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.
“To the world, he was Young Dolph, to me just Adolph.”
With more than 40 years in the homebuilding industry, Magnolia Homes is celebrating 15 years of its Showcase of Homes event, held the weekends of Sept. 19-21 and Sept. 26-28 in four of its communities.
Active cases have increased in every age group except those older than 85, one week ahead of Thanksgiving.
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Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland spoke Thursday morning about the death of rapper Young Dolph.
From calling a councilwoman “baby” to berating a city division director, Memphis City Council member Edmund Ford Sr. has a history of outbursts prior to Tuesday’s comments to two members of county government.
Memphis, music mourn rapper Young Dolph; a parking proposal is postponed; and chicken is back at Crosstown.
Among three finalists for the Tennessee Department of Education position is Cedrick Gray, a longtime Memphis educator who currently serves as director of education for Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris’ office.
St. Jude presented plans for its proposed garage to the Board of Adjustment Wednesday, but the board postponed the decision until its Dec. 22 meeting.
Smiley called for working “together collectively to make a difference” and said a curfew would be a temporary measure.
Memphis rapper and Billboard Top 10 artist Young Dolph died at a local cookie shop after being fatally shot Wednesday, Nov. 17, spurring an outpouring of grief.
We’re talking about making cars and basketball stars, judging meat and our love for Whitehaven.
A California company opens a distribution center in Olive Branch, the renovation of Tri State Iron Works nears completion and the Hilton Garden Inn is bought for $36 million by a Virginia-based investor.
The council elected Jamita Swearengen as leader, rejected a convenience store with gas pumps at Broad and Tillman, gave final approval to a downzoning and approved more money for a fix of City Hall’s crumbling marble.
The Memphis City Council approved one pipeline ordinance but denied another that would have kept oil pipelines from locating within 1,500 feet of schools, churches and parks.
Teen charged in shooting at Cummings K-8 School pleads guilty.
The university clarified that a September executive order from the Biden administration requiring vaccinations for federal contractors would apply to the university.
A move to form an ad hoc redistricing group for more public participation on the front end of drawing new district lines was tabled by the council in October. The sponsor brought it back briefly Tuesday, Nov. 16, in committee discussions.
This morning’s roundup includes a sting operation, a special site design for Whataburger and an order to maintain the status quo.
On March 26, 2020, 20 days after his retirement party, Kenneth Bradshaw died. He was 64. Now a summer camp scholarship will honor his memory.
Also on the Tuesday, Nov. 16, City Council agenda are final votes on measures requiring more local review of pipelines, more money for City Hall’s crumbling marble problem and electing a new chairman for 2022.
Left unresolved is $7.9 million in ARPA spending for FedExForum that commissioners delayed action on.
The 21% raises garnered only two yes votes and two no votes in the first of three readings with seven county commissioners abstaining. The final vote is set for Dec. 20 and will take nine votes to be approved.
Shelby County schools will vaccinate about 1,000 of its students between the ages of 5 and 11 at the Board of Education this Friday and Saturday, according to the district.
Germantown Municipal School District reverses course, returns to masking Tuesday.