— 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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— New Shelby County Clerk LaSonya Hall told county officials that a new backlog of unprocessed car titles and registration packets were waiting for her when she took over the position last week.

— Wahlburgers, the company co-founded by movie star Mark Wahlberg and his brother, executive chef Paul Wahlberg, has launched a new menu at its sole Tennessee location in the Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid.

— New hotel construction projects are on the horizon for Arlington and Lakeland, while in Millington, developers are eyeing potential growth.

— Lakeland officials are evaluating the use of Flock cameras.

— The restaurant chain Chili’s has pledged to donate $150 million over 15 years to St. Jude for a new clinical center.

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— A Sumatran tiger at the Memphis Zoo has given birth to twin female cubs.

— A Millington mobile-home park has sold for almost $16 million to a Maryland-based real estate firm.

— A pair of Memphis interior designers are opening a new space that they hope will become a resource center for the city’s design community.

— Policy researchers in Tennessee say if the state wants to achieve its economic goals, it will need a robust workforce.

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— John Doyle, the longtime executive director of the Memphis Rock and Soul Museum and the Memphis Music Hall of Fame, is stepping down at the end of the month.

— Research shows children who read regularly, especially for pleasure, do better in school, are more literate, and have stronger cognitive skills.

— On Saturday, University of Memphis football won its home opener against Arkansas State 42-24, with a sellout crowd of 45,632 fans in the newly renovated Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium.

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— As SpaceXAI expands its campus on the Memphis-Mississippi border, residents say noise pollution has become a major concern.

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— State Troopers played a supporting role in last Sunday’s ICE raid of a Memphis restaurant and bar, though officials have not so far acknowledged that the Tennessee Highway Patrol, The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, and ICE were working in conjunction.

— The National Civil Rights Museum announced the honorees for its 35th annual Freedom Awards.

— The Memphis Area Transit Authority unveiled 12 new city buses.

— A Downtown building that housed the Visible Music College at 200 Madison Avenue has sold for $2.7 million.

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— SpaceXAI is planning to build another data center in Southaven on land newly acquired from the city.

— Memphis’ Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library once again has working escalators, which were designed as the primary way of getting to the reference desk on the second floor.

— Senatobia, Mississippi’s police chief has been fired after a news outlet reported that he used – and bragged about using – racial slurs in private text messages.

— The Sierra Club of Tennessee says the Trump administration's decision to scrap $7.6 billion in clean energy grants across the US has impacted eight specific projects.

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— An effort by some Memphis City Council members to place a moratorium on new data centers faces new hurdles as legal questions and alternate proposals emerged at Tuesday’s meeting.

— Bass Pro Shops has confirmed it is closing its Macon Road location at the end of this month.

— Clean up from the August 22nd storms that caused 140,000 homes and business to lose power could cost taxpayers $18 million.

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— More than 100 people were detained in a major ICE raid overnight Saturday at a restaurant in the Berclair neighborhood.

— More than 20 small business owners want city leaders to oust the Memphis Safe Task Force.

— Shelby County Mayor Mickell Lowery, along with other newly elected leaders, was sworn in to office Monday.

— Space XAI said Monday that it had removed 11 natural gas turbines from its Southaven power plant that provides electricity to its Colossus II data center.

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— Gov. Bill Lee’s office stated that the Tennessee National Guard will remain in place in Memphis, which was announced after an autopsy found that troops shot Tyrin Johnson in the back.

— Shelby County government will appeal a recent court decision that awards legal fees to outgoing Clerk Wanda Halbert.

— Tennessee child advocates are sounding the alarm over efforts by the Trump administration to cut regulations for the federal Head Start program.

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— A new effort has begun to rename Nashville’s airport after the late country singer Dolly Parton.

— The official portrait of Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris was unveiled Thursday at the National Civil Rights Museum to close out his final week in office.

— The man killed by a National Guard member in Downtown Memphis in July was shot in the back, according to the official autopsy released from the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center.

— St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has filed a permit for expansion of a campus data center with an estimated cost of $41 million.

— The vacant former Holiday Inn near the Memphis Airport could get new life as a Fairfield Inn & Suites.

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— As of Wednesday evening, Memphis Light, Gas and Water had focused its power restoration efforts on the remaining 10,000 homes and businesses affected by last Saturday’s storm.

— Tennessee will receive more than $751 million from a settlement with Meta over online protections for children.

— Callers to Memphis 911 now can request services for mental health emergencies.

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— Fewer than 15,000 homes and businesses remain without power this morning, as MLGW continues to restore power lines and circuits damaged by Saturday’s storm.

— Shelby County officials say new Rapid DNA testing technology could dramatically shorten the time it takes local police to solve crimes.

— The county will be paying Shelby County Clerk’s legal fees after a years-long effort to oust her from office was officially dismissed.

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— Memphis Light, Gas and Water continues is work to restore power to homes and businesses affected by the August 22 storm.

— A majority of Memphis-Shelby County schools are back in session today, with only 18 closures due to continued outages.

— Eight of the thirteen members of the Shelby County Commission said their goodbyes to voters Monday as their terms of offices came to a close.

— The National Civil Rights Museum is throwing its influence behind voter registration and engagement ahead of the November 3 general elections.

— Mud Island’s new Baron Von Opperbean attraction had more than 10,000 ticketed visitors for its first 90 days in operation, with gross sales at more than $220,000.

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— More than 140,000 MLGW customers lost power during Saturday’s severe storm.

— Memphis-Shelby County Schools has closed all campuses due to more than 40 power outages.

— New restrictions on THC productions in Tennessee have cost the state $54 million in tax revenue.

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— 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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