There are 6 article(s) tagged Gale Jones Carson:

• February 2024

  • Memphis Urban League appoints former MLGW exec as interim president

    After 17 years at Memphis Light, Gas and Water, a Memphis executive has been appointed as interim president and CEO of the Memphis Urban League.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 26, 2024

• October 2023

  • In Young’s swagger and hope, Memphians see a chance for Memphis to turn tide

    With those words and what he said in his victory speech, the mayor-elect embodied the swagger and the hope that his supporters believe he could bring back to Memphis.

    By Samuel Hardiman October 09, 2023

• September 2023

  • Lorean E. Jones, first female federal parole officer in district, dies

    “She had that quiet strength,” State Rep. G.A. Hardaway said of the first female federal parole officer in the Western District of Tennessee, who was also influential in the historic Glenview neighborhood. 

    By Samuel Hardiman September 23, 2023

• February 2021

  • MLGW to suspend nonpayment cutoffs; boil water advisory ongoing

    Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division will suspend service cutoffs for nonpayment until further notice and extend its pandemic payment plan option. The boil water advisory remains in effect.

    By Daja E. Henry February 21, 2021

  • MLGW issues first ever boil order alert and road crews move to end game through Monday

    Low water pressure in Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division’s water grid prompted the utility to issue a rare boil water alert Thursday afternoon.

    By Bill Dries February 18, 2021

• January 2020

  • MLGW: Extra crews, planning minimized storm’s wallop

    The utility expected all power to be restored to customers by midnight Monday. Presidents Island had the most sustained damage, with numerous power poles broken or uprooted by straight-line winds.

    By Bill Dries January 13, 2020