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    Trial delayed for Billy Ray Turner in Lorenzen Wright slaying

    The murder trial for Billy Ray Turner, accused in the fatal shooting of former NBA star Lorenzen Wright, has been delayed after prosecutors introduced new information Thursday, Aug. 22.

    By Yolanda Jones August 22, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Mayoral incumbent, challengers paint different portraits of city’s future

    Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland has a full calendar of groundbreakings and openings as an incumbent campaigning on his record. Challenger Tami Sawyer, meanwhile, is appealing to fellow millennials to resist the call of other cities as well as the momentum Strickland is claiming.

    By Bill Dries August 22, 2019
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    Zoo parking lot reconfiguration to begin Monday

    Work on the Prentiss Place parking lot is the first of three phases and sets the stage for the next two phases starting this fall or winter. The work also begins as the new president of the zoo talks about a change in the zoo's direction.

    By Bill Dries August 21, 2019
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    Union and Fourth hotel approved by council with parking in back, hotel on corner

    The city council Tuesday approved expanding a program to pay fines and fees to restore driver's licenses to include criminal court. And the city is checking on the status of 14 works of public art at the city's old Cordova auto inspection station before the council votes on selling the station.

    By Bill Dries August 21, 2019
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    Dispute between Lausanne, neighborhood could move from courtroom to City Hall

    An ongoing dispute between Lausanne Collegiate School and its residential neighbors is headed to court but made a stop at the City Council along the way.

    By Bill Dries August 20, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    City Council motors through car-centric agenda items Tuesday

    The council agenda Tuesday includes discussions about selling the old Cordova auto inspection station, allowing temporary closure of an Overton Square street and expanding a program that helps those with suspended drivers licenses pay fines and fees once they have met other terms.

    By Bill Dries August 19, 2019
  • Elections

    Sawyer blazes five-year path from protest to mayor’s race

    Memphis Mayoral contender and Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer is mounting a complex challenge of incumbent mayor Jim Strickland. The challenge combines promises of disruption with national issues as Sawyer seeks to fuse activism with electoral politics.

    By Bill Dries August 19, 2019
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Agricenter opens $100,000 kitchen for kids

    With the new kitchen, Agricenter is helping children learn to cook with produce from a farmers market, surrounding fields.

    By Jane Roberts August 16, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Moses denied place in race for Memphis mayor

    Pamela Moses represented herself in a Chancery Court hearing Thursday, Aug. 15, unsuccessfully seeking to stop the printing and mailing of Memphis election ballots that go to city absentee voters starting Monday. 

    By Bill Dries August 15, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Sawyer says Strickland is not ‘an anti-racist’

    The mayoral contender and county commissioner commented on a "Behind The Headlines" recording Thursday when asked about comments made by CNN commentator Angela Rye in Memphis last week labeling Mayor Jim Strickland a "racist' and "Dixiecrat."

    By Bill Dries August 15, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Leaders of sales tax hike push vow citywide campaign

    Leaders of the “Memphis Campaign for Public Safety” said on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast they think the wording of the Oct. 3 ballot question is clear although Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland has said if it is approved, it would still have to go to the City Council for approval.

    By Bill Dries August 10, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Politics Podcast: The public safety referendum

    Leaders of the police and fire unions talk about the referendum on a half-cent sales tax hike this October to restore benefits for public safety employees.

    By Natalie Van Gundy September 05, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    MATA chief says referendum on bus funding source could follow city elections

    On "Behind The Headlines," Gary Rosenfeld said a revenue source, possibly from a sales tax hike or gas tax hike, is needed to implement a two-year-old plan to increase the frequency of bus trips in the core city and to find ways to connect areas outside of the core. 

    By Bill Dries August 09, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Council could take final vote on Memphis 3.0

    Memphis City Council members take final votes Tuesday on the Memphis 3.0 land use and development guidelines, a new set of rules for public art projects funded by the city and a ban on plastic bags.

    By Bill Dries August 06, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Nonconnah’s polluted water likely leaking into Memphis aquifer

    Breaches in the Memphis aquifer means some of our drinking water comes from heavily polluted Nonconnah Creek, but filtration still yields excellent water quality.

    By John Klyce August 05, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    When a creek becomes a river

    Nonconnah Creek, along with the Wolf River, is one of the two major sources of drainage for the Memphis area, yet many people aren't familiar with it. But understanding Nonconnah and the potential consequences of man-made changes to it, as demonstrated on a terrifying night in 1980, could be important to our future.

    By John Klyce August 06, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Herenton vows to ‘Fight the Power’

    Tami Sawyer charges patriarchy. The Jim Strickland campaign says Willie Herenton left a "mess" with tax hikes and service cuts during his 17-year tenure at City Hall.

    By Bill Dries August 04, 2019
  • Spirit of Memphis

    City Year program gears up for third year helping students succeed in Memphis classrooms

    While teachers, students, faculty members and parents across Memphis are gearing up for the school year, City Year, a nonprofit powered in partnership with AmeriCorps, is also getting into gear.

    By Jared Boyd August 06, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Johnson campaigns for council on suspicions about development boom

    Memphis City Council contender Frank Johnson is connecting with some supporters with his concerns about gentrification and displacement as parts of the city prosper and other parts don't.

    By Bill Dries August 03, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Politics Podcast: City council contender Frank Johnson

    Memphis City Council candidate Frank Johnson talks about the summer campaign, South Memphis and distrust in economic development.

    By Natalie Van Gundy August 02, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Strong to challenge Cohen in 2020 Democratic Congressional primary

    Former Shelby County Democratic Party chairman Corey Strong will challenge U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen in the August 2020 Democratic Congressional primary.

    By Bill Dries August 03, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Rallings says review of Frayser disorder continues but police responded with restraint

    On "Behind The Headlines," Memphis Police Chief Michael Rallings said a federal court consent decree forbidding police surveillance has put the police department in a "very difficult situation" but that he will abide by court's ruling. He also said MPD is still reviewing how it handled the Brandon Webber situation six weeks ago.

    By Bill Dries August 02, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Strickland says first term as mayor has answered call for change

    Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland opened his reelection campaign headquarters Tuesday in Poplar Plaza, citing his record and setting a goal to "accelerate momentum" if elected to a second term.

    By Bill Dries July 31, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Strickland, Herenton go after each other in mayor’s race

    Mayor Jim Strickland and former Mayor Willie Herenton have raised their rhetoric about each other in recent days after initially avoiding direct criticism of each other.

    By Bill Dries, Omer Yusuf July 30, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Allen takes broader view in council Super District bid

    Cat Allen, a first-time contender in the City Council's Super District 8, sees a wave of progressive candidates for the council and has some concerns about what's happening in Super District 9, which is just a few blocks from her home.

    By Bill Dries July 29, 2019

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