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  • City of Memphis

    Foote Homes to South City continues story of change

    The path to end the city’s large public housing projects was a 20-year journey that brought city leaders to a tent last week near the corner of Vance and Lauderdale.

    By Bill Dries September 30, 2018
  • Criminal Justice

    Two teens in stolen truck crash charged, connection to Trenary slaying still unclear

    Memphis police have charged two teenagers who were found in a stolen pickup truck matching the description of the one seen fleeing the scene where Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Phil Trenary was shot and killed Thursday night.

    By Yolanda Jones September 29, 2018
  • City of Memphis

    Report finds broader economic development plan needed

    The city-county Economic Development Growth Engine organization known primarily for granting tax incentives to businesses coming to or expanding in Memphis should be empowered to pursue a broader economic development strategy, according to a new report that compares EDGE to efforts in four other cities.

    By Bill Dries September 29, 2018
  • Criminal Justice

    Suspects in custody; unclear if connected to Trenary’s slaying

    Memphis Police Department officers chased a vehicle matching the description of the truck fleeing the scene of Phil Trenary’s slaying and took two men into custody on Friday, Sept. 28.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff September 28, 2018
  • Metro

    Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Phil Trenary shot and killed Downtown

    Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Phil Trenary was shot and killed Thursday, Sept. 27, on Front Street south of G.E. Patterson near Central Train Station.

    By Bill Dries and Yolanda Jones September 28, 2018
  • Downtown

    17 schools in Tennessee’s turnaround district remain priority schools six years after first takeovers

    Most of the schools that were taken over by Tennessee’s turnaround district remain on the state’s priority list six years after the intervention efforts began.

    By Caroline Bauman September 28, 2018
  • Education

    At least 5 Memphis schools now risk a state takeover

    While Memphis mostly received good news when the state listed its most underachieving schools last week, at least five Shelby County schools appear to be at risk of state takeover.

    By Laura Faith Kebede September 28, 2018
  • Criminal Justice

    Officers’ personnel records released in Banks shooting

    Personnel records of the three Memphis police officers involved in the shooting that critically wounded Martavious Banks earlier this month shed some light on their work history, including the fact this is the second time one of the officers has turned off his body camera during an incident.

    By Yolanda Jones September 27, 2018
  • City of Memphis

    Police shooting reaction goes beyond call for TBI investigations

    Memphis police brass were about four minutes into Power Point slides at a Tuesday, Sept. 25, City Council committee session before council members shut down the presentation that tallied the hours of police camera recordings and number of cameras in patrol cars.

    By Bill Dries September 27, 2018
  • City of Memphis

    Dulberger says EDGE small part of economic development

    The leader of the city-county Economic Development Growth Engine says EDGE is willing to change, but Reid Dulberger was quick to add that changes to the formal approach to growing the Memphis economy won’t address the dominant challenges.

    By Bill Dries September 27, 2018
  • Criminal Justice

    Activists continue to demand answers in wake of Memphis officer-involved shooting

    As Martavious Banks remains on life support after being shot by a Memphis police officer Sept. 17, his family and activists marched to the Memphis Police Association office Wednesday afternoon after it was revealed that one of the officers involved in the shooting is the son of the head of the police union.

    By Yolanda Jones September 27, 2018
  • Metro

    Early-voting sites, hours set

    All of Shelby County’s 27 early-voting sites will open on Oct. 17, the first day of the early-voting period before the Nov. 6 election. Early voting runs through Nov. 1.

    By Bill Dries September 27, 2018
  • City of Memphis

    City working group looks for direction on EDGE

    The city’s working group on economic development is about to compare notes on the attributes of a “perfect” economic development organization.

    By Bill Dries September 27, 2018
  • Criminal Justice

    Police name 3 officers in Banks shooting

    Memphis police released the names Wednesday, Sept. 26, of the three officers involved in the Sept. 17 South Memphis traffic stop and shooting of Martavious Banks.

    By Yolanda Jones September 26, 2018
  • Education

    Free tuition at U of M Global expands to FedEx Indianapolis hub

    FedEx’s free tuition offering for hub workers has reached Indianapolis, where more than 3,500 employees are eligible to pursue degrees at the University of Memphis' online offering, U of M Global.

    By Wayne Risher September 26, 2018
  • State Government

    Blackburn, Bredesen hammer each other in first debate

    Marsha Blackburn and Phil Bredesen didn’t waste any time getting after each other in their first U.S. Senate debate.

    By Sam Stockard September 26, 2018
  • State Government

    UT names Boyd interim president despite opposition

    Randy Boyd didn’t vault into a new job as the University of Tennessee interim president without opposition Tuesday.

    By Sam Stockard September 26, 2018
  • City of Memphis

    Council approves de-annexations of Rocky Point, Southwind/Windyke

    The Memphis City Council gave final approval Tuesday, Sept. 25, to the de-annexations of the Rocky Point and Southwind/Windyke areas of the city.

    By Bill Dries September 26, 2018
  • State Government

    Bredesen says during debate he won’t vote for Schumer

    Former Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen said during the first U.S. Senate debate Tuesday night he would not vote for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer if elected, shrugging off criticism from U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn that he would be in the liberal New Yorker’s pocket.

    By Sam Stockard September 26, 2018
  • State Government

    State leaders ignore calls to drop out of Obamacare lawsuit

    A Christian group pleading with Tennessee leaders to drop out of a lawsuit seeking to overturn the Affordable Care Act could be compared to a tree falling in the forest.

    By Sam Stockard September 26, 2018
  • State Government

    Gubernatorial candidates take on vocational training

    Pointing toward Tennessee’s failure to attract a major automotive plant to the Memphis Regional Megasite, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Karl Dean is backing better and more accessible workforce development statewide.

    By Sam Stockard September 26, 2018
  • Education

    Shelby County Schools nets $4 million for school safety, security

    Shelby County Schools will receive nearly $4 million this year and smaller systems across the county will net tens of thousands of dollars as part of Tennessee’s Safe Schools Act.

    By Sam Stockard September 25, 2018
  • Education

    Burt named new SCS chief academic officer

    Antonio Burt, principal at one of Shelby County Schools’ first Innovation Zone schools and leader of priority and I-Zone schools, is the new chief academic officer for SCS.

    By Bill Dries September 25, 2018
  • Education

    Luter named to fill vacancy on Germantown school board

    With children in the Germantown Municipal School District, a leadership role in two of the suburb’s churches and a background of education in her family, the Rev. Rebecca Luter believes she brings the necessary traits to her new role on the suburb’s school board.

    By Michael Waddell September 25, 2018
  • Shelby County

    Harris appoints former councilman to run Office of Re-entry

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris has appointed former Memphis City Council member Harold Collins to serve as administrator and executive director of the Shelby County Office of Re-Entry, according to a news release Tuesday.

    By Omer Yusuf September 25, 2018

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