There are 27 article(s) tagged Phil Trenary:

• January 2022

  • Suspects in Phil Trenary homicide back in court Feb. 18

    Both defendants in the homicide have remained in jail without bond since their 2018 arrests.

    By Yolanda Jones January 10, 2022

• April 2021

  • Crime rate doesn’t necessarily deter businesses considering relocation

    Although Memphis has long battled perceptions (and reality) about its crime rate, community leaders say it’s not as much of a factor in economic recruitment efforts as one might expect.

    By Blake Fontenay April 19, 2021

• June 2019

  • Sanford: A tragedy that hurt all of Memphis

    The gravity of violent crime continues to loom over Memphis like an ominous storm cloud that stubbornly refuses to break up and move on.

    By Otis Sanford June 13, 2019

• May 2019

  • Two indicted on murder charges in Phil Trenary’s shooting death

    Two men have been indicted in the September shooting death of Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Phil Trenary.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 30, 2019

• January 2019

  • Trenary recognized for ‘promoting racial harmony’

    Phil Trenary is honored by the Memphis City Council with the 2018 Humanitarian Award for his unifying spirit and promotion of racial harmony among all men.

    By Michelle Corbet January 23, 2019

• December 2018

  • Teen charged in Trenary homicide to be released from custody

    Rinisha Wright, the 16-year-old girl charged in connection with the death of former Greater Memphis Chamber CEO Phil Trenary, will be released from custody, but details surrounding her situation are unknown because a hearing Tuesday at Shelby County Juvenile Court was closed to the public.

    By Yolanda Jones December 11, 2018

• November 2018

  • Trenary hearing closed due to security in other juvenile case, court says

    Rinisha Wright, the 16-year-old girl charged along with two others in connection with the slaying of Greater Memphis Chamber CEO Phil Trenary, was back in court Tuesday but the media and others were barred from entering the courtroom as a security measure on another case, Shelby County Juvenile Court officials said.

    By Yolanda Jones November 27, 2018

  • Two suspects in Trenary homicide waive right to preliminary hearing

    Two of the three suspects accused in the fatal shooting of Greater Memphis Chamber CEO Phil Trenary waived their rights to a preliminary hearing Tuesday and now their case will be sent to the grand jury for possible indictment on the murder charges.

    By Yolanda Jones November 20, 2018

• October 2018

  • Attorney for one of suspects in Trenary case said others may be involved

    The two men accused in the fatal shooting of Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Phil Trenary will be back in court Monday when their attorneys will seek to get a preliminary hearing date set in the case.

    By Yolanda Jones October 26, 2018

  • Beverly Robertson tapped as interim leader of Greater Memphis Chamber

    For at least a year, the Greater Memphis Chamber will be led by an African-American woman whose deep roots in the city are matched by a stellar track record in business and nonprofit worlds.

    By Wayne Risher October 24, 2018

  • No mental evaluation for teen accused in Phil Trenary homicide

    Ranisha Wright, one of three people charged in connection with the death of Phil Trenary, will not undergo a mental evaluation her attorney told a Juvenile Court judge during a brief hearing Tuesday morning.

    By Yolanda Jones October 24, 2018

  • Downtown agency to posthumously honor Phil Trenary in rescheduled awards

    The Downtown Memphis Commission will posthumously honor Phil Trenary during an Oct. 26 awards program that was postponed after Trenary’s death.

    By Wayne Risher October 20, 2018

  • In Phil Trenary’s memory let’s redouble our efforts to move our city forward

    This morning I rode my bike east on the Greenline and through Shelby Farms thinking about how perfect the fall morning is and what a great asset we have in our bike paths, parks and recreational areas.

    By D. Bryan Jordan October 17, 2018

  • Trenary’s message: ‘I say you can either complain about it or you can make it better.’

    “The job is basically getting 7,000 people to stop bickering and remember why they got into this business,” he said stoically before breaking into his trademark grin. “Should be pretty simple.” A recent acquisition and a second pending acquisition were about to triple the size of the “family” as Phil Trenary lovingly referred to his Pinnacle Airlines employees, and Phil understood his culture was falling behind. “We need to stop behaving like separate airlines and start acting like one.”

    By Eric Epperson October 17, 2018

  • What’s next for the Greater Memphis Chamber?

    Three days before Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Phil Trenary was gunned down in Downtown Memphis, an impromptu meeting was called.

    By Michelle Corbet October 07, 2018

  • Family, community celebrate Phil Trenary’s life, career

    Thursday’s service for Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Phil Trenary was not a funeral. It was a celebration of life.

    By Michelle Corbet October 05, 2018

  • The Memphis 10: Trump visit, aftermath of Trenary murder mark a messy week

    It was a week of sobering news and a news-making Presidential visit. Because the opening items underscore reckonings that came, alternately, from us and to us, I kept it light on the rest of this week’s 10.

    By Chris Herrington October 05, 2018

  • Trenary’s legacy lives on and we’re all obligated to help carry his work forward

    What might he have been thinking? And what was he saying?

    By Otis Sanford October 04, 2018

  • Attorneys appointed for suspects in Trenary homicide

    Two suspects accused in the fatal shooting of Greater Memphis Chamber leader Phil Trenary appeared in court for a second day where both were appointed attorneys and will return to court next week.

    By Yolanda Jones October 02, 2018

  • Suspects in Trenary homicide in court

    The family of one of the three suspects charged in the fatal shooting of Greater Memphis Chamber leader Phil Trenary said Monday that they were in "disbelief" when they learned he was arrested in connection with the homicide.

    By Yolanda Jones October 01, 2018

  • Police charge three with murder in Trenary’s death

    Three people have been charged in the fatal shooting of Phil Trenary, the president and CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce, who police said was gunned down during an attempted robbery Thursday night in Downtown Memphis.

    By Yolanda Jones October 01, 2018

• September 2018

  • Two teens in stolen truck crash charged, connection to Trenary slaying still unclear

    Memphis police have charged two teenagers who were found in a stolen pickup truck matching the description of the one seen fleeing the scene where Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Phil Trenary was shot and killed Thursday night.

    By Yolanda Jones September 29, 2018

  • Conaway: How can a place so warm and soulful in so many ways be so cold and soulless

    Thursday night, Memphis took a bullet.

    By Dan Conaway September 29, 2018

  • Trenary remembered as charming, passionate advocate of Memphis

    Phil Trenary was an accidental Memphian who became one of the city’s staunchest promoters.

    By Wayne Risher September 28, 2018

  • Suspects in custody; unclear if connected to Trenary’s slaying

    Memphis Police Department officers chased a vehicle matching the description of the truck fleeing the scene of Phil Trenary’s slaying and took two men into custody on Friday, Sept. 28.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff September 28, 2018