Public Safety
A year after week that roiled city in pain, scars remain unhealed
What happened in early September 2022 still feels startlingly raw and for many, it has become the new measure of the sense of peril.
Jane Roberts
Reporter
Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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September 2023
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Public SafetyRodolfo Berger ‘grateful to God to be alive’ year after rampage
“There’s no room for hate. Life’s too short. Hate only brings more problems to you,” said Fabiola Francis.
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Education U of M announces security improvements ahead of Eliza Fletcher run
Lighting and surveillance improvements are the first phase of a $5 million investment to improve security on campus and surrounding area.
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August 2023
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MusicKimberly Horton takes the reins of The Blues Foundation
She’s also the third executive in three years, trying to right a ship that listed seriously in the pandemic when musicians were largely quiet.
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Business Crone Law Firm expands to Chicago
This is second satellite Crone has opened. The first was St. Louis in 2022.
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EducationFreshmen classes are more diverse, but enrollments are largely down
Undergraduate enrollment at the University of Memphis, for example, had fallen about 11% between 2016 and last fall when it reported having 14,366 students.
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City of Memphis Saul Belz, influential lawyer, dies at 81
Belz graduated from White Station High School in 1960. His classmates voted him most witty.
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City of MemphisLibrary calls it the ‘Joy Collection’ for good reason
Library of Things adds experiences, fun list of resources available with library card — starting with kits for camping, movie nights and karaoke.
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City of Memphis For Biggs, food — and all it represents — was reported with heart
“She was the first person that reviewed Iris. That review was the beginning of us really being able to provide people with a space to earn a living,” Kelly English said.
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MusicCountry music pulls listeners in big time for The Wolf
The ratings are the first full month look at the business decision that Dan Barron, Audacy senior vice president and market manager, admits was met enormous skepticism.
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Public Safety‘There was no one else’ — retired deputy reflects on saving a life
After dedicating 42 years to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, where he once saved someone from the edge of a Downtown building, Claude Robinson retires.
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MetroLabor costs throttling understaffed nonprofits, many cutting services
The Salvation Army shelter for women and children on Jackson is operating below capacity and turning people away because it cannot hire or retain staff.
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Health Care Dean of UTHSC College of Medicine leaves abruptly
Dr. Scott Strome was the face of much of UTHSC’s community outreach during the pandemic, including the large public testing site it created and staffed at Tiger Lane.
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Midtown Lucyja Hygge will move near Overton Square in early October
To capitalize on foot traffic in Overton Square, Lucyja Hygge will be open until 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
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Public SafetyAs deputy DA steps down, he recalls famous cases, acts of courage
Ray Lepone, who’s leaving the DA’s office to work for Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, says for decades the strength demonstrated by crime victims and their families has inspired him to fight for justice.
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BusinessHunter Fan ‘solidifies’ its story with a steady, sweeping cool
It spawned careers, including that of a young Cybill Shepherd in 1968 when she was a model in Hunter’s catalog; employed a-yet-undiscovered Charley Pride and created advertising history in the energy-crisis-prone ‘70s.
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Performing Arts Mellon Foundation awards Collage Dance $2 million
Memphis-based Collage Dance is one of the largest Black-led performing arts organizations in the South.
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East Memphis Memorial Park backs off crematorium plans after neighbors complain
“It’s gotten to be such a big deal where we’re going to put it that we’ve decided to put it somewhere else,” said Joe Lowery, market general manager for owner Northstar Memorial Group.
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July 2023
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Spirit of MemphisServiceMaster builds 2 temporary schools in Covington in mere weeks
Chris Ivie expects the project to set standards for how temporary schools are built in an age of escalating weather disasters — the schools were destroyed by a March 31 tornado.
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City of Memphis‘They’ll be missed’: Constance Abbey serves last meal
“Christ reached out to the unreachable and touched the untouchable. In my view, that is what Constance Abbey did,” said Rev. Gary Meade, interim dean of St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral.
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City of Memphis Fallen firefighter affectionately known as ‘Dirty Red’ by fellow firefighters
He lumbered through half marathons with his fire buddies, made annual pilgrimages to Walt Disney World, loved the Arkansas Razorbacks and made it a point to see every single superhero movie with his son, Parker, 14.
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City of Memphis Balmoral hires gay minister, first among Mid-South Presbyterians
“We are in a new place, and this is a celebration of that,” said Rev. James Gale, executive presbyter of the Presbytery of the Mid-South, which represents 37 congregations.
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Arts & CultureDesigner David Quarles sets the scene for local restaurant — and beyond
The “in-the-clouds thinker” and Memphis designer has audience of millions on Facebook and Instagram with his DIY decorating videos.
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Health Care FDA approves Opill, first birth control pill that won’t require prescription
The manufacturer expects it will be on grocery and convenience store shelves in early 2024. Price, a critical factor, has not been announced.
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Public Safety Physician community shocked into silence over Mauck slaying
“To see a guy in the peak of his career be taken out like that is so tragic,” said Dr. Dan Fletcher, one of nine orthopedic hand surgeons in the city and a longtime colleague to Dr. Ben Mauck.
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