City Council Approves Long-Delayed Overhaul of Downtown Transit Corridor
A closer look at the numbers behind the headline, and at the people in Berclair who have heard a version of this promise before.
By Hannah Pike · September 15, 2026
Memphis
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Dispatches from the neighborhoods, city hall and streets of Memphis.
15 stories in this section
Frayser Residents Press MLGW Over Repeated Summer Outages
Records, interviews and public filings reviewed by The Memphis Press trace how this reached Frayser — and what still has…
Nathaniel Frey · 3 min read
New Riverfront Plan Would Reopen Cobblestone Landing to the Public
Records, interviews and public filings reviewed by The Memphis Press trace how this reached Raleigh — and what still has…
Nathaniel Frey · 3 min read
Shelby County Schools Adds Literacy Coaches at Twenty Elementary Campuses
Shelby County Schools Adds Literacy Coaches at Twenty Elementary Campuses — a development residents in the Medical Distr…
Marcus Whitfield · 3 min read
Orange Mound Land Trust Buys Its First Block of Vacant Houses
A closer look at the numbers behind the headline, and at the people in Whitehaven who have heard a version of this promi…
Hannah Pike · 3 min read
Police Department Releases Data Behind Its Redrawn Patrol Districts
Police Department Releases Data Behind Its Redrawn Patrol Districts — a development residents in Frayser have followed f…
Elijah Sandoval · 3 min read
Memphis Area Transit Authority Restores Weekend Service on Three Routes
Memphis Area Transit Authority Restores Weekend Service on Three Routes — a development residents in the Medical Distric…
Marcus Whitfield · 3 min read
Wolf River Conservancy Completes Missing Link in the Greenway
Officials, organizers and neighbors in Binghampton give sharply different accounts of what "wolf river conservancy compl…
Simone Barrow · 3 min read
Binghampton Clinic Becomes a Lifeline as Rural Hospitals Close
Officials, organizers and neighbors in Whitehaven give sharply different accounts of what "binghampton clinic becomes a …
Ruth Ann Mercer · 3 min read
Storm Recovery Crews Still Working Two Weeks After the Derecho
Officials, organizers and neighbors in Midtown give sharply different accounts of what "storm recovery crews still worki…
Ruth Ann Mercer · 3 min read
Whitehaven Library Reopens After a Community-Funded Renovation
Whitehaven Library Reopens After a Community-Funded Renovation — a development residents in Frayser have followed for mo…
Walter Deane · 3 min read
Mayor's Blight Task Force Reports 1,400 Properties Cleared This Year
Records, interviews and public filings reviewed by The Memphis Press trace how this reached Frayser — and what still has…
Nathaniel Frey · 3 min read
South Memphis Grocery Cooperative Opens After Six Years of Organizing
South Memphis Grocery Cooperative Opens After Six Years of Organizing — a development residents in South Memphis have fo…
Walter Deane · 3 min read
County Commission Debates the Future of the Former Fairgrounds Site
A closer look at the numbers behind the headline, and at the people in Berclair who have heard a version of this promise…
Adrienne Colvin · 3 min read
Volunteers Map Every Shade Tree in Midtown to Fight Summer Heat
Volunteers Map Every Shade Tree in Midtown to Fight Summer Heat — a development residents in Orange Mound have followed …
Elijah Sandoval · 3 min read