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

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.

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. 

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.

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

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.

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

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. 

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

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

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

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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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.

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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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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The council voted down the tax hike Tuesday. 

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

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.

“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.”

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.

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. 

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. 

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

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. 

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