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Sheriff’s deputy run over by suspect, not seriously injured
At the request of the District Attorney’s office, TBI is investigating the incident.
Julia Baker
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Metro Abortion law changes leave air of uncertainty for many
Sara Dismuke, like many, has questions about reproductive rights in the post Roe v. Wade era.
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Public Safety TBI apologizes for multiple Blue Alerts, says feedback helps shape system
Residents said they were woken up in the early hours of June 29 by multiple loud alerts informing them to be on the lookout for one of the two suspects accused of shooting officers in separate incidents.
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June 2022
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Public Safety Harris announces launch of Council on Gun Safety
The council will be made up of youths and adults in the community, local government officials, health care and law enforcement.
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Public SafetyData shows number of traffic-related arrests increased in 2022
“For the first six months of the year, the Memphis Police Department has made more drag racing arrests than they made in 2019 and 2020,” MPD Deputy Chief Paul Wright said.
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State Government Special judicial panel to hear Pamela Moses’ petition to vote again
The three-judge panel, selected by the Tennessee Supreme Court, will oversee Moses’ case to challenge the constitutionality of her permanent disenfranchisement due to a guilty plea to a felony charge in 2015.
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Public Safety 14 indicted on federal racketeering charges
The alleged members and associates of the Traveling Vice Lord/Junk Yard Dogs held positions within the gang, including chief of the streets, deck holder, enforcer, treasurer, chief of security and man of literature.
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Public Safety County mayor says stable housing critical in keeping ex-offenders out of system
The housing will provide a home for four ex-offenders who are participating in the Shelby County Office of Re-Entry’s FOCUSED program, an 11-week training program that combines job readiness with the opportunity for selection into vocational training programs.
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City of Memphis Former Memphis chemical plant employee awarded more than $11M in discrimination case
Victor Boddie, a mechanic, sued his former employer, The Chemours Company, for violating the Age Discrimination in Employment Act when they fired him in 2019.
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Shelby County Weirich elected to lead state district attorneys
Amy Weirich has been elected to serve on the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference’s Executive Committee.
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City of MemphisHere’s what officials are doing to combat deed fraud in Shelby County
Since 2018, 7,500 property owners in Shelby County have fallen victim to this form of identity theft.
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Public Safety Former MPD officer charged with sexually assaulting crime victim
Bridges Randle, 47, allegedly sexually assaulted the woman after he reported to a vandalism call at her residence June 24, 2000.
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Shelby County New ordinance lets ex-offenders serve on Shelby County boards
The ordinance, sponsored by by Republican Commissioner Mick Wright and Democratic Commissioner Van D. Turner Jr., allows people with criminal histories to volunteer to serve.
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Shelby County Two law-enforcement unions endorse Amy Weirich for district attorney
Weirich, a Republican who has been in office since 2011, is running for reelection. She faces Democrat Steve Mulroy in the August county general election.
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Public SafetyLaw enforcement, first responders take new approach to mental health emergencies
Local law enforcement and emergency responders are trying to keep people suffering from mental health crises out of the ER and out of jail.
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Public Safety Driver that collided with MATA bus was not shot, MPD says
Memphis Police say the driver of a car that struck a MATA bus Thursday, June 9, had not been shot as MPD originally reported.
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MetroDriver shot before colliding with MATA bus
Officers believed the driver involved in the crash had been shot.
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Public Safety Juvenile Justice Board discusses rising gun violence, issues call to action
More than two years after their last in-person meeting, members of the Juvenile Justice Board gathered to “reintroduce” the board to community members.
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Shelby CountyHeated County Commission debate results in new voting system for November
The commission voted to fund a new voting system with both touch-screen machines with a paper trail as well as hand-marked paper ballots.
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Public SafetySummer months remind parents of vehicular heatstroke danger
Two weeks after a 1-year-old child died from being left in an unapproved transport vehicle outside a day care facility, parents around Shelby County worry the same thing could happen to their children.
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Public SafetySuspect in Amazon warehouse slaying shot by MPD officers
He allegedly shot and killed a woman outside the facility in Horn Lake.
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Elections Democrats urge County Commission to vote against new voting machines
The vote could settle a nearly 20-year debate between a Democratic-majority Board of County Commissioners, which favors hand-marked paper ballots, and a Republican-majority Shelby County Election Commission, which believes ballot marking devices should be implemented.
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Public Safety Crime rates increase in Memphis, Shelby County despite some decreases in violent crime
Violent crime is down from the first quarter last year, but property crimes are up.
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Public Safety $500K in cocaine seized in I-40 traffic stop
The cocaine, hidden in a speaker box in the back of the vehicle, was found during a traffic stop on Interstate 40 near the Shelby and Fayette County line.
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May 2022
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North Mississippi DeSoto County man killed in Ark. plane crash near Downtown
The crash occurred on farmland near Dacus Lake, close to Downtown Memphis.
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