Also happening this week: Ford Jr. is supposed to get a trial date, and Tennessee tax-free weekend is coming.

Corey Adams was a freshman who signed with Ole Miss after helping lead his high school football team to a Louisiana state championship last season.

Also in our political roundup: Mick Wright says he won’t seek office in 2026. And a top administrator to Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert promises to run for office next year.

Even though the Memphis Police Department’s numbers point to a decrease in crime, some in the city are skeptical.

Roderick Richmond is one third of the way through his interim superintendent contract, which expires in July 2026. MSCS board members haven’t discussed how long his role will last. 

Middle schoolers and high school students got to explore computer science and coding during a three-day event at the University of Memphis.

The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory with the heat index expected to surpass 110 degrees Sunday.

In the early 2000s, DeAndre Brown was convicted of bank fraud, and cannot own a gun. Now, he’s suing in federal court, claiming a violation of Second Amendment rights. 

The pastor of The Blvd talked about the project on “Behind The Headlines,” with the CEO of Crosstown Concourse and the Meharry Medical College official who’s leading the Nashville college’s reach into Memphis.

The Young Mob gang allegedly “receives money and income from drug trafficking, kidnappings and robberies,” according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

This comes after both houses of Congress narrowly approved a measure this week that will “claw back” about $9 billion from the budgets for public broadcasting and foreign aid.

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How Memphis' two Congressmen voted on the $9B federal funding takeback

The D.C. Scorecard tracks the votes of U.S. Reps. Steve Cohen and David Kustoff in the Friday, July 18, final vote on the $9 billion spending-cut bill that the Senate approved Thursday.

The purchase indicates the artificial intelligence company’s continued investment in the MidSouth, which now spans state lines. 

Memphis fire union sues the city, a taste of Nashville comes to Germantown and a Grizz draft pick may be the new Grindfather.

Tennessee’s senators voted against amendments from Democrats that failed in the run-up to approval of $9 billion in federal-funding cuts to public television and the U.S. Agency for International Development programs.

The Memphis Fire Fighters Association has sued the City of Memphis over reneging the union’s planned 5% raise for the current fiscal year. 

All bets are off with gambling machines, Good Fortune has some good fortune and Herrington weighs in on the Bears of Summer.

A court ruling determined these coin-operated mechanisms seen in some local convenience stores are, in fact, slot machines.

Crosstown’s Todd Richardson reflects on the first time he met Clark Ortkiese, the cofounder of Crosstown Brewing Co. who recently died after a yearlong battle with cancer.

Adoption applications should be completed in advance, although walk-ins are accepted, officials said.

Environmental groups have appealed the Shelby County Health Department’s decisions to grant Elon Musk’s xAI an air emissions permit for 15 natural gas turbines. 

XAI exec says they’re doing something in Southaven, Ghanaian U of M students must pay or leave and Lakeland schools ditch Arlington. 

Another iconic Memphis store bites the dust. Why is this happening? And how should we feel about it?

“This is a complete case of abandonment of 185 students on scholarship,” said one student. “It’s a break of trust. It comes as a betrayal.”

The Lakeland school district will add its first-ever senior class this year.