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  • Premium Public Safety

    ‘There was no one else’ — retired deputy reflects on saving a life

    After dedicating 42 years to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, where he once saved someone from the edge of a Downtown building, Claude Robinson retires. 

    By Jane Roberts August 14, 2023
  • Premium Neighborhoods

    Past partner’s history jeopardizes Southeast Memphis housing project

    One of the projects that has long been announced by Horizon, but has yet to move forward, is a development called Kirby Pointe Apartments, which has had its own issues and legal battles.

    By Ben Wheeler August 14, 2023
  • Bartlett

    Eleven-year-old girl rescued from storm drain in Bartlett

    Bartlett Police reported the child was found unharmed at around 11 a.m. in the exact area where she went missing. 

    By Kambui Bomani August 13, 2023
  • Update Public Safety

    Eight injured in shooting near Beale early Sunday morning

    MPD Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis said there will continue to be a “heightened law enforcement presence” Downtown.

    By Julia Baker August 14, 2023
  • Health Care

    Bartlett hospital’s clothing closet discharges patients with dignity

    The clothes closet at Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett has existed unofficially for a couple of years, with emergency department staff bringing in clothing donations for the trauma patients they serve each day.

    By Aisling Mäki August 13, 2023
  • Premium Elections

    The lights are on, but are Floyd Bonner and Van Turner home?

    The two mayoral candidates purchased homes within Memphis in the months before a ruling cleared the way for them to run for mayor despite a five-year residency requirement.

    By Samuel Hardiman August 13, 2023
  • Premium Education

    One-year marriage of Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools ended in a happy divorce — for one side

    It was the largest and shortest public school district merger in United States history. A decade later, leaders on both sides recall the road that led to an unhappy “shotgun wedding.” 

    By Don Wade August 14, 2023
  • Elections

    Political Roundup: People’s Convention fiery finale, Kelsey’s end

    Mayoral contender Paul Young took the convention’s endorsement Saturday, Aug. 12, but rival Van Turner delivered a fiery speech and both called for changing the city’s political status quo. City council endorsements are also listed.

    By Bill Dries August 13, 2023
  • Metro

    TBI identifies man who died after being detained by police

    The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has released the name of a 19-year-old man who died after being detained by Memphis police in Midtown Friday.

    By Aarron Fleming August 12, 2023
  • Metro

    Leaders of Color grads step out, eager to take their place in community

    The nonprofit organization’s six-month leadership program guides members of the Black and Latinx communities to run for public office or to campaign for others seeking elected positions.

    By Alicia Davidson August 13, 2023
  • Germantown

    Still smell diesel in your water? You’re not the only one

    Even after the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation said Germantown’s water was safe to drink, Protect Our Aquifer’s science director Scott Schoefernacker and his family have opted not to.

    By Keely Brewer August 14, 2023
  • Premium Metro

    Labor costs throttling understaffed nonprofits, many cutting services

    The Salvation Army shelter for women and children on Jackson is operating below capacity and turning people away because it cannot hire or retain staff.

    By Jane Roberts August 12, 2023
  • Behind The Headlines

    Van Turner says federal probe of MPD is needed to ‘rebuild trust’

    Memphis mayoral candidate Van Turner says on “Behind The Headlines” the federal investigation of the Memphis Police Department could play a large role in determining whether the next mayor changes MPD leadership.

    By Bill Dries August 12, 2023
  • Midtown

    Man dies in Midtown after being detained by MPD

    A heavy police presence continued to surround an apartment complex near Madison Avenue and Auburndale Street Friday evening after Memphis police officers detained an unidentified man earlier in the day.

    By Samuel Hardiman August 13, 2023
  • Metro

    Brian Kelsey sentenced in Nashville

    The former state senator from Germantown received his sentence in the case centering on his attempts to funnel campaign money from his legislative seat toward supporting his failed 2016 congressional bid.

    By The Associated Press August 11, 2023
  • State Government

    Vanderbilt faces investigation over release of transgender health records

    Hospital officials have confirmed Vanderbilt University Medical Center is facing a federal civil rights investigation after turning the medical records of transgender patients over to Tennessee’s attorney general.

    By The Associated Press August 11, 2023
  • Premium The Early Word

    The Early Word: Memphis teachers sue the state; the People have spoken

    Germantown residents may not be getting a water credit, Save a Lot stores have a new owner and we’ve got some un-fore-gettable golf stories from the FESJC.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 11, 2023
  • Premium Education

    Some Memphis educators call state law ‘a barrier to teaching the truth’

    Two Memphis educators are plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed against the state over the 2021 “prohibited concepts” law.

    By Alicia Davidson August 11, 2023
  • Elections

    People’s Convention backs candidates in four council races on opening day

    The three-day session opened with endorsements for four Memphis City Council candidates on the Oct. 5 ballot. About 150 people attended the event at the Memphis Sports and Event Center at Liberty Park.

    By Bill Dries August 10, 2023
  • Public Safety

    Man charged in ambulance theft; pedestrian critically injured

    At least two others suffered lesser injuries when their vehicles were struck by a Crittenden EMS vehicle that was stolen outside Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. The suspect is in custody.

    By Julia Baker August 11, 2023
  • Shelby County

    Power to be restored by midnight Friday

    Severe weather started Wednesday and continued into Thursday morning with heavy rainfall, gusts of wind up to 55 miles per hour and a brief tornado watch. 

    By Keely Brewer August 10, 2023
  • Premium The Early Word

    The Early Word: Germantown water crisis gets a review, and Second Line goes German

    A Shelby County judge is reprimanded, more troopers are coming and the FESJC start is delayed by storms.

    By Bianca Phillips August 10, 2023
  • Premium Education

    Here’s what Calvo wants in the next MSCS superintendent

    Barely one week into his new role, Mauricio Calvo already has ideas regarding the superintendent search, charter schools and student literacy.

    By Alicia Davidson August 10, 2023
  • Premium Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: Think Memphis is down for good? You don’t know Jack.

    You know Clarence, the angel in “It’s a Wonderful Life?” Jack Sammons is nothing like him. But in this challenging time for Memphis, Sammons shares a story about Clarence. And Memphians should take it to heart.

    By Geoff Calkins August 10, 2023
  • State Government

    Civil rights groups suing Tennessee over Republican-led redistricting

    The lawsuit filed Wednesday, Aug. 9, in Nashville federal court seeks to redraw the Cordova-based state Senate district in Shelby County and cites a “larger discriminatory agenda” by the Republican-controlled Legislature.

    By Bill Dries August 09, 2023

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