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  • Public Safety

    Friends, family remember big sister, student athlete killed in shooting

    Two teenaged girls were killed at a Marathon gas station Friday; it’s the third incident in less than year in which a teen has been killed at the site. 

    By Yolanda Jones December 07, 2021
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    The Early Word: Riverfront could get more fun; Germantown sees lack of Kohesian

    Pho Saigon has a new owner, Rhodes College has a new president and we’re going to need a bigger boat dock. 

    By Mary Cashiola December 07, 2021
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    Black Men Crowned event to ‘put Memphis on the map in a positive way’

    The awards show dedicated to honoring Memphis Black men and their accomplishments will be held Dec. 9 at the National Civil Rights Museum.

    By Julia Baker December 07, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Council debates police residency as new vote looms

    Most council members abstained or didn’t vote Monday in a test vote on the new proposal to allow Memphis Police officers to live outside the county ,but within a 50-mile radius. 

    By Bill Dries December 06, 2021
  • Shelby County

    Commission rejects Singleton Parkway convenience store with gas pumps

    While punting on the gas station, the Shelby County Commission did approve an appeal for a gated community on Forest Hill Irene. Also, Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. defended his father against criticism of his behavior at a Memphis City Council meeting last month.

    By Bill Dries December 06, 2021
  • Shelby County

    County Commission pay raises move to final vote Dec. 20

    The commission, sheriff and mayor raises moved forward on the second of three votes Monday, with third and final vote in two weeks. 

    Related story:

    Commission rejects Singleton Parkway convenience store with gas pumps

    By Bill Dries December 06, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Lowery’s pick for deputy clerk previously convicted of bribery

    City Court Clerk Myron Lowery is seeking to appoint former Shelby County Commission administrator Calvin Williams, once convicted on federal bribery charges while county commission administrator, as one of his deputy clerks.

    By Bill Dries December 06, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    New lake, Ferris wheel, bigger boat dock proposed for riverfront

    City mulls major riverfront improvements with possible funding from the state. 

    By Bill Dries December 07, 2021
  • State Government

    No known Omicron cases here yet, but Piercey says they’re coming

    The coronavirus Omicron variant isn’t in Tennessee yet — or, at least, no cases have been identified — but state Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey said Monday, Dec. 6, that she expects it to arrive within a few weeks.

    By Ian Round December 06, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    City about to close on federal stormwater loan

    The low-interest loan will finance infrastructure to protect parts of the city from flooding.

    By Bill Dries December 06, 2021
  • Update Education

    Rhodes names new president

    Rhodes College announced that its 21st president is currently a dean at Southern Methodist University.

    By Daja E. Henry December 06, 2021
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    The Early Word: A historic nominee, a street renaming and a coffee shop sold

    Plus, a school system is growing, a new football club finds a winning formula and what’s happening with all the Tigers’ talent? 

    By Mary Cashiola December 06, 2021
  • Shelby County

    Second vote on Shelby County Commission pay raises on Mon. agenda

    The commission could address pay raises for itself, the mayor and sheriff are on Monday’s agenda. A commission pay raise would trigger pay raises for city council members and possibly the Shelby County Schools board.

    By Bill Dries December 06, 2021
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    Psychiatrist’s license suspended for whipping patients, ignoring probation

    A Germantown doctor who temporarily lost her license in 2018 for using a whip on patients, and then did not follow the terms of her professional probation, has had her license suspended again.

    By Ian Round December 06, 2021
  • State Government

    Service to community is central to Sixth Circuit nominee

    Andre Mathis spends a great deal of time on service, much of it to the Memphis neighborhoods where he was raised. He could be the first Black man from Tennessee confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

    By Ian Round December 06, 2021
  • South Memphis

    New community center will soon break ground in Orange Mound

    The RedZone Ministries Opportunity Zone Center will stand at 30,000 square feet and will house a large recreation facility, game room, cafe, multi-purpose room, classrooms and offices.

    By Julia Baker December 09, 2021
  • Spirit of Memphis

    ‘All united to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’

    Seventeen thousand runners, including cancer survivors and some running in memory of loved ones, were part of the throng trotting through Downtown and Midtown streets.

    By Frida Qi December 04, 2021
  • South Memphis

    Funding for South Memphis projects takes big step forward

    Neighborhoods that would receive the tax-increment financing would include Soulsville/South Bellevue, South Third/Gaston Park area, French Fort, South City and South Main/South End. 

    By Julia Baker December 04, 2021
  • Premium Behind The Headlines

    Big River Park plans halfway to $5M goal for land purchase

    A leader of the Big River Park Conservancy and the CEO of Ducks Unlimited talk on Behind The Headlines about plans for the flood plain across the Mississippi River from Memphis that include restoring farm land to hardwood forests and native grasses.

    By Bill Dries December 24, 2021
  • Collierville

    Collierville Schools’ Tyler Salyer is state’s co-principal of the year

    Due to close scores, the Tennessee Department of Education honored two top principals this year.

    By Abigail Warren December 03, 2021
  • Metro

    How they voted on funding to keep the federal government operating

    The federal government is funded into February with the votes among the city’s representatives in Washington falling along party lines with one exception — a senator who did not vote on the continuing resolution.

    By Bill Dries December 03, 2021
  • Education

    Porter-Leath pre-K kids to get free Children’s Museum memberships

    A $250,000 partnership between the Children’s Museum of Memphis and Porter-Leath allows 1,500 families enrolled in the Porter-Leath Early Head Start program to have free access to the museum.

    By Frida Qi December 03, 2021
  • South Memphis

    Young Dolph could have Memphis street named for him

    Memphis Councilman JB Smiley plans to sponsor a Memphis City Council resolution naming a street after the rapper. 

    By Julia Baker December 03, 2021
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Memphis sons of immigrants, refugees win state soccer cup

    Team of teens from Memphis neighborhoods counter “pay-to-play” youth sports machine with Play Where You Stay.

    By David Waters December 03, 2021
  • Premium The Early Word

    The Early Word: A tale of two unions, a historic win and a man on a mission to revive Summer Avenue

    Popular taco truck owner plans to open Germantown restaurant, Grizz get a huge win and an epic rap battle brings out all the features. 

    By Mary Cashiola December 03, 2021

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