Carjacking victims share their stories, third graders may get a second chance and Art House Cafe brings the smoke.

A large part of the area’s current juvenile crime issue centers on car thefts and thefts of property from vehicles.

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No ‘more pressing’ issue in Memphis community than juvenile crime

The most controversial ordinance barring police from low-level traffic stops was delayed Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Strickland administration opposed and questioned some of the measures in a four-page memo.

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Additional Nichols video to be released Wednesday, internal investigation complete

With the lease between Memphis in May and Memphis River Parks Partnership a done deal, Memphis City Council members signed off Tuesday, March 7, on a damage deposit agreement for the festival’s use of Tom Lee Park.

The Shelby County Election Commission released a legal opinion Feb. 28 that said Memphis’ five-year residency requirement for mayoral candidates should be enforced in the upcoming Memphis municipal election. 

The amendment would provide students with another way to measure reading proficiency outside of the single, English Language Arts TCAP score currently used under the new law.

Shelby County received $60 million for climate resilience projects in 2016 and work is ongoing in Raleigh, Frayser and Millington. A project along South Cypress Creek is just beginning. 

The plan, called Ascend, features a mission and vision for the university along with seven goals and eight foundational principles.

Violence intervention, several national experts said at a conference Monday in Memphis, requires much communication and collaboration if success is to be achieved and sustained. 

The entire 20 hours of the remaining video and audio of the Tyre Nichols case is set for release Wednesday afternoon, March 8.

Colorado police are investigating Morant’s IG Live video, two people are dead after a GloRilla show and the 901 Fund expands.

The Daily Memphian has been working to dive deeper into the pressing issue of juvenile crime. It’s complex and uncomfortable, with outsize effects on the city, its citizens and its very future.

Memphis City Council members could take final votes Tuesday, March 6, on a set of six police reform ordinances. The proposals are surrounded by a debate about crime in Memphis.

In the 1980s, juvenile offenses were mostly crimes like shoplifting, petty theft and auto thefts. Now, children currently held in detention are accused of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, carjacking, rape of a child and other crimes.

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Minor Offenders, Major Offenses: A series by The Daily Memphian

Terry’s secret for leading, he once said, was listening. “And remembering that God didn’t give us two ears and one mouth by mistake.”

The business and philanthropic leader kicked off his mayoral bid Monday, March 6, in South Memphis straddling the issues of crime and police reform.

Memphis in May’s getting a deal, Memphis Black Restaurant Week begins and Saturday night’s alright for owl sightings at Overton Park. 

Records show the local festival pays far less than other city festivals to stage events in a taxpayer-owned park, and CEO Jim Holt says that revenue sharing with the city would be “difficult” for the nonprofit.

It’s difficult to measure success when there’s no way to quantify violence that doesn’t occur, but those behind the Memphis Allies initiative believe their lofty goals are worth the effort.

Bill Lee proposed $100 million for anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers, one of which he co-founded; he is also proposing a $2.2 million uncompetitive grant to a campaign donor’s foundation.

The Shelby County mayor wants to know if the current commission has the “political will” to support options that would also pay for new Frayser and Cordova high schools.

Evening is the perfect time for catching a glimpse of the evasive nocturnal species, and the Midtown park’s old forest is “a really great habitat.”

U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen talks about a new strategy for bringing home federal funding with the new Republican majority and the state’s two Republican Senators show up for CPAC’s return to Washington. The Daily Memphian’s D.C. Scorecard tracks the city’s representatives in Washington D.C.

Gibbons is executive director of the University of Memphis Public Safety Institute and leads Memphis Shelby Crime Commission. Former Memphis Police Department director Chapman is executive director of CrimeStoppers.

The committee is taking input and suggestions over the next two weeks as it moves toward the first of three council votes on March 21.