Memphis on the internet.
Homicide Capital?
Screenshots of FBI Director Kash Patel calling Memphis the “homicide capital of America” flew all over the MEMernet early this week. The remark came on Fox News Sunday, with Patel promising a task force to handle the situation.
The Trump administration isn’t known for accuracy. So we’re going to dig into the crime numbers. Watch memphisflyer.com this week for what we find.
Owls on HBO?
An eagle-eyed (or owl-eyed?) Redditor, u/unnamedban, spotted Delaney Buffett sporting a Memphis University School Owls T-shirt in a trailer for a new film, Adult Best Friends. Why? No one on Reddit was exactly sure.
’Cue Town
One town. Two barbecue festivals. Blue smoke rolled all over Memphis last weekend with the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest (left) and SmokeSlam (right).