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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The new office will open in mid-September at 2029 Peabody Ave. The nonprofit organization, headquartered in Nashville, helps wrongfully convicted individuals seek exoneration.

Low water pressure forced the advisory.

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The Shelby County Commission meets Monday, June 26, with a new version of the wheel tax hike that failed earlier this month on the agenda. 

Raleigh traffic stop turns deadly, the Redbirds turn 25 and Carbondale is an abortion destination. 

Ja Morant’s childhood friend, Davonte Pack, said during the deposition that the “fight” was minimal. 

Absentee voting for the August primary begins Monday in Mississippi.

Memphis Light, Gas and Water said Monday morning that it could take days for power to be fully restored following Sunday night’s thunderstorms. 

This D.C. Scorecard includes the censure of the Democrat who made the House’s case for former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment and a grilling of the special counsel who investigated the FBI’s handling of allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Pancreatic cancer affects Black Americans at a rate higher than that of any other population. 

Three lawsuits in Tennessee are testing the extent to which courts will protect transgender rights against a state legislature and executive branch that have aggressively sought to roll those rights back.

Some Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission board members asked if Shelby County law enforcement agencies might be over-reacting as they send cases to the POST board.

Polling data shows the toll that crime – both violent and property crime, particularly the rash of auto thefts sweeping the city – has taken on the psyche of Memphians. 

Collierville Schools is considering one way to address its hard-to-fill positions, but the Board of Education has strong opinions on both sides of the issue.

When the driver took off, the deputy was caught between the door and the car, and dragged approximately 100 yards, Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said during a press conference.