Morning Notes for Nov. 5: Public safety, City Hall

Weather alert

• Dense Fog Advisory: Dense Fog Advisory issued November 5 at 12:09AM CST until November 5 at 9:00AM CST by NWS Memphis TN * WHAT…Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog. * WHERE…Portions of East Arkansas, Southeast Missouri, and West Tennessee. * WHEN…Until 9 AM CST this morning. * IMPACTS…Low visibility (National Weather Service) Weather: Today: Areas of fog then sunny, 69°F. Tonight: Patchy fog, 51°F. Friday: Mostly sunny, 63°F. Friday Night: Partly cloudy, 43°F. (NWS forecast)

Public safety

• MPD Announces Nuisance Closures of Castalia Market and Save A Stop #2 (Memphis Police Department)
• 541 incidents reported in Memphis in the week to Nov. 5, 2026 Memphis Police Department public safety incidents (Memphis open data) lists 541 incident reports dated Oct. 30, 2026 to Nov. 5, 2026. Most common: Simple Assault (105), Dest/Dam/Va (Memphis Police Department public safety incidents (Memphis open data))
• Fatal Hit-and-Run: Brooks Road and Lakeview Road (Memphis Police Department)
• Two Arrested Following Investigation into Illegal Tire Dumping; Thousands of Tires Discovered at Additional Sites (Memphis Police Department)
• Aggravated Assault reported on the 4200 Block of Town Hall Ln, Austin Peay Memphis Police Department public safety incidents (Memphis open data): Aggravated Assault reported Nov. 3, 2026 on the 4200 Block of Town Hall Ln (Austin Peay). Records row only; s (Memphis Police Department public safety incidents (Memphis open data))

City Hall

• Memphis Animal Services Welcomes Dr. Mary Manspeaker as Full-Time Veterinarian MEMPHIS, Tenn., November 3, 2026. Memphis Animal Services (MAS) is pleased to announce the hiring of Dr. Mary Manspeaker, DVM, MS, as its new full-time veterinarian, beginning Nove (City of Memphis) Morning Notes is a daily digest of what Memphis’s public bodies published, linked to the original. Have something for tomorrow’s Notes? Send a news tip.