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  • Shelby County

    School district takes ‘swift action’ with new name, fewer schools

    Memphis-Shelby County Schools, as the board voted to be called Tuesday evening, decided on a slew of changes that will have hundreds of students start next school year somewhere different.

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    Two KIPP schools narrowly avoid closure

    By Daja E. Henry January 27, 2022
  • Shelby County

    Playground at women’s center puts abortion debate before commission

    The commission’s Democratic majority approved a $25,000 grant to fund a playground at the center in Midtown. People on both sides of the abortion issue had a lot to say before the vote.

    By Bill Dries January 25, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    Holmes Road improvements could begin after years of promises

    “The longer it takes, the more expensive it gets,” one Shelby County Commissioner said of the project last week. 

    By Bill Dries January 27, 2022
  • Public Safety

    On-duty Memphis police officer, driver killed in crash

    MPD officer and another driver were killed in a crash on Shelby Drive and Pleasant Hill early Thursday morning. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 23, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    Council votes no on Binghampton gas station

    The elaborately designed convenience store with gas pumps and retail bays would have been built at 2977 Broad Ave. at Tillman Street and Sam Cooper Boulevard.

    By Julia Baker January 18, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    Ida B. Wells to be honored with Downtown street

    The name change approved Tuesday changes the street’s name on city maps and as a mailing address.

    By Bill Dries January 19, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    State change in discount rate to cost city $500,000 in next fiscal year

    The state has lowered the percentage it expects to make on investments that finance pension funds. By state law, the city of Memphis must lower its discount rate as well in the spring budget season. 

    By Bill Dries January 18, 2022
  • crime crisis Public Safety

    What happens with most local drag racing charges? They’re dismissed

    Calling it a “terrible reality,” Memphis City Councilman Worth Morgan said that “people are not being held accountable for fleeing from police.”

    By Bill Dries January 19, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    Political Roundup: Sugarmon opens for Juvenile Court Judge as races heat up

    Candidates who won’t be on the ballot until August are actively campaigning along with those in partisan races whose first hurdle is the May county primaries.

    By Bill Dries January 18, 2022
  • Spirit of Memphis

    ‘Race for Reconciliation’ joins MLK Day lineup

    The “Race for Reconciliation,” a 5K walk/run, will start at noon Monday, Jan. 17 at AutoZone Park as part of MLK Day activities.

    By Alicia Davidson January 17, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    House committee questions TVA power rates

    A nine-page letter from Capitol Hill questions a central tenet of TVA’s pitch for Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division to remain the federal agency’s largest customer for electric power.

    By Bill Dries January 15, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    WATCH: Conversation about violent crime about to heat up

    Josh Spickler, of the criminal justice reform group Just City, said on WKNO’s Behind The Headlines that there is another side to allegations the county’s criminal justice system is a ‘revolving door.’

    By Bill Dries January 15, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    Memphis charter networks face shutdown by SCS

    The Shelby County Schools Board is having public meetings Wednesday evening to decide whether to revoke the charters of two charter networks. 

    By Daja E. Henry January 12, 2022
  • Elections

    Henri Brooks seeks return to county government in 2022 primaries

    The former county commissioner has pulled petitions to seek a return to the County Commission or to run for Juvenile Court Clerk. 

    By Bill Dries January 12, 2022
  • Education

    State releases draft of education funding framework

    The Tennessee Department of Education released a draft of its new education funding framework Tuesday, Jan. 11, the same day lawmakers began this year’s regular legislative session.

    By Daja E. Henry, Ian Round January 11, 2022
  • Update City of Memphis

    Young Dolph shooting suspects arrested

    Justin Johnson had posted on social media that he planned to surrender locally on Monday, Jan. 10, but did not. He was arrested in Indiana, and a second suspect, Cornelius Smith, was arrested in Southaven.

    By Yolanda Jones January 12, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    City Council Scorecard: How to lose an appointment

    The first Council Scorecard of the new year chronicles a rare defeat of an appointment from the city court clerk’s office and a few notes about the start of the second half of the current council’s four-year term.

    By Bill Dries January 11, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    Final public meeting on proposed Summer Avenue improvements held

    The 5.5 mile section on the main thoroughfare may soon become a “complete” or multimodal street that is safer for everyone, including drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists. The improvements may also attract new businesses and people to the area.

    By Julia Baker January 10, 2022
  • Shelby County

    County Commission approves corrections officer pay raises

    The money will mean raises of up to 20% for guards working at prisons run by the county administration.

    By Bill Dries January 10, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    Political roundup: Morgan talks differences with Harris; 3 Democratic DA contenders pledge changes

    Republican mayoral contender Worth Morgan emphasized his differences on crime with Democratic incumbent Lee Harris. The three Democrats seeking to challenge Republican District Attorney Amy Weirich in August said the prosecutors office would change profoundly if any of them upset Weirich.

    By Bill Dries January 10, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    City Council Scorecard: The five most critical decisions of 2021

    The top five votes by the Memphis City Council include what happened after a crude oil pipeline plan was withdrawn and the council’s do-over on the work toward a possible MLGW split from TVA. 

    By Bill Dries January 09, 2022
  • State Government

    Federal ARPA funds for past-due mortgage payments coming from state

    The Tennessee Housing Development Agency begins taking applications online Monday, Jan. 10, for $168 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding for those behind on their mortgage payments specifically because of the pandemic.

    By Bill Dries January 10, 2022
  • Crime Crisis City of Memphis

    Paying The Police: Comparing area officers’ salaries

    The Daily Memphian compares top pay and pay ranges for the county’s six law enforcement agencies and finds that the area’s smaller police departments pay more. 

    By Bill Dries January 09, 2022
  • Premium City of Memphis

    Memphis asked for help with speeders; state reminds MPD of overlooked — and unused — money

    With local motorists driving ‘as if they are in video games,’ city and state law enforcement are at odds over who bears more responsibility for enforcing highway speeding laws.

    By Ian Round January 09, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    Robinson acquitted on two charges but judge denies acquittal, new trial on two other charges

    A federal judge granted an acquittal on two wire fraud charges against state Sen. Katrina Robinson but denied acquittal or a new trial on two remaining counts of wire fraud.

    By Yolanda Jones January 07, 2022

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