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    Daily Briefs

    • Memphis Film Prize kicking off fourth annual competition
    • Blues Foundation announces 2019 International Blues Challenge Winners
    • William N. Morris to be awarded first Dunavant/Rotary Lifetime Achievement Award 
    • Graceland will hold job fairs Tuesday, Feb. 5, and Saturday, Feb. 9

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 04, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Rehabilitators play key role in helping to preserve wildlife

    Rehabilitators play key role in helping preserve wildlife in Memphis and West Tennessee.

    By John Klyce February 12, 2019
  • Metro

    Empathy a common theme among 2019 TEDxMemphis speakers

    In a series of 18 TEDxMemphis talks, speakers shared their "ideas worth spreading," with the common thread of empathy emerging during the event. 

    By Elle Perry February 03, 2019
  • State Government

    Education savings accounts or vouchers: No matter the verbiage, lawmakers set for fight

    Battle lines are being drawn for debate over education savings accounts – a method for using state dollars to send students to private schools – and Shelby County lawmakers will be in the thick of the fray.

    By Sam Stockard February 03, 2019
  • Shelby County

    New County Commission to be more proactive on education before budget votes

    With eight new commissioners and a new mayor, Shelby County government is changing the way it approaches education moving forward. 

    By Omer Yusuf February 03, 2019
  • Metro

    MLGW to take closer look at alternative electricity providers

    Memphis Light Gas and Water Division president and CEO J.T. Young said the utility will move ahead with a more detailed “integrated resources plan,” following Friday's presentation of the results of a study conducted by GDS Associates Inc.

    By Bill Dries February 01, 2019
  • Business

    Electrolux says it will voluntarily release tax abatement as assessor pushes clawback

    Electrolux's surprise move to close its Memphis plant in two years, idling 530, ignites debate over what can or should be done about incentives that were poured into the plant.

    By Wayne Risher February 02, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Officers identified in fatal shooting of 20-year-old man in Whitehaven

    Brandon Jones, Carlos Donaldson and Timothy Hamilton have been identified by authorities as the three Memphis police officers in the deadly shooting of a 20-year-old man in Whitehaven on Jan. 2. 

    By Yolanda Jones February 02, 2019
  • Downtown

    Tom Lee Park engagement center to give Memphians first look at future park

    Memphians will have the opportunity to get a first look and explore the future of Tom Lee Park at a new engagement center inside Beale Street Landing starting Saturday, Feb. 2.

    By Natalie Pilgrim January 30, 2019
  • State Government

    Parkinson, Hardaway cast doubt on House social media rules

    House members say rule against livestreaming to social media hurts ability to communicate with Memphis constituents.

    By Sam Stockard February 01, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Darrius Stewart case: Judge denies motion for appeal, trial set for Feb. 25

    Federal judge on Friday denied a motion by Darrius Stewart’s attorneys to file an appeal on the ruling that dismissed the city of Memphis from civil lawsuit. The Feb. 25 trial is set to proceed in the case, and Stewart’s attorneys said they may then file appeals in the case. 

    By Yolanda Jones February 01, 2019
  • Shelby County

    City, county propose joint ordinance to expand countywide pre-K program

    A Shelby County and city of Memphis joint ordinance is proposed to create the structure to allow the countywide prekindergarten program to expand by 1,000 seats next school year.

    By Omer Yusuf February 01, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    MLGW to get report on alternatives to TVA electricity

    The MLGW board gets its first look at a report on possibly buying electricity from someone other than TVA at a special meeting Friday.

    By Bill Dries February 01, 2019
  • Shelby County

    Politics Podcast: Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris on juvenile justice reform

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris discusses juvenile justice reform with county beat reporter Omer Yusuf, and city government reporter Bill Dries gives a primer on the first election day of 2019.

    By Natalie Van Gundy January 24, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Attorneys for Darrius Stewart’s family to appeal ruling dismissing city from lawsuit

    Attorneys representing the family of Darrius Stewart plan to appeal the ruling dismissing the city of Memphis from the federal civil lawsuit. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 31, 2019
  • Metro

    Video footage showed Wei Chen’s plane rolling before crash

    Memphis businessman Wei Chen's private plane rolled and struck a tree before crashing in a field in suburban Atlanta, killing him and three passengers, a preliminary NTSB report says.

    By Wayne Risher January 31, 2019
  • Metro

    TEDxMemphis speakers to share ‘ideas worth spreading’

    TEDxMemphis returns Saturday, with leaders from different industries sharing "ideas worth sharing."

    By Elle Perry January 31, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    New ‘People’s Convention’ planned in April for 2019 city elections

    A new "People's Convention" is being organized to run a slate of candidates in the 2019 Memphis elections. It shares some features of the 1991 gathering that backed Willie Herenton's historic bid for mayor, but there are some significant differences as well.

    By Bill Dries February 06, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Weekend shutdowns of I-240, Park in East Memphis make way for big bridge slide

    Key sections of Interstate 240 and Park Avenue in East Memphis will be closed for the next three weekends for replacement of the Norfolk Southern railroad bridge over I-240.

    By Wayne Risher January 30, 2019
  • Education

    SCS board votes to close Gateway charter, delays superintendent search committee

    The Shelby County Schools board unanimously voted Tuesday to close Gateway University charter school at the end of the current academic year.

    By Bill Dries January 29, 2019
  • State Government

    Boyd requests $3 million for UTHSC opioid addiction program

    UT interim president says program provides "direct impact" for Memphis and could help addicts statewide.

    By Sam Stockard January 30, 2019
  • Business

    University of Memphis trustees approve apartment acquisition

    The University of Memphis board of trustees approved a proposal Tuesday that will create a foundation enabling the university to get into the real estate business.

    By Michelle Corbet January 30, 2019
  • Metro

    Daily Briefs

    • Report: Increase in Shelby County new business filings in '18 
    • International Paper reports fourth-quarter earnings 
    • Mock search for Tony Allen replacement wins ad award
    • Flash Market settles Memphis sexual harassment lawsuit
    • Indigo Ag launches logistics platform for growers, shippers
    • Memphis digital marketers launch new agency
    • Amazon reopening fire-damaged center

    By The Daily Memphian Staff January 31, 2019
  • State Government

    Fetal heartbeat bill draws support of governor, key Republican leaders

    Some groups believe fetal heartbeat bill would run into constitutional problems, with state attorney general calling it "suspect."

    By Sam Stockard January 30, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Activists outraged after man in paper jumpsuit released into frigid temperatures

    A man in a paper jumpsuit outside 201 Poplar is raising questions in the minds of social justice advocates.

    By Yolanda Jones January 31, 2019

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