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— Visitor spending in Shelby County dropped slightly in 2025 over the previous year.

— A federal judge in Nashville has ruled that the Tennessee Highway Patrol can keep working with federal immigration authorities while a constitutional case moves forward.

— First Presbyterian, Memphis’ second oldest church building, is now for sale.

— AutoZone executives say higher inflation and higher gas prices have dampened sales for much of the fourth quarter, though earnings were up 11.4% over the same quarter in last year.

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— Two Ole Miss Students were found dead in separate incidents on Monday.

— Newly elected Shelby County Clerk La Sonya Hall said Tuesday that her office is about halfway through a backlog of thousands of car titles and vehicle registrations left by former clerk Wanda Halbert.

— A University of Memphis professor was awarded a $125,000 research grant by the Memphis Area Transit Authority to study the system’s asset management.

— Two Memphians have been selected to sit on the newly created Tennessee Music Advisory Council: DeMarcus Suggs, director of creative and cultural economy for the City of Memphis, and Elizabeth Cawein, founder and executive director of Music Export Memphis.

— In Mississippi, a grand jury found there was not enough credible evidence to indict anyone in the death of Nolan Wells, a teenager found dead off the Mississippi coast last July.

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— A lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union challenging the Memphis Safe Task Force’s use of Tennessee’s so-called Halo Law will be heard in federal court.

— SpaceXAI is hiring more than 100 people at its Memphis and Southaven facilities.

— Hernandez Govan, a man acquitted in the murder of rapper Young Dolph last June, now faces up to two years in prison on charges stemming from a domestic incident.

— A Memphis woman, Maria Zoccola, has won the 2026 Tennessee Book Award for her book of poetry, Helen of Troy, 1993: Poems.

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— As Memphis Mayor Paul Young looks ahead at next year’s reelection campaign, he is also facing growing criticism over his stance on Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI.

— September is Asthma Peak Month, and health officials say extreme heat can make symptoms worse for people with asthma.

— The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art will have free admission all this week as the institution plans to permanently close the historic Overton Park building.

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— As Memphis enters its season of fall festivals and outdoor events, some of the highest temperatures of the summer remain.

— Enrollment at Memphis-Shelby County Schools continues to decline, part of a decade-long decrease in the number of students.

— The District 93 house seat occupied by the late GA Hardaway will be determined by a write-in ballot in November.

— Hernando’s Board of Aldermen plans to use artificial intelligence at city hall.

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— A class action lawsuit filed on behalf of detainees at 201 Poplar alleges that people held at the county’s criminal justice center face “life-threatening and unconstitutional conditions.”

— The three former daycare workers charged in the death of 6-year-old Winter Jones pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Shelby County Criminal Court.

— Tennesseans are being encouraged to register and vote in November’s midterm elections, though some voters with disabilities may face barriers when casting a ballot.

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— Two Memphis City Council Members will be asking the Memphis Safe Task Force to leave the city by next month.

— A city council vote to ban new data centers in Memphis for a year was moved to October 6.

— Tennessee lawmakers may fully fund the local cost of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library as part of the state’s budget in 2027.

— FedEx has reclassified dozens of ZIP codes across the Mid-South, raising delivery surcharges for many rural areas.

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— An effort to rename the Nashville airport to honor late country music legend Dolly Parton moved forward Friday with a 6-0 vote of approval by the Metro Nashville Airport Authority.

— A federal court has scheduled oral arguments over the legality of the state takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools for September 24.

— Interim State Rep. TJ Hardaway is no longer running as a write-in candidate to fill his late father’s District 93 seat.

— The Memphis City Council will consider multiple data center regulation proposals during Tuesday’s committee meetings.

— Though the popular Belmont Grill in East Memphis closed last month, the building has a new owner.

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— Shelby County Sheriff Anthony Buckner says a new county jail complex could be built in phases over multiple years, rather than all at once.

— A federal judge has once again delayed sentencing for former Shelby County commissioner Edmund Ford Jr., who pleaded guilty to five counts of federal tax evasion last February.

— Three people were indicted Friday in the death of Winter Jones, a 6-year-old with learning disabilities who was left in a hot daycare van.

— As artificial intelligence chatbots become more popular, advocates for teens and young adults are concerned about a growing trend where young people are using them for advice instead of reaching out to friends or family.

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— A federal court has ruled that the Tennessee Valley Authority broke the law when moving forward with new a gas plant near Knoxville.

— Newly elected Shelby County Commissioner Will Richardson was arrested and jailed Wednesday, which was his first day on the job.

— Memphis Mayor Paul Young has paused a plan to extend Paul R. Lowry Road, which has been in the planning since 2017.

— Memphis wresting hall-of-famer Superstar Bill Dundee has died at age 82.

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