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<strong>Two&nbsp;scientists at the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation&rsquo;s crime lab will be dedicated to DNA and ballistics testing exclusively for the Memphis Police Department.</strong> (Andrew J. Whitaker/The Post And Courier via AP file)Premium Public Safety

TBI crime lab to add two scientists specifically for Memphis cases

The arrangement between the state and the City of Memphis would put on hold discussion of an independent crime lab for Shelby County.

By Bill Dries 10 minutes ago
Business

Greater Memphis Chamber finalist in national competition

The Chamber of the Year winners will be announced Wednesday, July 23, during an awards show, presented by Comcast Business at ACCE’s Annual Convention in Philadelphia.

By Dima Amro 43 minutes ago
Public Safety

Trial date set for codefendants in Ghost Mob gang killing

The case began with the Jan. 10, 2019, murder of the “supreme elite chief” of the Unknown Vice Lords Ronald Terry and his girlfriend, Candid Sanders.

By Aarron Fleming 2 hours ago
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The Early Word: Texting is the new speeding, and a kid sings for St. Jude

Historically Black medical school comes to Memphis, city worker raises may be lowered and Germantown throws Houston High a bone.

By Bianca Phillips 11 hours ago

  • Premium Public Safety

    Everybody Speeds: What auto insurers really care about

    According to local insurance agents, speeding tickets aren’t as big a deal as they once were.

    By Jody Callahan 13 hours ago
  • Germantown

    Germantown leaders pledge more money for Houston High makeover

    Two Germantown aldermen brought forth proposals Monday evening to put more funds toward Houston High’s master plan. Only one of those plans was approved.

    By Abigail Warren 4 hours ago
  • Premium City of Memphis

    Council strikes compromise over city worker pay raises

    Council member Pearl Walker proposed the amendment that would give all city employees a flat 3% raise across all divisions, superseding the 5% raises the City Council passed in May.

    By Samuel Hardiman, Bill Dries June 09, 2025
  • Premium Neighborhoods

    Historically Black medical college coming to Memphis

    Meharry’s expansion to Memphis is the first step in Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church’s $310 million, mixed-use development.

    By Bill Dries 11 hours ago
  • North Mississippi

    ‘We cannot put profit before people’: Coalition blasts xAI’s turbine plans

    Local civic leaders continue to question how Elon Musk’s xAI program will benefit the community among worries that it will potentially harm residents and drain resources. 

    By Brandon LaGrone II 23 hours ago
  • Public Safety

    Former cop convicted in Tyré Nichols case wants sentencing date delayed

    The former officer pleaded guilty in federal court in November 2023 to using excessive force against Nichols and conspiring to witness tamper after his beating. He also agreed to plead guilty to some of his charges in state court.

    By Aarron Fleming June 09, 2025
  • Premium The Early Word

    The Early Word: Memphis drivers are too fast, and a Tiger hooper comes home

    Grizzlies center Zach Edey is having ankle surgery, the Memphis IKEA is downsizing its staff and we know where you can cool off this summer. 

    By Chris Herrington June 09, 2025
  • Premium Public Safety

    Shifting gang alliances make policing more difficult

    Police brass have frequently said that it has become more difficult to stem gang violence because underlings in the gangs will often team up, sometimes with members of rival gangs, to commit crimes.

    By Bill Dries June 09, 2025
  • Premium Public Safety

    Anatomy of a gang murdering one of its own

    Ronald Terry and Tim Johnson were in the same street gang and died five days apart in 2019. The investigation led to a guilty verdict in Memphis federal court last week and told the story of violence within the gang known as the Ghost Mob.

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    The changing political backdrop for the Ghost Mob case

    Shifting gang alliances make policing more difficult

    By Bill Dries 6 hours ago
  • Premium Public Safety

    The changing political backdrop for the Ghost Mob case

    The trial that ended last week in Memphis with the conviction of Ghost Mob gang member Vincent Grant for the 2019 murder of another gang member unfolded against a backdrop of political change in the nation’s capitol.

    By Bill Dries June 09, 2025
  • Premium Public Safety

    Everybody Speeds: ‘You never know what you’re going to encounter’

    A retired Memphis police officer reveals what a traffic stop is like from the officer’s perspective.

    By Jody Callahan 6 hours ago
  • City of Memphis

    This Week in Memphis: Father’s Day dinner, District 11 town hall

    The Memphis City Council’s budget deadline looms, and Shelby County Commissioner Miska Clay Bibbs holds a town-hall meeting.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 09, 2025
  • Premium Health Care

    Le Bonheur doc retires from Heart Institute he built

    A decade ago, Dr. Jeffrey Towbin gave Le Bonheur a 30-page single-spaced plan for how he would build a world-class pediatric heart program in Memphis.

    By Aisling Mäki June 08, 2025
  • Premium Public Safety

    Everybody Speeds: Where HAL 9000 meets the Highway Patrol

    The way to curb speeding at first glance might be to put more police officers on the street. But it’s not that simple.

    By Jody Callahan 6 hours ago
  • Premium Public Safety

    Everybody Speeds: Memphis-area tickets are down, but traffic deaths are up

    The number of speeding tickets dropped in 2020 and has never increased back to pre-pandemic numbers. The number of fatalities have gone the other way.

    By Jody Callahan 6 hours ago
  • Arts & Culture

    For some, Juneteenth a reminder of painful past

    Each year, the two-day Memphis festival celebrates June 19, 1865, when enslaved Texans learned of the Emancipation Proclamation.

    By Jody Callahan June 07, 2025
  • Premium Behind The Headlines

    After building homeless shelter in North Memphis, nonprofit looks south

    “There’s a lot of homeless children in Southeast Memphis,” Hospitality Hub Executive Director Kelcey Johnson said. “Southeast Memphis leads the county in evictions, almost three times as many as the rest of the city combined.”

    By Bill Dries June 07, 2025
  • Premium State Government

    Tennessee deputy governor to leave Lee administration

    Deputy Gov. Butch Eley has been part of Gov. Bill Lee’s administration for almost seven years.

    By Bill Dries June 06, 2025
  • Premium Public Safety

    Ghost Mob gang leader convicted of federal racketeering murder charge

    The weeklong jury trial in Memphis federal court ended with the conviction of Ghost Mob leader Vincent Grant for the 2019 murder of a fellow gang member.

    By Bill Dries June 06, 2025
  • Premium Public Safety

    Nichols’ attorneys want stay lifted for former cops

    Attorneys for Tyré Nichols’ family and estate want a federal judge to remove a stay that has protected five former Memphis officers from parts of the civil lawsuit over Nichols’ death. 

    By Samuel Hardiman June 06, 2025
  • Premium The Early Word

    The Early Word: Trump tariffs worry FedEx founder, and Max’s maxes out

    Nichols suit will go on despite DOJ dismissal, MSCS forensic audit is coming and tight tops don’t sell chicken wings these days. 

    By Bianca Phillips June 08, 2025
  • Premium Spirit of Memphis

    This Memphis boxer shares lessons with anyone — including Grizzlies

    Mike Cook, fighting this weekend in Riverfront Rumble at Beale Street Landing, trains people from all different backgrounds — even some of the local NBA team.

    By Drew Hill June 06, 2025
  • Premium Education

    MSCS forensic audit could begin as soon as mid-July

    Tennessee officials expect to choose a firm to perform the audit by the end of the month. But many details of the audit’s scope may remain secret.

    By Laura Testino June 06, 2025
  • Public Safety

    DOJ dismissal won’t affect civil suit, Nichols family attorney says

    Attorney Ben Crump made his remarks at a celebration for what would have been Tyré Nichols’ 32nd birthday at I Am A Man Plaza in Downtown Memphis.

    By Aarron Fleming June 05, 2025
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Tennessee leaders push federal legislation to fix roads around airports

    The Don’t Miss Your Flight Act would “create a discretionary grant program” and use existing funds for improvements to road, bridge, tunnel, passenger-rail or transit projects at or within 5 miles of a public airport.

    By Sophia Surrett June 05, 2025

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