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  • Shelby County

    County Commission votes ‘no confidence’ on corrections chief

    The Shelby County Commission passed a no-confidence vote Monday against Anthony Alexander, the corrections division director who is accused of living outside Shelby County.

    By Linda A. Moore November 05, 2019
  • Shelby County

    U of M will get $1 million from county for swim facility, with conditions

    The University of Memphis will receive $1 million from Shelby County government under a resolution approved by the County Commission Monday that does not include any mandates for when it will pay all university employees $15 an hour.

    By Linda A. Moore November 05, 2019
  • Elections

    Stanton reportedly passes on court clerk re-election bid

    The only countywide elected office on the ballot in 2020 will be a race without an incumbent if Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk Ed Stanton does not seek re-election.

    By Bill Dries November 04, 2019
  • Metro

    Governor says he froze rural grants because of lawmakers’ misunderstanding

    Republican Gov. Bill Lee says he nixed spending from a $4 million rural grant fund because he said legislators didn’t understand how the money was to be used.

    By Sam Stockard November 04, 2019
  • Metro

    Shelby County deputies justified in man’s shooting death, D.A. says

    The officer-involved shooting death of 40-year-old Jason Matthew Hill has been ruled justified by the Shelby County Dist. Atty. Amy Weirich. No charges will be filed against the deputies, who have not been identified. 

    By Yolanda Jones November 04, 2019
  • South Memphis

    Work to begin on third, fourth phases of Foote Park at South City

    Construction on the third phase of Foote Park at South City on the west side of Danny Thomas Boulevard is to be completed by June 2021. 

    By Elle Perry November 04, 2019
  • Metro

    Former city analyst indicted on federal charges in lawn mowing scam

    Leon Blackmon, a former analyst with Housing and Community Development, allegedly steered $1.6 million in contracts to mow vacant lots to family and friends over a seven-year period. Half of the lots were being mowed by the city or next-door neighbors.

    By Bill Dries November 04, 2019
  • Education

    Tennessee’s ACT average dips for the first time since 2013

    Public school students finished with an overall average of 20 on a scale of 36, down from 20.2 last year and mirroring a national slump on ACT results.

    By Marta W. Aldrich November 04, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Cooper-Young celebrates Tennessee’s first rainbow crosswalk

    The state's first rainbow crosswalk has been unveiled in Cooper-Young.

    By Abigail Warren November 05, 2019
  • Elections

    How the 2019 elections gauged Memphis’ state of change

    The race for mayor in particular highlighted different kinds of change at work in the city's politics, from cutting edge to much more gradual changes begun 12 years ago. With the winners and losers decided, the different kinds of change remain in play.

    By Bill Dries November 04, 2019
  • Metro

    Streetdog Foundation gearing up for annual fundraiser

    The Howl at the Moon fundraiser hopes to top last year's $160,000 total at the annual event on Nov. 9. 

    By Dima Amro November 04, 2019
  • State Government

    Rep. White urges education commissioner to dial back changes

    State Rep. Mark White and other leaders urged Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn to slow-walk revisions in accountability measures it took lawmakers years to win, but Gov. Bill Lee backs her efforts to change the status quo.

    By Sam Stockard November 04, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Young takes mixture of MLGW rate hikes, infrastructure plan to City Hall

    The plan goes to a tough audience of City Council members Tuesday for a first look. The council has twice in the past two years rejected such rate hike requests from MLGW after debating the right balance between rate hikes in a poor city and the need to update the utility's infrastructure for one of the city's most basic services.

    By Bill Dries November 04, 2019
  • Shelby County

    A new Shelby County flag will likely have to wait a while

    Shelby County Commissioner Mick Wright had hopes of unifying the county through a redesigned flag, but that won't happen right away.

    By Linda A. Moore November 03, 2019
  • Education

    Gov. Lee’s cabinet members called for questions about $4M mystery fund

    Tennessee House Democrats want to ask about a pot of money tucked into the Department of Economic and Community Development’s budget. 

    By Marta W. Aldrich November 02, 2019
  • Metro

    Shelter for storm victims closes, but Red Cross offering help

    Red Cross shelter closes, but agency and others in the city still helping storm victims with support services. 

    By Yolanda Jones November 01, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Consent decree hurting police ability to fight crime, Strickland says

    Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland announced Friday that the city is holding a community meeting Nov. 7 to gain public input on the 40-year-old police consent decree.

    By Yolanda Jones November 01, 2019
  • State Government

    House shifting budget hearings to pre-session schedule

    New House Speaker Cameron Sexton is moving the House Finance, Ways & Means Committee's department budget hearings to a November-December schedule, away from the long practice of holding them during the regular session.

    By Sam Stockard November 01, 2019
  • Memphis Tigers Football

    ESPN crowns The King as guest picker for College GameDay on Beale Street

    All of the speculation regarding the guest picker for college games on Saturday's ESPN broadcast. All hail the King of Prognosticating. 

    By Clay Bailey November 03, 2019
  • Metro

    Rhodes receives $300,000 from DOJ for sexual assault prevention, programs

    Rhodes will implement a strategic plan, including setting up training programs that will center on sexual assault prevention, victim support and responding to interpersonal violence and stalking. 

    By Jane Roberts November 01, 2019
  • Education

    Six high school classroom vacancies will be filled with online teachers

    Some Shelby County Schools board members initially rejected the remote teaching idea in a committee meeting, but support mounted last week as district leaders explained the dire teacher vacancy situation.

    By Laura Faith Kebede November 01, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Strickland examining logistics of restoring police, fire benefits

    On "Behind The Headlines," Jim Strickland says the city should be able to fund the restoration of benefits with the recently approved half cent sales tax hike for several years. Beyond that, expenses will probably exceed revenues, which is something he and the city council will discuss Tuesday. 

    By Bill Dries November 01, 2019
  • State Government

    Rep. Mark White to take Nashville job, keep Memphis seat

    East Memphis Republican will travel Tennessee working for Lipscomb's College of Leadership & Public Service.

    By Sam Stockard October 31, 2019
  • Elections

    Early voting expands to five sites in council districts 1 and 7

    The five early voting sites opening Friday join a single early voting site Downtown that was open for the first week of the voting period. 

    By Bill Dries October 31, 2019
  • State Government

    Legislative Democrats call for hearings into ECD ‘slush fund’

    Democrats in the General Assembly, including Memphis lawmakers, want hearings into a $4 million “slush fund” for rural grants, some raising questions about whether it was designed to reward legislators who voted for the governor’s voucher bill.

    By Sam Stockard November 01, 2019

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