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  • Memphis' Crime Crisis Behind The Headlines

    Behind The Headlines: Strickland on crime

    On “Behind The Headlines,” Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland says he hopes a city charter change on police residency is revived and put back on a ballot for a vote soon. 

    By Bill Dries November 22, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Ford says he meant no offense, didn’t understand ‘she/they’

    Memphis City Council member Edmund Ford Sr. said Friday evening he asked about a county employee’s use of personal pronouns because he didn’t know what they meant, but “could have been less harsh in my delivery and tone.”

    By Bill Dries November 19, 2021
  • Public Safety

    Young Dolph’s holiday giveaway continues despite rapper’s death

    “None of us are doing well, but Dolph would have wanted us out here, so we out here giving back to the people just like he would have wanted.”

    By Yolanda Jones November 19, 2021
  • Education

    Public schools must mask, Health Department says

    The Shelby County Health Department expects all public schools and others under the Americans with Disabilities Act to mask, according to a memo sent to public and private school leaders Friday afternoon.

    By Abigail Warren November 20, 2021
  • Education

    Doctors testify on behalf of disabled students in mask lawsuit

    Lawyers for disabled students invited doctors to testify virtually to the U.S. District Court in Nashville to support their argument that a new Tennessee law violates the Americans with Disabilities Act.

    By Ian Round November 19, 2021
  • State Government

    How city representatives voted on ‘Build Back Better’

    Early reaction among the city’s representatives in Washington the day of the House vote approving the $2 trillion Biden adminstration domestic agenda focused on a provision that would expand TennCare coverage that the Tennessee Legislature has refused to expand.

    By Bill Dries November 19, 2021
  • South Memphis

    Urge to preserve early Black inventors’ stories fuels author’s work

    Debra Rich, a cosmetologist and active community member in South Memphis and Horn Lake, spent years researching these inventors and published her findings in “Black Inventors Who Changed History” this year. 

    By Julia Baker November 19, 2021
  • Metro

    Pop-up COVID vaccination site coming to Hickory Hill

    Doses of Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson will be offered.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff November 19, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Tennessee Equality Project calls on council to take action against Ford

    The statewide group working for LGBTQ equality called a pair of tirades by council member Edmund Ford Sr. at Tuesday’s council session “bullying, trolling and abusive.”

    By Bill Dries November 19, 2021
  • State Government

    Gov. will allow COVID state of emergency to expire

    Gov. Bill Lee tweeted at 8:30 this morning he would not renew Tennessee’s state of emergency after it expires tonight.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff November 19, 2021
  • Coronavirus

    US expands COVID boosters to all adults, final hurdle ahead

    The move to expand comes as new COVID-19 cases have climbed steadily over the last two weeks, especially in states where colder weather is driving people indoors.

    By The Associated Press November 19, 2021
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: MPD releases Young Dolph video and we’re watching crime

    A few smart cookies share ways to help Makeda’s, COVID cases are inching up and we investigate the effectiveness of the SkyCop system.

    By Mary Cashiola November 19, 2021
  • Food

    Memphians offer support to Makeda’s Cookies

    A chef, a commissioner, and other Memphians are offering ways to support Makeda’s Cookies

    By Jasmine McCraven November 19, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Penny Hardaway on Young Dolph’s killing: ‘We have to do better’

    The Tigers basketball coach and fellow hometown star said on Instagram video: “To get murdered like that, it just doesn’t sit well with me.”

    By Steven Johnson November 19, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Renasant Convention Center boasts $200 million makeover

    The center’s newly renovated, 118,000-square-foot exhibit hall was recently used as the set for a History Channel commercial featuring Morgan Freeman. 

    By Rob Moore November 18, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Fire Department breaks ground on new station

    Construction on the new Fire Station No. 1, at 225 Chelsea Ave., began Thursday morning. To celebrate, the City of Memphis Division of Fire Services hosted a groundbreaking ceremony in the afternoon.

    By Julia Baker November 18, 2021
  • Public Safety

    No arrests in killing of Young Dolph as leaders meet to discuss crime

    Fans of slain rapper Young Dolph Thursday streamed by the cookie shop where he was shot Wednesday to pay respects as police investigated another shooting near the site. 

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    Strickland calls Young Dolph slaying ‘horribly tragic’

    By Yolanda Jones November 18, 2021
  • Public Safety

    Pervis Payne to get two life sentences instead of death penalty

    Pervis Payne will not face the death penalty and will instead get two consecutive life terms, District Attorney General Amy Weirich announced Thursday, Nov. 18.

    By Yolanda Jones November 18, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Jones says City Council should have intervened to stop Ford tirades

    City Council member Martavius Jones is the first member of the body to react to several angry outbursts by fellow council member Edmund Ford Sr. at Tuesday’s session. 

    By Bill Dries November 18, 2021
  • Memphis' Crime Crisis Public Safety

    From the editor — Daily Memphian plans year-long, in-depth series on crime

    Starting this week, The Daily Memphian will begin publishing a year-long series of in-depth, extensive reporting on crime in Memphis.

    By Ronnie Ramos November 22, 2021
  • Memphis' Crime Crisis Public Safety

    10 years. $10M. 2,100 SkyCop cameras. And a crime increase of 57%

    SkyCop cameras have cost Memphis more than $10 million since 2010, but a Daily Memphian analysis shows the city experienced more crime with a vast camera system than without it, and cameras rarely help criminal investigations.

    By Matt Stroud, Aidian Holder November 22, 2021
  • Music

    Music industry, athletes, fans react to death of Young Dolph

    “To the world, he was Young Dolph, to me just Adolph.” 

    By Jasmine McCraven November 18, 2021
  • Coronavirus

    Coronavirus: Active cases have increased in almost every age group

    Active cases have increased in every age group except those older than 85, one week ahead of Thanksgiving.

    By Abigail Warren November 18, 2021
  • Coronavirus

    Watch the COVID-19 Task Force Briefing

    Watch the COVID-19 Task Force Briefing live now. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff November 18, 2021
  • Metro

    Strickland calls Young Dolph slaying ‘horribly tragic’

    Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland spoke Thursday morning about the death of rapper Young Dolph. 

    By Bill Dries November 18, 2021

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