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  • Shelby County

    Harris, Wright pitch Regional One rebuild financing

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris takes a proposal to the County Commission next week to fund the county’s share of the $700-million capital project. Commissioner Mick Wright says he hopes that can be coupled with a property tax reduction.

    By Bill Dries April 18, 2023
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    What’s next for the MSCS superintendent search?

    The firm overseeing the hunt for the next Memphis-Shelby County Schools superintendent interviewed 34 candidates total. Of those 34, 26 indicated they were still interested in being considered.

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    MSCS superintendent finalist drops out

    By Aarron Fleming April 19, 2023
  • State Government

    Permitless carry bill for 18-year-olds delayed

    A General Assembly bill allowing 18-year-olds to carry guns without permits was pushed to next year, but the state is already treating it as the law under a settlement that ended an age-discrimination lawsuit.

    By Ian Round April 18, 2023
  • Public Safety

    Mulroy announces partnership to help prosecute economic crimes

    The Shelby County District Attorney’s Office announced a partnership as part of its push to prosecute economic crimes such as worker exploitation and wage theft. 

    By Julia Baker April 18, 2023
  • Education

    MSCS superintendent finalist drops out

    A finalist to be the next superintendent of Memphis-Shelby County Schools has withdrawn her name from consideration after a Saturday, April 15, unveiling event for the position’s three finalists turned sour.

    By Aarron Fleming April 18, 2023
  • State Government

    Prosecutors call Brian Kelsey’s request to reverse guilty plea ‘meritless’

    “There is no indication that the defendant did not understand his plea,” prosecutors wrote in documents filed Friday, April 14. “The defendant identifies no case in which a court has permitted a defendant so sophisticated to withdraw a valid plea so late with so little justification.”

    By Ian Round April 18, 2023
  • State Government

    Bail limit bill awaits Lee’s signature

    The bill requires trial court and general sessions court judges to set bail for certain violent felonies. 

    By Bill Dries April 18, 2023
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    The Early Word: Trolleys may clang again, and JJJ is the block captain

    City halts its new juvenile crime program, Etowah dinner series is hyper-local and we look at how the county courts set bail.

    By Bianca Phillips April 18, 2023
  • Public Safety

    Inside Shelby County’s new standing bail order

    Details from the Standing Bail Order for General Sessions Criminal Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, outline the timeframe and process for new bail hearing procedures.

    By Julia Baker April 18, 2023
  • Premium Public Safety

    Local reforms lower bail amounts by up to $725,000

    A new Shelby County Standing Bail Order is intended to prevent people accused of crimes from being held in jail unnecessarily, fulfilling a constitutional right that bail shouldn’t be punitive. But some say more transparency and stricter bail schedules are needed to protect the community.

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    Inside Shelby County’s new standing bail order

    By Julia Baker April 18, 2023
  • Shelby County

    Shelby County Commission buys land for Cordova fire station, approves Kerrville solar array

    The commission took action on the two project as part of a light agenda Monday, April 17. Meanwhile, the county continues to search for another fire station site in southeast Shelby County.

    By Bill Dries April 17, 2023
  • Public Safety

    Tyre Nichols’ family to sue City of Memphis

    The family of Tyre Nichols, the man who died after an encounter with Memphis police officers, will file a lawsuit this week against the City of Memphis.

    By Samuel Hardiman April 17, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    Call for $15M in MATA funding comes with push for regional transit authority

    MATA president and CEO Gary Rosenfeld called for a regional transit authority that could raise its own funding across a larger area and possibly move into street repairs and other “mobility” issues.

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    Trolleys missing from two Downtown lines for nearly a decade

    By Bill Dries April 17, 2023
  • Premium Downtown

    Trolleys gone from two Downtown lines for nearly a decade

    Nine years ago this month all trolleys stopped running following a fire on the Madison line. Nine years later, the Riverfront loop and Madison Avenue line are still down. 

    By Bill Dries April 17, 2023
  • Spirit of Memphis

    ‘Be Like Mike’: MLGW honored fallen lineman Michael Stewart

    “Mr. Stewart was admired for his warmth and compassion,” Graves said. “So much that community members created T-shirts urging people to ‘Be Like Mike.’” 

    By Keely Brewer April 19, 2023
  • Public Safety

    City halts unit aimed at reducing juvenile crime Downtown

    The Memphis Police Department program would monitor curfew violations and “other criminal activities,” such as indecent exposure. 

    By Julia Baker April 17, 2023
  • Premium Shelby County

    New Cordova fire house, Kerrville solar array top county commission agenda

    The Shelby County Commission votes Monday, April 17, on a contract for a new county fire house in a part of Corova de-annexed by the city of Memphis in 2021.

    By Bill Dries April 17, 2023
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx at 50: Memphis man followed his father into FedEx cockpit

    After being hired by FedEx as a pilot, Anthony Glenn flew with his father on a FedEx crew. One day, he might be able to do the same with his daughter. 

    By Jane Roberts April 22, 2023
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx at 50: The courier without a route of his own

    Jacob Tucker knows 15 local FedEx routes by memory and can do another 15 with some digital assistance. He might even know your name.

    By Jane Roberts April 22, 2023
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx at 50: She runs cargo by night, her own dream by day

    This fall, Keishuna Williams will receive her master’s degree in business administration, a fitting footnote for a woman who, as a high school senior, was accepted into 52 colleges. She had millions in financial aid offers but, without a full ride, had little chance of going to college.

    By Jane Roberts April 22, 2023
  • Premium Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx at 50: She supports medium-volume shippers from home

    Katrina Carrigan’s job is smoothing the path for people across the country who ship up to 499 packages a day. 

    By Jane Roberts April 17, 2023
  • Premium City of Memphis

    Two Memphis mayoral candidates top fundraising. Then there’s everyone else

    The campaigns for several would-be Memphis mayors as well as close observers of the crowded race believe it’s going to take between $800,000 to $1.2 million to win the city’s highest office.

    By Samuel Hardiman April 17, 2023
  • State Government

    General Assembly kills red-flag bill days after Lee asked for one

    Two days after Gov. Bill Lee asked lawmakers to pass an “extreme risk protection order” bill, one such bill sponsored by Democrats died without receiving a committee hearing.

    By Ian Round April 16, 2023
  • South Memphis

    MEMFix coming to seven areas in 2023, starting with Alcy-Ball

    Each neighborhood’s event will feature local vendors and pop-up shops, local performers and temporary street and space activations. The upcoming Alcy-Ball event is set to feature 45 vendors.

    By Elle Perry May 01, 2023
  • Bartlett

    Bartlett students shine at ‘friend-raiser’

    The Bartlett Education Foundation spotlights the suburb’s high schoolers in a fundraiser focused on student achievements.

    By Michael Waddell April 16, 2023

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