Memphis City Council members came with questions about police culture and some criticism of the administration during an extended Tuesday, Feb. 7, discussion about the death of Tyre Nichols. That was followed by a series of first council votes on a package of 8 police reform measures.

MSCS board members sound off on Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti’s opinion suggesting Keith Williams may have a conflict of interest serving both on the district board and as head of one of its two teacher unions. 

Memphis Police Chief C.J. Davis told Memphis City Council members that the total number of officers now facing internal police charges is 13.

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By looking at the cumulative lifetime cancer risk from individual pollutants scientists can glean how much one chemical is contributing to overall risk. 

Name recognition could give Herenton an edge, observers say.

County Commission passes police reform, Dillon Brooks’ days may be numbered and there’s a goat (or ram?) near I-40.

Memphis drivers have been encountering a different type of horn while driving on the interstate recently.

The two resolutions approved unanimously drew criticism from activists because they are not binding on law enforcement. Commissioners are exploring ways to draft them as ordinances that could be more binding on the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.

“The state of our beloved state is prosperous, hopeful, and unrivaled,” Lee said. Doctors stood outside the state House chamber protesting a bill that bans gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

The proposed funding, part of the governor’s budget, still needs to pass the Tennessee General Assembly.

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Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert pledged the Riverdale branch office would open by the end of 2022. It’s not open yet, and Halbert told county commissioners Monday she doesn’t know when it will be.

Former Mayor Willie Herenton makes a field of 11 declared candidates for this year’s Memphis mayoral election.

The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office said a video of the incident was discovered on social media.

The unusually long committee discussion comes with six ordinance proposals that would reform police policies and begins with what are expected to be lots of questions for Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis.

Another Memphis cop is fired over Tyre Nichols’ death, dogs at MAS get new turf and we take a deep dive into FedEx cuts.

Three contenders reported raising $300,000 or better in the first financial report of the mayor’s race. J.W. Gibson talked on The Daily Memphian’s “On The Record” podcast about his mix of contributions with self financing and why he wants to depart from outgoing Mayor Jim Strickland’s “brilliant at the basics” theme.

Pumping water from the Mississippi River to drought-stricken western states is an option, but an expensive one. 

The two resolutions signal a return to the issue of use of force by law enforcement for the commission as well as the Memphis City Council nearly three years after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis prompted votes by both bodies on a series of similar resolutions.

“I wish you could understand what these kids go through, what it’s like to be forced to live in the wrong body,” one Memphis physician told lawmakers.

Dogs will romp on the same Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium turf that University of Memphis football players put blood, sweat and tears on, Coach Ryan Silverfield said.

New GPS technology can be expensive, but it’s one way police are reducing the need for high-speed chases. 

Student musicians backed the legendary singer at the grand opening gala for the Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center at the University of Memphis.

The quick release of footage of the Tyre Nichols’ beating is an anomaly for MPD, which has not released video or other details in a series of officer-involved shootings since November.