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Behind The Headlines
‘I don’t think I have seen a mug shot that is not Latino or African American,’ county mayor says about Task Force arrests
On “Behind The Headlines,” Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said he has tried to meet with federal officials from the Memphis Safe Task Force to talk about his concerns ICE agents are racially “profiling” Memphians.
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Public Safety
Overton High student shot in park near school
The Memphis teenager was shot and injured during the school day in a park adjacent to Overton High School in East Memphis, according to police and the school system.
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Public Safety
Prosecutors charge 15 in alleged marijuana trafficking conspiracy
Federal prosecutors in Memphis have charged members of a national drug-trafficking operation, Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, said.
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State Government
Tennessee doctors plead for pause in executions
A coalition of Tennessee medical professionals is urging Gov. Bill Lee to pause all state executions “to allow the courts to consider active litigation concerning the protocol.”
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Metro
The AM/DM podcast: The ‘crystal show,’ tree lighting and latte art
This weekend is St. Jude Memphis Marathon weekend, but that doesn’t mean the fun stops. It some ways, it just keeps going ... for 26.2 miles.
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The Early Word: Bonner claps back over jail, and a latte coffee is brewing
Young shares a plan for Task Force aftermath, a new effort may derail cargo theft and the Renaissance building has new owners.
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Memphis faces tight budgets. Will a ‘debt cliff’ save it?
The “debt cliff” refers to how much city bond payments are expected to decline in the future — essentially, the city’s annual payment on its never-ending mortgage.
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Shelby County
Sheriff answers mayor’s complaints about County Jail with complaints of his own
Sheriff Floyd Bonner faults Mayor Lee Harris for problems at the County Corrections Center and not being responsive in assisting with problems at the jail.
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Mayor Young preparing for life after Task Force
Memphis Mayor Paul Young said he wants to sustain the drop in crime.
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Supporters prepare to hit the ground running ahead of St. Jude’s biggest fundraising event
“I’m just running a little race,” said a St. Jude Memphis Marathon weekend participant about the organization’s annual fundraiser to help end childhood cancer.
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‘You are not the victim’: DeSoto residents renew calls for school board member to resign over support letter
The criticism of DeSoto County School Board member Michele Henley continued Thursday as two speakers again called for her resignation at the board’s monthly meeting.
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State Government
Marsha Blackburn targets cargo theft in Memphis with new federal legislation
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, the Tennessee Republican running for governor, is proposing bipartisan legislation that would give Memphis additional law enforcement resources and funding for technology to combat cargo theft.
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Dan Aykroyd, Vernon Reid, Dave Davies and others remember Stax great Steve Cropper
As news spread of the death of Stax legend Steve Cropper on Thursday, Dec. 4, musicians and others who knew the giant took to social media to pay tribute.
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Public Safety
Two arrested following chase where state trooper fired shot
While giving chase, the car reached 125 miles per hour at one point and drove into oncoming traffic multiple times.
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The Early Word: Harris wants sheriff out of 201, and Tigers take out NOLA
A Stax legend has died, a Chicago eatery has left Memphis and two Collierville households want out of town.
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Metro
The AM/DM podcast: ‘A Christmas Carol,’ ‘Rudolph’ and ‘Die Hard’
Today, The Daily Memphian’s resident theater kid Alys Drake, who also writes our monthly show roundup, takes us through December’s offerings.
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Sheriff should not manage the jail, Harris says
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris says the number of jail deaths calls for dramatic change that could include the county or the state taking over the county jail currently run by Sheriff Floyd Bonner.
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Education
Over 30 Memphis schools could lose cleaning services in January after board rejects custodian contract
Board members said the company recommended by MSCS leaders has a history of poor service. It’s not the first time custodian contracts have caused issues.
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Elections
‘Long road’ of Shelby County mayoral race takes turn through LeMoyne-Owen
There were some sparks and plenty of claims disputed Wednesday, Dec. 3, during the forum at LeMoyne-Owen College. The same five contenders who showed up last month for a Germantown forum took the stage in Soulsville.
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Visual Arts
‘A little bit cowboy, a little bit visionary': Metal Museum founder James Wallace dies
With his bushy mustache and a Stetson on his head, James Wallace didn’t exactly look like a man who literally willed a museum to life, then nurtured its continued existence for nearly three decades afterward.
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Music
Legendary Stax star Steve Cropper dies at 84
A founding member of Booker T. and the MGs as well as a songwriter and producer, legendary guitarist Steve Cropper has been inducted into just about every music hall of fame imaginable.
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City of Memphis
Full recording of meeting that includes rape remark available to stream, City Council says
The Memphis City Council addressed its YouTube stream not showing the entirety of the body’s Dec. 2 meeting where a council member compared a proposed firefighter pay raise to rape.
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Public Safety
TBI finds nothing unusual in MPD audit
A TBI audit of MPD’s crime statistics yielded no real findings, TBI Director David Rausch wrote in a letter to two Memphis-area legislators.
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Public Safety
TBI investigating state trooper-involved shooting
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating a shooting by a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper that occurred Wednesday morning, Dec. 3, in the Raleigh-Bartlett area of Memphis.
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