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  • City of Memphis

    Council rejects Williams’ appointment as deputy city court clerk

    Calvin Williams lost much of his support for the appointment when he told council members his 2007 conviction on federal bribery charges was about his refusal to implicate Black elected officials. 

    By Bill Dries January 04, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    City Council delays police residency vote until April

    City Council members have delayed the first reading on a police residency referendum until April to see if the Tennessee General Assembly passes a law banning such residency requirements for public safety employees statewide.

    Related story:

    City Council approves residential subdivision in Raleigh

    By Bill Dries January 04, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    Police residency returns to first council agenda of 2022

    Between the vocal debate on police residency at its last meeting in 2021 and the Tuesday, Jan. 4, session, Police Chief C.J. Davis has come out in a Daily Memphian op-ed in favor of a broader residency requirement for police. 

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    Neighborhood leaders oppose proposed gas station in Binghampton

    By Bill Dries January 04, 2022
  • Downtown

    Group files lawsuit over Tom Lee Park redesign

    The plaintiffs, known collectively as “Tom Lee Park for All,” claim the park’s $61-million redesign violated a mediation agreement with Memphis in May.

    By Bill Dries January 03, 2022
  • Neighborhoods

    Neighborhood leaders oppose proposed gas station in Binghampton

    The City Council will once again be voting on a special use permit for a proposed gas station on Tillman Street between Sam Cooper Boulevard and Broad Avenue during Tuesday’s 10 a.m. City Council meeting. 

    By Julia Baker January 03, 2022
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Organization builds tiny homes to tackle homelessness

    Homes measuring around 280 square feet are planned to be built in cottage courts in Raleigh, Orange Mound and other neighborhoods by Homes for Hearts and its partner organizations. 

    By Julia Baker January 09, 2022
  • Real Estate

    Mixed-use development planned for South Main

    Butler Row would span more than 2 acres, including the intersection at East Butler Avenue and B.B. King Boulevard.

    By Rob Moore January 03, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    City Council Scorecard: Second chances

    The last council scorecard of 2021 looks at two decisions that will likely be on the first scorecard tracking critical city council votes in 2022.

    By Bill Dries December 29, 2021
  • election 2022 Elections

    Contenders pull petitions for county mayor, Probate Court clerk

    The latest contenders in the May county primaries to pull qualifying petitions include a Democratic challenger to County Mayor Lee Harris. 

    By Bill Dries December 24, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Downtown shop owners to film ‘Dreamers’ Revival’ TV show

    During each season, the couple will help 13 local business owners spruce up their new shops with a minimum budget of $377 — the amount it cost them to fix up their storefront before it opened in the South Main Arts District in September 2016. 

    By Julia Baker December 27, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Orpheum Theatre transfer approved

    The Memphis City Council approved the property transfer for a token $1 payment Tuesday, Dec. 21, on a unanimous vote.

    By Bill Dries December 22, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Williams appointment in clerk’s office delayed again by council

    The delay by the city council came after Calvin Williams said he’s paid for his mistakes but insisted he never “mismanaged anything in government.”

    By Bill Dries December 21, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    City Council delays first of three votes on police residency referendum

    The delay came after some council members opposed to the ballot question pushed for a separate vote on first reading Tuesday, Dec. 21.

    By Bill Dries December 21, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    As COVID cases rise, restaurants shift gears

    Some Memphis restaurants are temporarily shutting down because of staff members who’ve tested positive for coronavirus, and at least one is going to takeout only for now.

    By Jennifer Biggs December 26, 2021
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    Clark Tower lights up the night sky once again

    ‘We can do green, we can do pink, we can do red, we can really do anything,’ Shane Soefker said of Clark Tower’s new lights. ‘We’ll have lots of opportunity to do different things with different holidays and initiatives.’

    By Rob Moore January 09, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    City Council to take first vote on police residency

    The first-reading vote to put the item on the August 2022 ballot comes at the last council meeting of 2021.

    By Bill Dries December 21, 2021
  • Memphis' Crime Crisis Spirit of Memphis

    Shooting survivor, musician is ‘playing for peace’

    Pianist who survived being shot five times holds recitals in hopes of inspiring people to see something positive beyond the violence in the city. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 09, 2022
  • Memphis' Crime Crisis Public Safety

    Efforts to bolster police force face tall obstacles

    The MPD has gone from 2,449 officers a decade ago to slightly more than 1,900 today. The problem is national but also unique to Memphis in some ways.

    By Bill Dries January 08, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    Family, friends, community leaders honor Young Dolph during public memorial

    Family, friends and community leaders honor Young Dolph during public memorial Thursday, Dec. 16 at the FedEx Forum.

    By Jasmine McCraven December 17, 2021
  • Shelby County

    COVID-19 cases rise amid holiday season

    Shelby County Health Department Director Michelle Taylor said the holidays could be to blame.

    By Abigail Warren December 16, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    MLGW, IBEW settle contract impasse

    Utility workers for the city-owned utility get pay raises the next four years under the compromise that scrubbed a city council session to break the labor contract impasse. 

    By Bill Dries December 16, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    City Council Scorecard: A resurrection at Broad and Tillman

    The City Council Scorecard examines the procedural votes that brought a controversial commercial development project and a key intersection back to life after the council killed the project in November on a tie vote.

    By Bill Dries December 15, 2021
  • Elections

    School board member to run for Shelby County Commission

    Althea Greene opened her bid for the District 7 commission seat by saying Tennessee’s new open carry gun law is meant to increase violence and killings. Candidates can begin pulling and filing qualifying petitions in the May primaries, including the commission races, starting Monday.

    By Bill Dries December 15, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Memphis area coalition is a finalist in nationwide innovation challenge

    A coalition led by the University of Memphis was selected as a finalist in the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s Build Back Better Regional Challenge and awarded a $500,000 planning grant. 

    By Daja E. Henry December 15, 2021
  • Update City of Memphis

    Woman fatally shot by police on South Third

    It’s the fourth officer-involved shooting in Memphis and Shelby County this year and the 53rd officer-involved shooting in Tennessee this year.

    By Yolanda Jones December 16, 2021

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