Shelby County Criminal Court Division VII Judge Lee Coffee made the determination during a motion hearing Friday, April 14. 

“Losing a child is the worst kind of pain that a parent could know, but RowVaughn has continued to demonstrate strength and assert her voice to ensure that her son’s story is not forgotten,” Ben Crump, the Wells family’s attorney, wrote for Time magazine.

Two of the men charged in connection to the recent shooting at the Prive restaurant in Hickory Hill had their bail set in court Thursday, April 15.

Under an amendment, the consolidated police reform ordinance on the Tuesday, April 11, agenda would stand alongside separate ordinances on the same general reforms.

Johnny Sanford, 36, posted a $250,000 bond on April 6 following a bond hearing the same day.

Twenty-nine paper lanterns alighted over the Mississippi River around the 7:30 p.m. sunset representing each year of Nichols’ life.

The Collective Blueprint is one part of an attempted solution to the city’s crime and poverty problems, a solution beyond the traditional approaches tried by leaders. 

“The best thing is to be someone who cares about their community,” MPD Public Information Officer Theresa Carlson said. “... someone who can listen and talk to people.”

Is it a scandal that law enforcement officials didn’t throw themselves into investigating a superstar basketball player whose behavior was plainly over the line? No. It would have been unusual if they had.

Gregory Livingston had his bail lowered to $750,000 by Criminal Court Division 8 Judge Chris Craft.

One of the three men charged in a shooting at the Prive restaurant and bar last week has had his bail set at $250,000.

A federal judge’s ruling ends the age-discrimination lawsuit against Tennessee’s 2021 permitless carry law, allowing individuals aged 18 to 20 to carry handguns without a permit.

This is the first hiring expo MPD has hosted in 2023. The police department hopes to bring in more than 280 recruits this year.

Protests were planned at more than 200 schools across the U.S., including White Station High School, Memphis Business Academy High and Crosstown High in Memphis.

As the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board of education is nearing the end of its months-long search for a new superintendent, The Daily Memphian talked to board chair Althea Greene to look back on the process and discuss what lies ahead for the district and its new leader.

Supporters, critics differ on merits of proposed legislation. 

The wrongful death lawsuit was filed April 4 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee by Gershun Freeman’s wife, Nicole Freeman, on behalf of herself, their child and other wrongful-death beneficiaries. 

An additional suspect in the shooting at Prive restaurant was apprehended by U.S. Marshals and local law enforcement agencies, and a third suspect has been identified by the Memphis Police Department.

Officials believe the shooting stemmed from an argument that started inside the restaurant.

As of March 30, there had been 78 murders in Memphis this year compared to 54 murders at the same point in 2022, according to Memphis Police Department data.

“In the past, most bar fights ended up being just that — a bar fight,” Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis said. “Now everybody has a weapon, and we’re seeing more and more simple arguments turning into gun battles.”

A man has been charged in the Whitehaven shooting that resulted in the gunshot injuries of two Memphis Police Department officers Thursday, March 30.

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The National Civil Rights Museum hosted “The Reckoning: Community Policing and Accountability,” the first in a three-part series to examine historical connections of systemic racial violence.

At the request of Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking at the Whitehaven shooting where two officers and a suspect were injured.

The Memphis Police Department gave updates on the shooting at Prive, a Memphis restaurant, that left two dead and several injured.

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