Gov. Bill Lee said Tuesday, May 7, the ability to open carry firearms — and “constitutional rights” — are not the issue when it comes to Memphis and Shelby County crime.

Renee Parker Sekander, a Memphis native, graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Memphis City Council members talked about better camera surveillance and other measures with Memphis Parks Director Nick Walker.

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A federal rule could limit gun show sales, JJ Taylor joins Mikey Williams and DeSoto’s tax man still won’t collect taxes.

School board candidates on the August ballot talk about MSCS superintendent Marie Feagins’ vision for the district.

According to a statement from Tennessee AG Jonathan Skrmetti, he believes the new ATF rule imposes too much of a regulatory burden on people “who occasionally sell or trade a firearm.” 

The vote came with some important changes to accomodate large solar arrays within the city that MLGW pushed for. The Memphis City Council votes on the measure Tuesday, May 7.

Two resolutions to fund the clerk’s office, including a pay raise, were withdrawn from the County Commission’s agenda Monday, May 6, without comment. 

Germantown Muncipal School District leaders will take their final review of their 2024-25 budget this month.

Hamilton County District Attorney General Coty Wamp is seeking Halbert’s removal because “Defendant has willfully neglected to perform duties enjoined upon Defendant by the laws of the State.”

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The man accused in a summer 2023 shooting at Margolin Hebrew Academy has been indicted in the case.

The administration of Mayor Paul Young wants the council to take the first of three votes Tuesday, May 7, on a $6.98 increase in the solid waste fee. The administration also will outline changes it would make to garbage collection with the increase.

Gregory Livingston is sentenced to life, St. Jude turns to AI for help and a pickleball pop-up is coming to Collierville. 

The political roundup reviews Mayor Paul Young’s tax-hike pitch to citizens in Orange Mound. Also Justin J. Pearson on the shaky state of Democratic unity, and Telisa Franklin opens her campaign for the District 96 seat.

With the City of Memphis looking at a proposed 28% property-tax increase and some citizens calling for the government to cut the fat instead, The Daily Memphian reviewed the city’s proposed fiscal year 2025 budget.

More than seven years after Cordero Ragland was charged with drag racing after ramming his Dodge Charger into an SUV, he will be back in court Tuesday, May 7. 

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One Memphis woman said she doesn’t think people understand how dangerous drag racing is, but she and her family know it all too well. 

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Also happening this week: Shelby County Commissioners begin budget talks, and Tom Lee Park reopens temporarily.

County administration has yet to review the raises, which are one of several resolutions on the Monday, May 6, agenda.

Hazel Moore could have styled hair, taken care of her children and decided that was enough. Instead, she looked around, noticed things in the community needed doing — and figured she might as well do them herself.

The celebration was held on the 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board desegregation case ruling and featured an outdoor giveaway of children’s books for grades pre-K to sixth grade and up.

Four inmates at the Shelby County Jail were noncritically injured just before 10 p.m. Friday night after objects were set on fire and thrown in a housing unit.

Reginald Coopwood says on “Behind The Headlines” the hospital’s shift to an academic center involves growing medical specialties that could fund itself. Coopwood also addressed calls for more funding from Arkansas and Mississippi.

LaNerra Gray lost her scholarships, then her mother, but nothing was going to keep her from earning a teaching degree.

Shelby County Criminal Court Division 8 Judge Chris Craft sentenced Livingston to life in prison after the verdict was read Friday, May 3.

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