There are 4 article(s) tagged Martyrs Park:

• August 2024

  • Bridge construction raises questions about park access

    Along with a new I-55 roundabout and new bridge, plans for a pedestrian walkway to connect Crump Park with Martyrs Park are also on the table.

    By Bill Dries August 16, 2024

• April 2023

  • Tyre Nichols honored with sunset lantern release

    Twenty-nine paper lanterns alighted over the Mississippi River around the 7:30 p.m. sunset representing each year of Nichols’ life.

    By Alicia Davidson April 10, 2023

• October 2021

  • Video shows mystery chainsaw crew at Martyrs Park

    Surveillance video shows a five-man crew with chainsaws and other equipment in Martyrs Park on March 10. That’s the day that a 200-yard-wide swath of trees were cut — without permission — from the public riverbank.

    By Tom Bailey October 08, 2021

• April 2021

  • 200 yards of trees below Martyrs Park cut without permission, official says

    On a Wednesday afternoon, March 10, someone without permission cut down scores of trees on the publicly owned Mississippi River bank below Martyrs Park, a parks official says.

    By Tom Bailey April 22, 2021