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  • City of Memphis

    Council redistricting scrap overshadows end of city budget season

    The council ultimately approved a new set of district lines because of the closeness of October city elections. The council also took the race for City Court Clerk off the same ballot.

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    City Council drops property tax increase proposal

    By Bill Dries June 27, 2023
  • Collierville

    Collierville Schools can waive tuition for students of out-of-county staff

    Collierville Schools adopted a policy that could help recruit teachers by waiving tuition in situations where hiring is a challenge.

    By Abigail Warren June 27, 2023
  • Public Safety

    Drag racing down from last year, MPD says

    MPD Deputy Chief Samuel Hines provided data on drag racing and reckless driving Tuesday during a Memphis City Council Public Safety Committee. 

    By Julia Baker June 27, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    Greenlaw Community Center will operate under Memphis Parks department

    The change is a reversal on previous plans for the city’s police department to run the center instead. 

    By Julia Baker June 27, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    Shelby County declares state of emergency in storm aftermath

    The 50,000 customers still waiting on power to be restored can cool down at Baker Community Center as temperatures approach triple digits.

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    MLGW expects boil water advisory to end tomorrow

    55,000 MLGW customers without power as triple-digit temperatures approach

    By Keely Brewer June 27, 2023
  • Public Safety

    Bail unchanged for man charged in Sequoia Samuels’ death

    Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy said his office would file a request to raise Jaylon Hobson’s bail and the case is assigned to his office’s special victims unit.

    By Aarron Fleming August 21, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    MLGW expects boil water advisory to end tomorrow

    MLGW President and CEO Doug McGowen said Tuesday that power has been restored to the pumping stations and water pressure is continuing to build. 

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    55,000 MLGW customers without power as triple-digit temperatures approach

    By Keely Brewer June 27, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    55,000 MLGW customers without power as triple-digit temperatures approach

    By Tuesday morning, power had been restored for about half of the Shelby County residents who lost electricity during Sunday night’s super cell thunderstorms.

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    Why does Memphis lose power after storms? That and a few more questions answered

    By Keely Brewer June 27, 2023
  • Update City of Memphis

    City Council drops property tax increase proposal

    The council voted down the tax hike Tuesday. 

    By Samuel Hardiman June 27, 2023
  • Premium The Early Word

    The Early Word: Party foul in Germantown; why the power goes out

    Wheel-tax hike gets initial approval, AutoZone’s CEO will step down and crime perception matches reality. 

    By Bianca Phillips June 27, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    City Council weighs budget amendments, possible property-tax hike

    The council has a series of budget amendments and what could be several property-tax hike proposals between it and the end of the city’s budget season.

    By Bill Dries June 27, 2023
  • Premium Public Safety

    With community crime poll, perceptions match reality

    “The perception is that crime is up. But the reality is that crime is up,” said Bill Gibbons, president of the Memphis-Shelby Crime Commission. “No doubt about it.”

    By Julia Baker June 27, 2023
  • Shelby County

    Wheel-tax hike makes comeback in marathon County Commission meeting

    The $25 a year increase in the wheel tax was a last-minute compromise that funds the three major projects it is aimed at, but does not build funding for future schools projects. The commission takes a second crucial vote on the tax hike Wednesday.

    By Bill Dries June 27, 2023
  • Public Safety

    TBI identifies driver who died in traffic stop with sheriff’s deputy

    The TBI identified the driver Monday as 21-year-old Jarveon Hudspeth. Hudspeth was killed Saturday after an altercation with a Shelby County Sheriff’s deputy. 

    By Aarron Fleming June 26, 2023
  • Public Safety

    Dozens arrested for alleged roles in retail theft ring

    Several individuals were arrested by the Mutli-Agency Gang Unit during the Memphis Police Department’s Operation Broken Bottles and were found to have allegedly targeted 21 businesses, mostly liquor stores, over the last seven months. 

    By Julia Baker June 27, 2023
  • Shelby County

    Sunday storm aftermath gallery: Photos and video from the destruction

    Mid-South residents shared their images from after Sunday’s thunderstorms.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 27, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    Why does Memphis lose power after storms? That and a few more questions answered

    On Sunday night, wind gusted to more than 75 miles per hour. Shelby County was not alone in power outages, which were widespread across Hardeman, Fayette and Tipton counties. 

    Related stories:

    MLGW issues boil water advisory for northern Shelby County

    MLGW: Power restoration from Sunday night storms could take days

    Sunday storm aftermath gallery: Photos and video from the destruction

    By Samuel Hardiman June 26, 2023
  • Public Safety

    Tennessee Innocence Project to open Memphis office

    The new office will open in mid-September at 2029 Peabody Ave. The nonprofit organization, headquartered in Nashville, helps wrongfully convicted individuals seek exoneration.

    By Julia Baker June 26, 2023
  • Shelby County

    MLGW issues boil water advisory for northern Shelby County

    Low water pressure forced the advisory.

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    MLGW: Power restoration from Sunday night storms could take days

    By Samuel Hardiman June 26, 2023
  • Shelby County

    Reinflated county wheel tax hike proposal faces new road test

    The Shelby County Commission meets Monday, June 26, with a new version of the wheel tax hike that failed earlier this month on the agenda. 

    By Bill Dries June 26, 2023
  • Premium The Early Word

    The Early Word: Who is Davonte Pack? Plus, crime makes some want to move

    Raleigh traffic stop turns deadly, the Redbirds turn 25 and Carbondale is an abortion destination. 

    By Bianca Phillips June 26, 2023
  • Premium Memphis Grizzlies

    Deposition: Ja Morant’s friend recounts pickup game fight

    Ja Morant’s childhood friend, Davonte Pack, said during the deposition that the “fight” was minimal. 

    By Ben Wheeler, Drew Hill June 26, 2023
  • North Mississippi

    Here’s who’s on the ballot in DeSoto County

    Absentee voting for the August primary begins Monday in Mississippi.

    By Beth Sullivan June 26, 2023
  • Premium Public Safety

    ‘We all should be very concerned,’ Strickland reacts to crime poll

    Memphis mayor answers questions about The Daily Memphian survey, which shows most residents agree with him on the criminal justice system’s “revolving door.”

    By Samuel Hardiman June 26, 2023
  • Premium Public Safety

    Memphis mayoral candidates differ on sentencing laws

    The Daily Memphian sent the Memphis results of its countywide crime poll to eight mayoral candidates and a list of questions. Here are their answers.

    By Samuel Hardiman June 26, 2023

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