The Memphis City Council has to approve any MLGW salary over $180,000.

In conversation that covered murder-clearance rates, aggravated assault charges, illegal car stunts and more, the Shelby County district attorney general and the Memphis Police Department’s interim chief both presented to the Memphis City Council public safety committee.

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Steve Mulroy said Tuesday, Feb. 20, that MPD had a murder clearance rate of 31.2% in 2022, something that Interim Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis audibly disputed as he said it.

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Report finds Black drivers receive more traffic tickets, Hardaway says he’s been a target and a Memphis piano man brings home a big award.

Memphis Tourism asked the Metropolitan Memphis Hotel and Lodging Association’s political action committee to amend campaign finance filings after The Daily Memphian questioned why it had not disclosed political donations on its federal tax returns. 

“Memphis and Shelby County have, in some respects, truly become more threatening in recent years; traffic fatalities have risen, especially since 2020; fewer people are able to legally drive; and people of color face more discrimination on the road and in court,” Decarcerate Memphis’ new report said.

Crosstown Concourse might get an indoor event center on an unused surface parking lot following approval from the Land Use Control Board meeting on March 14. 

The current council inherited the controversial extension of health insurance coverage for itself from the previous group. 

The gun-reform movement has more money than ever, the cicadas are coming (but not here) and we have cute baby pics of Jaren Jackson Jr. 

Starting in late April, two major broods of cicadas will emerge together in the U.S. for the first time in 221 years. Memphis, however, won’t see cicadas outside of our normal ones until 2028. 

Germantown Municipal School District’s Board of Education is ready to move forward with Houston High’s renovations. It said doing nothing, creates a bigger expense later.

A Nashville facility has cut recidivism among the mentally ill from 90% to 20%. Shelby County leaders are hoping to build a similar mental health center here. 

Federal tax filings show Memphis Tourism spent about 85% of the money it received over the past five years as it sits on a cash pile. Convention and visitor bureaus promoting larger cities — Atlanta, Nashville and San Diego — have different spending habits.

Also happening this week: The Memphis Tigers take on FAU in the most anticipated game of Memphis’ AAC slate.

Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. knows the area has a lot of needs, but he says 201 Poplar is showing its age — and Shelby County should start thinking about a new jail. 

The gun-reform movement in Tennessee has something it’s never had before: money.

The 17th annual Chili Cook-off and 26th annual Polar Bear Plunge benefitting Special Olympics Greater Memphis saw many Memphians jump into ice-cold water in the middle of winter at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium.

The 2021 law that vexed third-grade families last year offers fewer promotion pathways this year.

Memphis Mayor Paul Young says the city’s new public safety director is a position that will consolidate the city’s response to violent crime. Young talked about that and other crime issues on WKNO-TV’s “Behind The Headlines.”

Three alleged members of the Unknown Vice Lords/Ghost Mob gang were indicted on new charges for their suspected role in the death of an unnamed man last year.

A suspect in the killing of Memphis rapper Young Dolph appeared in court Friday, Feb. 16, where a judge admonished him for failing to appear before her the day before.

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Young Dolph suspect fails to appear, winter weather cost MEM big bucks and we tell you where to get sauced in Raleigh.

Following the death of a local shop owner during a crime spree Feb. 11, the National Summit on Innovative Solutions to Youth Violence looks to find answers. 

“We have a snow operations desk that was open throughout the entire week. It’s an all-hands-on-deck approach,” airport spokesman Glen Thomas said of the airport authority’s roughly 300 total employees. Many slept at the airport during the week.