Journalist sues city for MPD bodycam footage
Lawsuit claims city “improperly denied” reporter access to decisive bodycam recordings
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David Waters is Distinguished Journalist in Residence and assistant director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis.
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Lawsuit claims city “improperly denied” reporter access to decisive bodycam recordings
SCS board members, teachers raise questions, concerns about cost, value of consultant Donyall Dickey’s new and expanding “Integrated Approach” literacy plan.
Toni Woods feels safer after second dose, but she knows her patients and her mother still need her to keep working, avoid risk.
Le Bonheur, U of M team up to provide free mental health counseling to kids treated for acute trauma.
Revenue lost in Memphis in May, Elvis Week cancellations compound hotel’s COVID-19 problems.
Dozens of sites with varying procedures and requirements test public’s willingness, ability to get tested for COVID-19.
As coronavirus surges, rising toll of infections, deaths push agencies to provide more testing.
New kits allow up to 20 family members to self-test at home, so we tried it.
Local labs producing “do-it-yourself” testing kits that can be self-administered and pooled on site.
The billboard campaign to encourage civic engagement is sponsored by an arts-based organization called For Freedoms.
Election officials put trust in people’s respect for meticulous process.
Anshei Sphard Beth El Emeth congregation is moving, leaving behind its “Brutalist” synagogue but not its sacred Torahs or special memories.
Poplar Healthcare joined the battle against the coronavirus late, but now it’s leading the charge to help Memphis reopen and stay open.
For months before he died, the Greek Orthodox priest’s front yard became a gathering place for well-wishers from all parts of town and walks of life.
The Greek Orthodox priest retired from the pulpit in 1991, but kept working as the church’s pastor emeritus and the community’s chaplain and cheerleader.
Faye Smith-Redditt ran the church kitchen like a refuge and a confessional, offering physical and spiritual nourishment to anyone who came in the front door or knocked on the back door.
The lifelong Memphian and tireless advocate for Rozelle-Annesdale neighborhood avoided the spotlight.
MTS finds ways to help ICU nurse, cancer patient and other students deal with financial stress, medical and moral strain
Idlewild Presbyterian Church celebrates life, mourns death of their beloved, retired pastor.
The funeral will be a private family service, but it will be livestreamed on the church’s website beginning with the prelude at 1:50 p.m.
Those who make and fly flags for Steve Montgomery are invited to share photos of them on social media using #RememberSteve, or to email photos to RememberSteve@idlewildchurch.org.
The Rev. Dr. Stephen R. Montgomery, whose prophetic hope and pastoral heart gently, but firmly challenged and encouraged his church and community to be more just and loving, died Friday morning at Regional One Health with his family by his side. He was 68.
Rev. Steve Montgomery, who retired as the widely respected and beloved senior pastor of Idlewild Presbyterian Church a little over a year ago, is in critical condition in intensive care at Regional One.
What will happen when some of them test positive for COVID-19? The answers are troubling, and in many cases yet to be determined.
Do the experts wear masks? Eat out? Sanitize their mail and groceries? Let their kids join protests or send them to school? We asked.