennessee Health Sciences is getting a jump-start on its new College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building, thanks to a $5 million donation by the First Horizon Foundation.

— Christian Brothers University will receive $6.2 million from businessman and philanthropist Bob McEniry.

— Kevin Sharp, longtime director of the Dixon Gallery and Gardens, has announced his retirement after 19 years.

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— The two National Guard members involved in a July 5 killing in Downtown Memphis were not old enough to meet the legal age requirements of being a police officer in Tennessee, the Commercial Appeal reports.

— Shelby County Commissioner Erika Sugarmon made a brief court appearance this week on charges of misdemeanor vandalism.

— Collierville broke ground on a $12 million library expansion Wednesday, a project that will bring the Lucius E. and Elsie C. Burch Jr Library up to 49,000 square feet.

— Four Memphians have been named finalists for the 2026 Tennessee Book Awards, a honor now in its third year bestowed by Humanities Tennessee.

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— Memphis International Airport was officially renamed after the late FedEx founder Frederick W. Smith.

— Robert Hodges, a Memphis eccentric known as Prince Mongo and a frequent political candidate, has died at 89.

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— The Shelby County Commission is sending another nonbinding resolution to County Mayor Lee Harris regarding the county jail.

— On Monday, the commission gave final approval to the Memphis-Shelby County Schools budget of $1.8 billion.

— A group of Tennessee doctors and faith leaders is asking Governor Bill Lee to pause the Thursday execution of Anthony Darrell Hines.

— Shelby County Commissioner Erika Sugarmon has been charged with five counts of vandalism related to an incident that occurred in April.

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— Regional One and Shelby County leaders recently unveiled a highly anticipated rendering of the new, roughly $1 billion Regional One Hospital at 495 Union Avenue, the site of the old Commercial Appeal building.

— SpaceXAI and the Ohio-based contractors that worked on its Memphis and Mississippi data centers are now in litigation.

— A local group is moving forward with plans for a $25 million mixed-use development in East Memphis.

— This year’s Cooper-Young Festival is set for September 19.

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