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    MPD warns of coordinated shoplifting

    MPD Sgt. Andre Jones said the department has responded to an uptick in cases of coordinated shoplifting, mostly at local Family Dollar and Dollar General stores. 

    By Aarron Fleming February 12, 2025
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    Lower Mississippi’s largest ecosystem restoration gets go-ahead but not funding

    The $63.7 million project would restore forests and wetland habitats along 39 miles of the Mississippi River.

    By Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk February 11, 2025
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    Federal agents responsible for taking TacoNGanas workers, city says

    TacoNGanas security footage shows employees being taken away by unidentified men. City of Memphis says it was federal agents.

    By Aarron Fleming February 11, 2025
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    County officials told to ‘invite Halbert’ to hiring, funding talks

    A group of countywide office holders was frustrated when the Shelby County Commission again delayed a vote on changes to hiring and funding they wanted. They were told that County Clerk Wanda Halbert needed to be included in the discussions.

    By Bill Dries February 10, 2025
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    Governor’s budget includes millions for Memphis Zoo, Downtown safety

    Gov. Bill Lee’s inclusion of a proposed Downtown safety program comes as the city has embarked on a plan for hardening security on FedExForum game nights.

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    State of the State: Gov. Lee proposes $1B toward $30B road projects backlog

    By Samuel Hardiman February 10, 2025
  • State Government

    State of the State: Gov. Lee proposes $1B toward $30B road projects backlog

    Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Monday proposed more than $1 billion into road projects financed by a one-time use of general state tax money and a plan to shift $80 million annually from the sales tax on tires.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 10, 2025
  • Shelby County

    County Commission approves MSCS forensic audit

    The resolution approved Monday, Feb. 10, calls for $50,000 in funding for the audit from the County Commission’s contingency fund.

    By Bill Dries February 10, 2025
  • Business

    Musk-led group proposes buying OpenAI. Its CEO says ‘no thank you’

    Musk bought Twitter, now called X, for $44 billion in 2022.

    By The Associated Press February 10, 2025
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    The Early Word: Sweat may be in hot seat; Barksdale brekky is almost back

    MAS interim head pushes for a new shelter, a DeSoto man sues over “false incarceration” and the Tigers get their revenge.

    By Bianca Phillips February 10, 2025
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    Memphis Animal Services interim director lobbies for new shelter

    MAS Interim Director Mary Claire Borys said the outbreak might never have happened if not for the inadequacies at the city’s nearly 14-year-old animal shelter in Northeast Memphis.

    By Jody Callahan February 10, 2025
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    As MRPP looks for new leader, Davis happy to continue wearing new hats

    Art Davis, the interim executive director of the Memphis River Parks Partnership, has been an accountant, a construction overseer and even Santa Claus during his time with the organization. 

    By Jody Callahan February 10, 2025
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    Ethics complaint filed against Memphis fire chief

    The new complaint makes reference to a series of separate complaints filed with the city in March by a group of Black MFD firefighters.

    By Aarron Fleming February 10, 2025
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    Sherwood Brown: From death row at Parchman to freedom

    Even after DNA testing showed he wasn’t the suspect who killed the three members of the Boyd family, it still took years for Sherwood Brown to get his release from custody.

    By Rob Moore February 10, 2025
  • City of Memphis

    This Week in Memphis: MSCS audit vote and NBA All-Star Weekend

    Also happening this week: Bartlett’s BMA votes on new RV parking rules, and a new crisis center opens in Binghampton.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 10, 2025
  • Shelby County

    County Commission to vote on MSCS audit

    The commission also votes Monday on a set of three resolutions buying four more parcels on land on the new site for a rebuilt Regional One Health campus.

    By Bill Dries February 09, 2025
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    Sherwood Brown: A pair of athletic shoes leads to almost 30 years on death row

    A pair of athletic shoes — among the most popular brands in the country — kick-started an investigation that would lead to Sherwood Brown spending close to three decades only a short walk from execution.

    By Rob Moore February 09, 2025
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    Political Roundup: Democrats and Republicans chart courses ahead

    In a new world, Democrats are deciding how to climb back after last year’s defeat while Republicans are making their next moves across Tennessee.

    By Bill Dries February 09, 2025
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    The most wonderful time of year: Girl Scout cookie season is here

    From now until March 9, Girl Scout cookies are being sold across Memphis. For six bucks a box, you can get one of nine different options, although Thin Mints and Samoas are the most popular.

    By Jody Callahan February 08, 2025
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    Proposed xAI water plant is the ‘right thing to do’

    Memphis Light, Gas and Water would lose revenue if a water-recycling plant is built. The utility’s CEO still says it’s “what we have been looking for.”

    By Samuel Hardiman February 08, 2025
  • Behind The Headlines

    Did no-confidence vote set stage for state takeover of MSCS?

    Shelby County Commissioners Mickell Lowery and Britney Thornton talked on “Behind The Headlines” about the political boundary between the commission and the MSCS board.

    By Bill Dries February 08, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Two more Shelby County Jail inmates have died

    Two Shelby County Jail inmates died on Thursday and Friday, bringing the total to four this week.

    By Aarron Fleming February 09, 2025
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    The Early Word: Say bye to St. George’s Memphis, Smart and LaRavia

    Shelby County Jail is packed, and Greater Memphis is getting more hot pot, more seafood and more burgers.

    By Bianca Phillips February 07, 2025
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    Amid crowding, more Shelby County Jail inmates being placed on suicide watch

    The average population at 201 Poplar has grown by roughly 600 inmates over the past two years.

    By Aarron Fleming February 07, 2025
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    After 20 years, St. George’s will close its Memphis campus

    The private school opened the third campus in an effort to diversify its student body. The Memphis campus could become a public school by the fall. 

    By Laura Testino February 07, 2025
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    The Early Word: No Music Fest, no Peer Power contract, no In-N-Out (for now)

    State lawmakers try to deny education access, the County Commission may order an MSCS audit and business owners deal with egg-flation.

    By Bianca Phillips February 06, 2025

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