After Eliza Fletcher’s kidnapping and killing last year, local runners' sense of security was forever changed. One woman said she had always thought she would outrun anyone who meant her harm, but she knows now that’s not true.

Shepherd, an Emmy-nominated and NAACP Image Award-winning talk show host, sitcom actress and comedian, will co-emcee the Healthier 901 Fest at Shelby Farms Park on Saturday, Sept. 2. 

Michelle McKissack, who hopes to become the first woman to be mayor of Memphis, remembers growing up in a city where crime was not a constant concern.

“I think the consistent message from all of us and several others … is that we all recognize that we have a serious crime problem,” DA Mulroy said.

Memphis Mayoral contender Paul Young also talked on “Behind The Headlines” about “stopping the bleeding” from violent crime as the next mayor’s top priority of the next mayor. 

The sentencing decision was announced Thursday in a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Tennessee. 

The Tennessee Criminal Court of Appeals has affirmed a 2022 ruling from a local judge, allowing former death row inmate Pervis Payne to serve his two life sentences concurrently, making him eligible for parole in four years. 

The attorney representing Sterilization Services said in a recent letter that the company will leave its Florida Street facility before next May. 

Lighting and surveillance improvements are the first phase of a $5 million investment to improve security on campus and surrounding area. 

MIM will honor France (again), Joe Cooper is living his dream with the Tigers and DOJ meeting attendees say MPD has a culture problem. 

This second part of The Daily Memphian’s oral history series marking the 50th anniversary of Plan Z begins with prophetic words from McRae’s December 1971 ruling that set the stage for Plan A’s implementation.

Memphis mayoral candidate Willie Herenton remains certain voters will propel him back into the office he held for five terms between 1992 and 2009 and that his hold on the electorate is still near complete.

The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department, Walls police and Memphis police were all involved in a chase Wednesday night that began in Mississippi and ended with one arrest in Tennessee. Four other suspects remain at large.

Multiple attendees told Department of Justice employees that the Memphis Police Department has a culture problem, one that has persisted for years.

The program, which started in 2022, partners with several local charter schools and hospitals to steer at-risk individuals away from engaging in gun violence.

The choice is the first by the Greater Memphis Chamber. France was last honored in 1990 by Memphis In May. 

Chancellor Melanie Taylor-Jefferson proposed halting construction on the new Brooks Museum of Art Downtown, contingent on Friends for Our Riverfront posting a bond that would cover the cost of stopping construction.

“I tell people all the time … it’s actually easier for me to heal the physical wounds of gun violence than it is for us to deal with the emotional, mental, and social needs of these children and families that are really going to last for the rest of their lives,” said Dr. Regan Williams, Le Bonheur’s medical director of trauma services.

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating after a person was killed during a shooting involving the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department.

TBI looks into 201 Poplar death, CrimeStoppers offers $10K for tips on 12 homicides and two of the country’s largest ballet companies call Memphis home.

Memphis mayoral candidate J.W. Gibson says that as a “businessman” he would bring accountability to the city’s highest office, and that he believes he has “a responsibility to take Memphis to a different level.”

The decision came as some Memphis-Shelby County School buildings are struggling with air-conditioning issues amid a summer of record high temperatures.

David Wayne Brown, executive director of CrimeStoppers, called the new awards “Spotlight Awards,” which were made possible by $85,000 in donations from anonymous Memphians. 

Located at 276 S. Front St., the “fast casual” restaurant will include a bar with eight seats, a full patio with six tables and a Lego-built hive in the window. 

A 70-year-old jail inmate died Aug. 22 while in custody at the jail. His body was sent out for an autopsy, TBI said.