While ascribing the gloomy climb to any one cause would be simplistic, one factor jumps out: relaxed gun laws.

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A data analysis by The Daily Memphian shows that homicides have increased since 2017 and breaks down the victims by gender, race and age. 

“It has been one heck of a year, and it’s culminated with this most recent decision by City Council,” MLGW President and CEO Doug McGowen said of this week’s vote to approve a 12% electricity rate hike. 

Closed programs will end immediately, and the university said it will help the 15 students who are affected by the closures to get the classes they need. Faculty terminations will be final at end of the school year.

The former Northside High School will contain 42 affordable residential units, two-court gymnasium by Dream Sports, performing arts center, food hall by AR Hospitality, LifeDoc health clinic and more.

County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. is seeking a court order of protection against fellow commissioner Mickell Lowery after the two exchanged words in August. Attorneys are seeking to seal the order and the details of Ford’s legal motion.

Collierville Schools is giving National Lampoon’s vibes, JJJ offers a tour of his crib and FedEx workers remember the hard-working octogenarian killed at the hub. 

Most criminal cases in Shelby County took more than a year to resolve, reports show. Former Judge Robert “Bobby” Carter points to new court strategies that could help pick up the pace. 

A BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee sign will be installed on top of the redeveloped Hickman Building, just north of AutoZone Park. 

The longtime employee was killed when she saw an envelope sticking out of a container and hurried to grab it, according to inside sources at FedEx and the attorney representing her family.

“I heard loud and clear from City Council and from other people that moving the headquarters from Downtown was not the right signal at this time,” MLGW’s president and CEO told The Daily Memphian. 

Shelby County District Attorney General Mulroy said 600 calls for service have been made to the property in the last two years and 60 arrests have been made there this year alone. 

Collierville Schools is not planning on giving its employees a bonus this holiday season, but other suburban school districts are.

New food arrivals fly into MEM, Desmond Bane brings the pain and the Tigers beat VCU (but it wasn’t pretty).

Amid increasing scrutiny of local judges and the district attorney, two studies raise a magnifying glass to courtroom proceedings at the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center.

“Once this service is in operation, much of the country will be accessible by rail from Memphis,” said U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn. “This is a very big deal.”

MLGW is planning to do routine gas maintenance Dec. 7 near the Mississippi state line. 

Texts reveal Oher/Tuohys fight goes way back, MPD reminds the public not to confront criminals and Downtown has a new place to sip. 

Through TigerLIFE (Learning Independence Fostering Education and Employment), students receive a postsecondary education, gain employment and live independently in their communities.

Dr. Regan Williams, medical director of trauma services at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, said the increase in pediatric firearm injuries “hangs heavy on the hearts” of the hospital’s staff. 

The final approval of the August 2024 referendum for city voters came Tuesday, Dec. 5, in a chaotic roll call. The council has another ballot question on the way to allow it to set its own pay.

Save your fretting for the Grizzlies. That’s where there is work to be done. 

“I believe, and my team believes, this is the necessary remedy for decades of disinvestment and failed decisions under previous presidents and previous councils,” said MLGW CEO Doug McGowen.