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  • Public Safety

    Judge in Darrius Stewart civil rights lawsuit: Officer’s use of deadly force was ‘not reasonable’

    The federal judge in the civil rights lawsuit brought by Darrius Stewart's parents says former Memphis Police officer Connor Schilling was not in “serious danger” the night of the shooting and his use of deadly force was “not reasonable.”

    By Yolanda Jones January 29, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Strickland proposes catalyst for development outside Downtown and Midtown

    Breaking the city's development boom outside of Downtown and Midtown is the goal Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland outlined Monday in his election year state of the city address -- a difficult goal shared by Strickland's predecessor in the mayor's office.

    By Bill Dries January 30, 2019
  • Education

    ‘Mistakes, but no malicious intent’: Gateway charter school leader hopes to avoid closure

    The leader of Gateway University Charter School spoke publicly Monday, saying the school had made its share of mistakes in its first year, but that it deserved to stay open.

    By Caroline Bauman, Chalkbeat January 28, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Frayser residents tell city, architects their Ed Rice redesign ideas

    The City of Memphis hosted the first public meeting with Frayser citizens Thursday to get their input on what a brand new Ed Rice Community Center should look and feel like. 

    By Elle Perry January 25, 2019
  • Shelby County

    Commission approves allocating $1.3 million for new youth justice facility

    The Shelby County Commission voted Monday to allocate $1.3 million to begin designing a new Youth Justice and Education Center to replace the current juvenile detention facility.

    By Omer Yusuf January 28, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Two first responders recognized by 100 Club of Memphis

    Two Memphis Police Department officers are honored for their service to community and valor by the 100 Club of Memphis. 

    By Christin Yates January 29, 2019
  • Education

    U of M could get into real estate with apartment acquisition

    The University of Memphis may take the first step Tuesday to become active in the real estate market, taking advantage of a provision in the tax reform package Congress passed in 2017. 

    By Michelle Corbet January 29, 2019
  • Education

    Memphis parents submit 1,700 school applications online in first hour

    After decades of what critics called an unfair enrollment system that favored well-off families who could camp out for days to get priority admission, 1,700 parents applied online for Memphis schools during the first hour on Monday, Jan. 28.

    By Laura Faith Kebede January 28, 2019
  • Shelby County

    Shelby County searching for new historian

    The Shelby County Commission is expected to appoint a new county historian at its Feb. 11 meeting. 

    By Omer Yusuf January 29, 2019
  • Education

    Shelby County Schools’ interim superintendent says he won’t ‘sit behind a podium’

    Joris Ray intends to be involved in his interim role as Shelby County Schools superintendent.

    By Laura Faith Kebede, Chalkbeat January 28, 2019
  • State Government

    Commissioner Nichols starts job facing loss of $15 million in federal funds

    Family First Prevention Services Act set to replace state's waiver program for providing behavioral and mental health services to children in state custody.

    By Sam Stockard January 28, 2019
  • Education

    Silent so far, Memphis charter leaders to get to make the case to keep their school open

    Gateway University – the Memphis charter school that district officials say broke state law – will have the chance to publicly make the case for why the school board should not vote to close the school.

    By Caroline Bauman January 28, 2019
  • Education

    U of M receives $1.4 million for first-generation students

    The University of Memphis has received $1.4 million from an anonymous donor and the Suder Foundation to create a new office and establish a scholarship fund for first-generation students.

    By Natalie Pilgrim January 28, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Federal judge dismisses city from Darrius Stewart civil suit

    Court documents show the city of Memphis has been removed as a defendant from a civil suit filed by the mother of 19-year-old Darrius Stewart, who was killed in an officer-involved shooting in 2015. But the police officer who killed Stewart remains a defendant in the suit. 

    By Jared Boyd January 26, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    City’s history, bicentennial review draws crowd to library

    The start of a Memphis Public Libraries lecture series on the city's bicentennial draws a standing-room-only crowd, while the Memphis Pink Palace museum prepares for a March opening of its own bicentennial exhibit.

    By Bill Dries January 27, 2019
  • State Government

    House passes MLK resolution year after pulling Memphis celebration money

    A year after the state House of Representatives pulled $250,000 from Memphis' bicentennial celebration as retribution for the removal of Confederate monuments, local legislators are hoping the body is moving in a new direction.

    By Sam Stockard January 27, 2019
  • State Government

    Rep. Cooper bill would let prisoners apply for Reconnect scholarships

    Worried that prisoners are learning nothing as they sit in cells, state Rep. Barbara Cooper is sponsoring a bill enabling inmates to earn college credits using Tennessee Reconnect money.

    By Sam Stockard January 26, 2019
  • Shelby County

    Memphis congressional delegation reflects DC partisan divide on shutdown

    The rhetoric of the city's four elected representatives in Washington reflected their parties. But one voted with the other side on the last vote before President Trump announced Friday the end of the federal government shutdown.

    By Bill Dries January 26, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Violent crimes down in Memphis, Shelby County

    Violent crimes – murders, rapes, aggravated assaults and robberies – dropped in Memphis and Shelby County in 2018, according to data released by the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission Friday. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 28, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Women’s March moves from streets to midterms and beyond

    A dozen local organizations rallied Saturday at Clayborn Temple in a follow up to last weekend’s Memphis Women’s March that focused on influencing the broad ideological course of state and federal government past the 2018 midterm elections.

    By Bill Dries January 26, 2019
  • Metro

    Memphis Lives: Jimmye Pidgeon

    Jimmye Pidgeon was born in Memphis in 1942 in the care of the infamous Georgia Tann, a child trafficker who used a litany of illegal and jaw-dropping tactics to obtain children. Yet as Pidgeon tells her story today, it is one of resilience, hope, perseverance and optimism.

    By Emily Koelsch January 26, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Robertson outlines chamber-EDGE joint venture to debut in February

    The Greater Memphis Chamber and the Economic Development Growth Engine organization are expected to roll out their new economic development strategy next month.

    By Bill Dries January 25, 2019
  • Shelby County

    Harris says proposal for new detention facility has ‘momentum’

    A second vote on Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris' proposal for a new Juvenile Justice and Education Center is expected to take place at the next Shelby County Commission meeting Monday. 

    By Omer Yusuf January 25, 2019
  • State Government

    State not seeking Memphis megasite money for next budget unless it lands a major employer

    Economic and Community Development commissioner contends the state has enough resources on hand to make the Memphis Regional Megasite in Haywood County "shovel-ready."

    By Sam Stockard January 25, 2019
  • Shelby County

    Shelby County sued over minority contractor program

    A Memphis mechanical contractors association has filed a federal lawsuit seeking $500,000 in compensatory damages from Shelby County, claiming reverse discrimination.

    By Yolanda Jones and Omer Yusuf January 25, 2019

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