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Memphis Fire Department hosting Halloween trick-or-treating at participating fire stations
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Fire Department (MFD) is inviting families to celebrate Halloween with firefighters Saturday night. The department is hosting a citywide trick-or-treating event at participating fire stations on Saturday, Oct. 31, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. According to a Facebook post from MFD, families are...
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Memphis Is Building Venture-Backable Startups Around Its Biggest Industries: Logistics, MedTech...and Music
MEMPHIS, October 30 (Hypepotamus) - Memphis has a metro population of about 1.34 million, but its businesses help move the world’s packages and supply its operating rooms. That industrial base is turning into a hub for new startups, with founders drawing in corporate experience in town. Founders are building software to track damaged freight, help providers monitor patients, and streamline specialized legal work.
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In newly drawn district Black voters may get representative who undermined their interests for years
An attendee confronts Tennessee State Sen. Brent Taylor, center left, during a public comment meeting hosted by the Shelby County Health Department at Fairley High School on xAI’s permit application to use gas turbines for a new data center in Memphis, TN on April 25, 2025. (Photo by Brandon Dill for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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State of Downtown report details Memphis development in city core
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The Downtown Memphis Commission (DMC) released its annual State of Downtown report on Monday, with figures on development, jobs, office vacancies and crime. Downtown Memphis is home to 24,000 people, including Tylor Nelson, a school teacher who moved to the 38103 ZIP code two years ago.
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Bordello, bathhouse, Elvis lore. Memphis hotel has stories to tell
There is something fitting about a bar called The Dame opening its doors inside a building that has spent more than a century collecting stories. At 69 E. Pontotoc Ave., just off South Main Street in Downtown Memphis, the Hotel Pontotoc has never been an ordinary address. Built in 1906, the historic building has passed through a colorful succession of identities, including a bordello, a Turkish bathhouse and a nightclub. It also carries a particularly intriguing piece of Memphis lore: the rumor that Elvis Presley lost his virginity there in 1953. Naturally, this is the first question we asked the hotel and bar owner Joey Lewis. “That’s what I hear,” he said, with a laugh. “Dan Rather even reported on it once. You can find it on YouTube." DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS: State of Downtown talk highlights growth, upcoming projects in Memphis A building with a colorful past For the 42 years leading up to Lewis' plans for the property, the building had served as a private residence, with a family living there for decades. It was during this period, a few years back, that Lewis began imagining what the old building could become: his own boutique hotel and bar. First, there
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xAI Is Offering to Buy Out a Mississippi Neighborhood – If Residents Agree Not to Sue Over Noise
An subsidiary has reportedly approached homeowners in Southaven, Mississippi's Colonial Hills neighborhood with offers to purchase their properties, conditioned on releasing potential legal claims tied to a nearby power plant. The offer letter, reproduced by FOX13 Memphis, requires sellers to release "all claims related to the lawsuit," according to that report.
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Memphis pastor offers opportunity for disenfranchised voters to discuss issues
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Ahead of election day, one Memphis pastor is making sure a certain demographic is in on the conversation about candidates and important matters on the ballot. Reverend Earle Fisher is opening up his church to young and old Black men who feel as though their vote has never mattered.
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Mom to Mom: From heartbreak to hope, Forrest Spence Fund helps thousands of Tennessee families
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. For one Memphis mother, losing her newborn son changed her life forever. From that heartbreak came a mission to help other families in their darkest days. From that heartbreak came the Forrest Spence Fund — a nonprofit created...
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Cooper-Young Halloween trail features 14 decorated homes
Halloween is just days away, and one Memphis neighborhood is getting into the spooky spirit with a festive display of decorated homes. The Cooper-Young neighborhood is celebrating the season with its Cooper-Young Spooky House Route, featuring 14 homes decorated for Halloween across multiple streets in the historic Midtown community. Each...
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Memphis-Shelby County Schools graduation rate hits 7-year high
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis-Shelby County Schools is celebrating the district’s highest graduation rate in seven years. On Thursday, MSCS said the graduation rate rose to 85.4% for the 2025–26 school year. The rate increased 1% from 84.4% in 2024–25 and 7.7% from 77.7% in 2020, MSCS said. The seven- year series compares annual results for […]