Category Archives: Memphis Morning News
LOCAL | MLGW Warns Bills Will Be Higher As A Result Of Winter Storm
According to MLGW, users of the Memphis utility company might be taken aback when they see their February bill. People are running heaters longer and harder to fight the cold as a result of the prolon...
Feb 05, 2026
LOCAL | County Commission To Select New Commissioner To Replace Edmund Ford Jr. On March 9
Following his plea agreement on tax evasion charges this week, Edmund Ford Jr. formally resigned from the Shelby County Commission. The commission officially acknowledged the departure on Wednesday an...
Feb 04, 2026
LOCAL | Residential Trash Pickups Still Suspended Due To Icy Road Conditions
On Wednesday, City Solid Waste collection operations will continue to be suspended .Team Waste, the city's third-party collection provider, will also continue to be suspended and follow the same timet...
Feb 04, 2026 Ice covers part of a sidewalk downtown. Jan. 10, 2023.
BREAKING | Memphis Grizzlies Trade Jaren Jackson Jr. To The Utah Jazz
ESPN has reported the Memphis Grizzlies are trading star forward Jaren Jackson Jr. to the Utah Jazz as part of a seven-player deal. Memphis will receive Walter Clayton Jr., Georges Niang, Taylor Hendr...
Feb 03, 2026
LOCAL | Edmund Ford Jr. Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion; Expected To Resign From County Commission
Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. pled guilty Monday to five counts connected to tax evasion. After entering a guilty plea, Ford Jr. is anticipated to resign from his position on the county c...
Feb 02, 2026
LOCAL | TDOT Reports 23 Total Weather Related Deaths In Tennessee; Six In Shelby County
The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) reports that the winter storm caused 23 weather-related deaths in Tennessee. Six of them took place in Shelby County, and one in Fayette. A complete list of th...
Feb 02, 2026 Ice covers part of a sidewalk downtown. Jan. 10, 2023.
LOCAL | 1 Thousand Generators Provided By Elon Musk To Be Distributed To Tippah County, MS
xAI, the AI company launched by Elon Musk that owns several data centers in the Memphis area, delivered 500 generators Monday to Tippah County, Mississippi. The Nashville area also received an additio...
Feb 02, 2026
LOCAL | MDOT: Too Early To Predict When I-22, I-55, & Highway 72 Will Be Clear
MDOT says it's too early to predict when all lanes will be cleared as workers continue to remove ice from I-22, I-55, and Highway 72. One of their major concerns is black ice forming on the roadways, ...
Jan 30, 2026 Cars driving on a highway are stuck in traffic because of a snow storm.
LOCAL | MPD Searching For Missing Teenage Boy Diagnosed With Autism
A 15-year-old child with autism went missing on Friday morning while the Mid-South was still recovering from a winter storm, and police are searching for him. Dawayne Darden left his Briarcrest Lane h...
Jan 30, 2026
LOCAL | Mayor Paul Young Extends State Of Emergency For Memphis
Following a severe winter storm that dumped snow and ice throughout the area last weekend, Mayor Paul Young signed an extension of the city's State of Emergency Declaration, which went into effect on ...
Jan 29, 2026
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