MLGW has processed bills for more than 34,000 users who were behind on payments because of faulty meters. That’s about 8% of MLGW electricity customers. 

An early unaffiliated poll shows Memphis NAACP President Van Turner, former mayor Willie Herenton and Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. tightly bunched at the top of the crowded Memphis mayoral race.

The utility already has a five-year, $1 billion infrastructure investment plan, but if Shelby County is to be prepared for a rapidly changing energy market, MLGW President Doug McGowen said they need to think further ahead. 

The call comes as Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland has called for a $52-million, 10,000-seat soccer stadium to be built on the city-owned land where the Coliseum now stands.

A line added to a page on the Shelby County Election Commission’s website the last day of February has turned this year’s race for Memphis mayor upside down.

Strickland says his call Friday for more public data about court decisions on bail and sentencing would be part of existing websites outside of the city government’s data hub. 

Any change in electricity provider could require changes in that transmission system, MLGW leadership says.

The library had been closed since Feb. 2, when Memphis Police Department officer Geoffrey Redd was shot there.

The Mobility Center, scheduled to open in July, already has four parking spaces that are equipped for the installation of electric chargers for public use.

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland delivered a letter to Shelby County officials questioning low bail and weak sentences and asking for bail-setting forms and judgments to be posted online. 

A small, but patient, group of South Memphis residents concerned about a cancer-causing pollutant in their neighborhood waited five hours to address the Shelby County Board of Commissioners yesterday. 

The lawsuit filed by Alicia Franklin alleges negligence by the city regarding her alleged September 2021 sexual assault by Cleotha Henderson, aka Abston.

The most controversial ordinance barring police from low-level traffic stops was delayed Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Strickland administration opposed and questioned some of the measures in a four-page memo.

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With the lease between Memphis in May and Memphis River Parks Partnership a done deal, Memphis City Council members signed off Tuesday, March 7, on a damage deposit agreement for the festival’s use of Tom Lee Park.

The Shelby County Election Commission released a legal opinion Feb. 28 that said Memphis’ five-year residency requirement for mayoral candidates should be enforced in the upcoming Memphis municipal election. 

Memphis City Council members could take final votes Tuesday, March 6, on a set of six police reform ordinances. The proposals are surrounded by a debate about crime in Memphis.

Terry’s secret for leading, he once said, was listening. “And remembering that God didn’t give us two ears and one mouth by mistake.”

Records show the local festival pays far less than other city festivals to stage events in a taxpayer-owned park, and CEO Jim Holt says that revenue sharing with the city would be “difficult” for the nonprofit.

The committee is taking input and suggestions over the next two weeks as it moves toward the first of three council votes on March 21.

MLGW has temporarily suspended all disconnections for non-payment so that call center representatives can focus on restoring power to customers. 

The expansion comes as the CDC extends the timeframe for when sexual assault victims can receive a forensic exam.

The new facility replaces the Davis YMCA and marks the return of swimming lessons and classes that have seen generations. 

Time is “tight” for the redistricting committee to make recommendations on new Memphis City Council district lines. Meanwhile, the city mapmaker with the group says the process should be more public. Plus, another joins the Memphis mayor’s race.

The front lawn of OUT Memphis, 892 Cooper Street, bustled with attendees from 4 to 5 p.m., to protest pending passage of state laws affecting transgender rights.

The Memphis Area Transit Authority opened a $200,000 upgrade at its dispatch command center, “the heart and soul of our operations.”