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<strong>Grace White takes pictures from the new Memphis Flyway in Tom Lee Park on Friday, June 12, 2026.</strong> (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)Downtown

Flyway completes Tom Lee Park transformation

The 220-foot-long boardwalk two years in the making offers an elevated view of the Mississippi River just beyond the edge of Tom Lee Park.

By Bill Dries June 12, 2026
Premium Geoff Calkins

Calkins: The road to Graceland is an international embarrassment. We drove it to find out why.

Why is it taking nearly two decades to fix Elvis Presley Boulevard? I invited state Senator Raumesh Akbari to join me in my 2015 minivan for a drive-along. Here’s what I learned.

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State vows to speed up roadwork on Elvis Presley Boulevard

By Geoff Calkins June 12, 2026
City of Memphis

Redbirds, City Council tangle over AutoZone Park plans

The Memphis Redbirds reacted on Thursday, June 11, to the Memphis City Council’s pushback on paying $5 million for repairs and renovation planning to city-owned AutoZone Park. 

By Samuel Hardiman June 11, 2026
State Government

State vows to speed up roadwork on Elvis Presley Boulevard

TDOT Commissioner Will Reid and Mayor Paul Young met twice this week after a stormy public meeting in Whitehaven recently, where those involved in the joint project told residents it wouldn’t be completed until 2031.

By Bill Dries June 11, 2026

  • City of Memphis

    City Council questions need for AutoZone Park money

    The council delayed a vote Tuesday on financing changes to AutoZone Park for two weeks. The new funding will help the park meet Major League Baseball’s minimum standards for its minor league ballparks.

    By Bill Dries June 10, 2026
  • City of Memphis

    Funding for Audubon Park splash pad, clubhouse moves forward

    The Memphis City Council approved funding for a new splash pad, parking and tree planting at Audubon Park.

    By Samuel Hardiman June 11, 2026
  • City of Memphis

    A legacy of pride: Civil Rights Museum launches Bayard Rustin Institute to inspire ‘angelic troublemakers’

    As a gay man operating in a homophobic era, Bayard Rustin was often forced into the background of the Civil Rights Movement, despite his critical role as a trusted adviser to Martin Luther King Jr.

    By Brandon LaGrone II June 09, 2026
  • City of Memphis

    City of Memphis confident that SpaceX will finish water recycling plant

    SpaceX paused construction of the plant in April, which The Daily Memphian first reported.

    By Samuel Hardiman June 10, 2026
  • City of Memphis

    Tax season drumbeat grows louder at City Hall

    City Council members have some amendments to Mayor Paul Young’s budget, and they could move closer to closing out the budget season at Tuesday’s council day.

    By Samuel Hardiman, Bill Dries June 08, 2026
  • City of Memphis

    Memphis advisory board finalizes 11 community priorities for $3 million AI fund

    The board’s recommendations — which still need to pass the City Council — include a $1 million allocation for a pre-weatherization assistance program to help residents with critical home repairs, mold remediation and indoor air quality improvements.

    By Brandon LaGrone II June 05, 2026
  • City of Memphis

    Connecting the new housing dots and vacant lots in North Memphis neighborhood

    Working a few lots at a time with different developers, the City of Memphis is beginning to connect the vacant lots in North Memphis neighborhood to form a pattern of redevelopment.

    By Bill Dries June 05, 2026
  • City of Memphis

    Renovated Bickford Aquatic Center makes a splash

    The renovated Bickford Aquatic Center opened Thursday, June 4, in North Memphis just in time for summer.

    By Bill Dries June 05, 2026
  • Neighborhoods

    ‘If this were Poplar Avenue, … this would have been completed years ago’

    A standing-room only crowd in Whitehaven heard that the Elvis Presley Boulevard project, begun in 2013, may last another five years.

    By Bill Dries June 03, 2026
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    Memphis council chair warned her behavior could violate city charter

    Memphis City Council Chairwoman Jana Swearengen-Washington has been accused of using her position to benefit her niece, who worked in the city’s IT department.

    By Samuel Hardiman May 29, 2026
  • Metro

    What could the 2026 hurricane season look like?

    And what possible effects can we expect to see in the Mid-South?

    By MemphisWeather.net May 27, 2026
  • City of Memphis

    City Council lets impasse ordinance veto stand. Now the rewrite begins.

    An ad hoc group will now work on another rewrite to overhaul the 48-year-old procedure for resolving impasses between the city administration and labor unions.

    By Bill Dries May 27, 2026
  • City of Memphis

    Sexton adds to McNally’s takeover appointees, taps education-policy leader

    Lt. Gov. McNally selected a former MSCS board member and a local attorney for the school takeover board. House Speaker Sexton tapped the leader of a Nashville-based education-policy group to the board. 

    By Laura Testino May 26, 2026
  • Shelby County

    The AM/DM podcast: Setting up the short week

    With Memorial Day now behind us, you might think we’ve started summer. But not yet. 

    By Mary Cashiola May 26, 2026
  • City of Memphis

    The City Council’s impasse over the city impasse procedure

    At its Tuesday, May 26 session, the City Council will also take up a hotel surcharge for the Hyatt Centric at Beale Street and Riverside Drive, along with a name change for part of Alston Avenue.

    By Bill Dries May 26, 2026
  • Public Safety

    MPD officer cited for Saturday crash that sent three to hospital

    MPD said the officer had just received a suspicious vehicle call. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 25, 2026
  • Downtown

    Storybook trail opens at Tom Lee Park

    Just in time for summer break, Memphis River Parks Partnership and Literacy Mid-South officially unveiled the city’s first free public storybook trail.

    By Brandon LaGrone II May 22, 2026
  • State Government

    Here’s who Gov. Lee tapped for Memphis schools takeover board

    Among Gov. Lee’s five appointments to a Memphis schools takeover board are a former Memphis superintendent and former president of the Memphis Chamber.

    By Laura Testino May 22, 2026
  • City of Memphis

    Rhyme and reason: City of Memphis inducts inaugural poet laureate

    Attendees gathered at Downtown’s Cossitt Library to honor the three finalists for the poet laureate role.

    By Brandon LaGrone II May 22, 2026
  • City of Memphis

    Former MATA CEO files wrongful termination lawsuit

    Bacarra Mauldin is alleging “wrongful termination, unpaid wages and tortious interference,” according to the case docket in Shelby County Chancery Court.

    By Steve Bohnel May 20, 2026
  • South Memphis

    Splash course: Whitehaven YMCA’s public pool opens with promise of free swim lessons

    The Robertson Family Aquatic Center opens with a promise of a place to cool down this summer and a mission to prevent drownings among youths. 

    By Brandon LaGrone II May 19, 2026
  • Elections

    The AM/DM podcast: After 20 years holding federal office, Cohen drops out

    Longtime political reporter Bill Dries joins us today to talk about U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen’s legacy and how the three congressional races are shaping up. 

    By Mary Cashiola May 19, 2026
  • City of Memphis

    DA releases footage of police spraying protesters, fellow officers during No Kings march

    The nearly 9 minutes of footage is from the body camera of one of the MPD officers who used pepper spray on No Kings marchers.

    By Bill Dries May 18, 2026
  • City of Memphis

    The AM/DM podcast: A week for Hope?

    As we prepare to go into our new work week, it’s with summer on our minds. 

    By Mary Cashiola May 18, 2026
  • City of Memphis

    National Civil Rights Museum opens $55M ‘Legacy Experience’

    NCRM officially unveiled its $55 million renovation of the former boarding house where James Earl Ray fired the shot that killed Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968.

    By Jody Callahan May 21, 2026

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