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  • Premium The Early Word

    The Early Word: New opportunity zone; plus, 20-somethings have time to burn for barbecue record

    Which football players are going where, who is in at EDGE and we hear about Horton. 

    By Mary Cashiola December 16, 2021
  • State Government

    Doctors urge Legislature to keep COVID disinformation policy

    “Licensure of liars should not be allowed,” one Nashville physician told the state legislature’s Joint Government Operations Committee.

    By Ian Round December 15, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    City Council Scorecard: A resurrection at Broad and Tillman

    The City Council Scorecard examines the procedural votes that brought a controversial commercial development project and a key intersection back to life after the council killed the project in November on a tie vote.

    By Bill Dries December 15, 2021
  • Elections

    School board member to run for Shelby County Commission

    Althea Greene opened her bid for the District 7 commission seat by saying Tennessee’s new open carry gun law is meant to increase violence and killings. Candidates can begin pulling and filing qualifying petitions in the May primaries, including the commission races, starting Monday.

    By Bill Dries December 15, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Memphis area coalition is a finalist in nationwide innovation challenge

    A coalition led by the University of Memphis was selected as a finalist in the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s Build Back Better Regional Challenge and awarded a $500,000 planning grant. 

    By Daja E. Henry December 15, 2021
  • Update City of Memphis

    Woman fatally shot by police on South Third

    It’s the fourth officer-involved shooting in Memphis and Shelby County this year and the 53rd officer-involved shooting in Tennessee this year.

    By Yolanda Jones December 16, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Memphis unveils honorary street sign for Young Dolph

    The honorary street name was approved by the Memphis City Council at a meeting earlier this month. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff December 15, 2021
  • State Government

    Lee announces raise for corrections officers

    Gov. Bill Lee bumped up the starting annual salary for corrections officers from $32,500 to $44,500.

    By Ian Round December 15, 2021
  • Premium The Early Word

    The Early Word: Tigers, Memphis feel the Spirit; singer makes good showing

    Terminix to get new ownership, we talk to Rhodes’ incoming president and a redistricting plan raises eyebrows.

    By Mary Cashiola December 15, 2021
  • Premium Business

    Q&A with Jennifer Collins, newly appointed president of Rhodes College

    Jennifer Collins sat down with The Daily Memphian to talk about who she is and what she plans to do in her presidency.

    By Daja E. Henry December 15, 2021
  • Elections

    Attorney Janika White joins Democratic primary for DA

    White makes the Democratic primary race a three-way contest with the winner in May expected to challenge Republican DA Amy Weirich in the August county general elections.

    By Bill Dries December 15, 2021
  • State Government

    GOP redistricting proposal pits two Black Memphis Democrats against each other

    State Rep. Torrey Harris said the boundaries of state Rep. London Lamar’s district were extended by several blocks, just enough to include his home at South McLean Boulevard and Union Avenue, according to a tentative map House Republicans allowed him to see.

    By Ian Round December 15, 2021
  • Collierville

    Collierville Schools gives teachers a bonus, extends Lilly’s contract

    “It was very important for (the board) to show appreciation for our folks in what has been a very difficult year,” Superintendent Gary Lilly said.

    By Abigail Warren December 14, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    MLGW-IBEW contract impasse resolved before council verdict

    A special Memphis City Council meeting called to resolve a labor contract impasse was settled before the 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, start of the session.

    By Bill Dries December 14, 2021
  • Public Safety

    Skahan weighs new sentence in Pervis Payne case

    Criminal Court Judge Paula Skahan took under advisement Tuesday, Dec. 14, two days of testimony in a hearing that will determine whether Pervis Payne serves two life sentences concurrently or consecutively for the 1987 murders of Charisse Christopher and her 2-year-old daughter, Lacie, in Millington

    By Bill Dries December 14, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Beale Street Landing exterior work to find its way inside

    The seven-year-old venue beneath a manmade hill on Tom Lee Park’s north end is a separate project from the $61 million renovation of the park. 

    By Bill Dries December 14, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    New details revealed about proposed ‘Sunset Lake’ in harbor

    A proposed lake off Mud Island would be north of I-40 and the Hernando DeSoto Bridge. 

    By Bill Dries December 14, 2021
  • Premium The Early Word

    The Early Word: Memphian soars ‘over the rainbow’ and a Global gift expands

    Coronavirus closes a door at Southwest, we’ve got odds on a new city administrator in Germantown and four entire schools get transferred. Plus, pizza and cheesecake. 

    By Mary Cashiola December 14, 2021
  • Premium Real Estate

    With enrollment falling, SWTCC drops Downtown expansion

    Southwest Tennessee Community College is focusing on rebuilding its enrollment after a 24% drop during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    By Tom Bailey December 14, 2021
  • Public Safety

    Resentencing for 1987 killings hinges on conflicting views of Pervis Payne

    The inmate’s 1988 death sentence was set aside because of questions about his mental competency. The resentencing hearing continues Tuesday, Dec. 14.

    By Bill Dries December 14, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    City Council’s special session to decide MLGW labor impasse

    The Tuesday afternoon meeting should be short with the labor contract impasse the only item on the agenda. The meeting technically continues last week’s meeting, which was recessed to allow for the special meeting.

    By Bill Dries December 13, 2021
  • Update Education

    Four Frayser schools return to SCS after 10-year takeover

    Frayser Achievement Elementary School, Corning Achievement Elementary School, Georgian Hills Achievement Elementary School and Whitney Achievement School will rejoin SCS for the 2022-2023 school year. 

    By Daja E. Henry December 13, 2021
  • Metro

    At least 64 dead in Kentucky after weekend’s tornadoes

    Thousands more are without heat, water after tornadoes devastate area.

    By The Associated Press December 13, 2021
  • Premium The Early Word

    The Early Word: Winter tornado rips through six states; artist sees potential in Summer

    This weekend included a deadly tornado, the local emergence of Omicron and a devastating loss for the Tigers. 

    By Mary Cashiola December 13, 2021
  • Premium Public Safety

    Pervis Payne resentencing centers on consecutive or concurrent life sentences

    The Monday, Dec. 13, resentencing in Shelby County Criminal Court comes after prosecutors took the death penalty off the table in a retrial for a 1987 double murder in Millington. At stake is whether the life sentences will run consecutively or concurrently. If concurrently, Payne would be eligible for parole.

    By Bill Dries December 13, 2021

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