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  • Shelby County

    Vegetation responsible for ‘vast majority’ of recent power problems

    MLGW needs to clear about 1,400 miles of vegetation each year to maintain its tree-trimming schedule; in the past four years combined, however, it hasn’t been able to meet that goal.

    By Keely Brewer June 28, 2023
  • Memphis Grizzlies

    Morant files motion to dismiss pickup game lawsuit

    In additional Shelby County Circuit Court filings, Ja Morant’s father and additional witnesses provide further accounts of the fight that occurred between the Memphis Grizzlies star and a local high school basketball player during a pickup game last summer.

    By Drew Hill, Aarron Fleming June 28, 2023
  • North Mississippi

    Southaven Police Department investing in new video tech

    The Southaven Police Department has earmarked almost $92,000 in new technology equipment to help the department in its work.

    By Beth Sullivan June 28, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    MLGW lifts precautionary boil water advisory

    MLGW President and CEO Doug McGowen said the roughly 30,000 customers still without power Wednesday could be without power for days, as triple-digit temperatures sweep the region.

    By Keely Brewer June 28, 2023
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    Doris Bradshaw honored as mother of local environmental justice movement

    For a time, Doris Bradshaw walked miles around the neighborhood nearly every day, telling her neighbors about the toxins at the Defense Depot — arsenic, lead, mercury and a host of other chemicals — that seeped into their soil and water. Within the first year, Doris had organized a group of about 1,500 people. 

    By Keely Brewer June 29, 2023
  • Shelby County

    County Commission gives final approval to $25 wheel-tax hike

    The wheel-tax hike’s approval on a 9-4 vote ends the county’s budget season with the financing in place for three landmark capital projects.

    By Bill Dries June 28, 2023
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    The Early Word: Williams is out for superintendent; city tax hike is out, too

    Former pastor admits to abusing kids, Greenlaw will go back to the city and Shelby County is in a state of emergency.

    By Bianca Phillips June 28, 2023
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    Dig in to The Daily Memphian’s crime poll data

    The top-line findings suggest how those living in Memphis and Shelby County feel about crime, but the data also suggests differences based on age, race, income and gender.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff July 05, 2023
  • Premium Public Safety

    Former Woodland Presbyterian pastor admitted sexual abuse

    Admissions came during discovery after state appeals court allowed the case to move forward.

    By Ben Wheeler June 28, 2023
  • Education

    Toni Williams out of superintendent race, but contract has been extended

    The school board voted to approve a contract extension for Interim Superintendent Toni William, with the stipulation that Williams has to give up her quest to be a permanent superintendent for MSCS. 

    By Alicia Davidson June 28, 2023
  • 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.

    Related story:

    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
  • Shelby County

    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.

    Related story:

    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
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    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

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