Babs Feibelman and Bill Craddock, who started the support system for nonprofits from their band of mostly retired friends, are turning their endeavor over to New Memphis.

Visitors to the renovated Tom Lee Park will have their choice of ice cream, coffee, cocktails or a “Mac Daddy” brisket macaroni and cheese as they explore the park’s new pathways, play areas and shaded pavilions. 

Lee said his proposal, which expands a law that applies to cases of domestic violence, balances the need to restrict gun access for people deemed to be dangerous to themselves or others with the need to protect the rights of gun owners.

Hours after filing a federal lawsuit that seeks $550 million in damages against the city and others, notable civil rights attorney Ben Crump and the family of Tyre Nichols remarked on the “landmark” suit.

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The city administration has declined to take a side on whether it believes the five-year residency requirement is in effect. That puts the city between the Election Commission, which wants some kind of court ruling on what the requirement is, and two mayoral candidates whose attorneys say they will pursue who raised the residency issue in the first place.

At 10:35 a.m. Wednesday, officers with the Memphis Police Department attempted the warrant pickup in the 2800 block of Vayu Drive.

Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division took steps Wednesday, April 19, toward becoming what its CEO describes as a more “agile” organization. 

Gov. Lee proposed $100 million for the centers, which provide limited medical care and urge people not to terminate pregnancies. A Daily Memphian analysis found those centers’ revenue was about $20 million in 2020.

Miguel Andrade, 16, was initially charged as a juvenile but was transferred last month to criminal court. 

Lawmakers put on ice a bill requiring the TBI to test rape kits in 30 days after bureau officials said it would be “exorbitantly expensive” to meet that goal.

A second finalist for superintendent of Memphis-Shelby County Schools has withdrawn from consideration.

The family of Tyre Nichols, the man who died after being beaten by Memphis police in January, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the City of Memphis.

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“It is not safe, and it is against the law, for children to be out at midnight without an adult. As every coach will say, ‘nothing good happens after midnight,’” Memphis mayor Jim Strickland said. 

Lee Harris wants to raise the county wheel tax, a new cafe is opening in the Cossitt and there’s no Widespread Panic in Mempho’s lineup.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris takes a proposal to the County Commission next week to fund the county’s share of the $700-million capital project. Commissioner Mick Wright says he hopes that can be coupled with a property tax reduction.

The firm overseeing the hunt for the next Memphis-Shelby County Schools superintendent interviewed 34 candidates total. Of those 34, 26 indicated they were still interested in being considered.

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A General Assembly bill allowing 18-year-olds to carry guns without permits was pushed to next year, but the state is already treating it as the law under a settlement that ended an age-discrimination lawsuit.

The Shelby County District Attorney’s Office announced a partnership as part of its push to prosecute economic crimes such as worker exploitation and wage theft. 

A finalist to be the next superintendent of Memphis-Shelby County Schools has withdrawn her name from consideration after a Saturday, April 15, unveiling event for the position’s three finalists turned sour.

“There is no indication that the defendant did not understand his plea,” prosecutors wrote in documents filed Friday, April 14. “The defendant identifies no case in which a court has permitted a defendant so sophisticated to withdraw a valid plea so late with so little justification.”

The bill requires trial court and general sessions court judges to set bail for certain violent felonies. 

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Details from the Standing Bail Order for General Sessions Criminal Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, outline the timeframe and process for new bail hearing procedures.

A new Shelby County Standing Bail Order is intended to prevent people accused of crimes from being held in jail unnecessarily, fulfilling a constitutional right that bail shouldn’t be punitive. But some say more transparency and stricter bail schedules are needed to protect the community.

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The commission took action on the two project as part of a light agenda Monday, April 17. Meanwhile, the county continues to search for another fire station site in southeast Shelby County.