Shelby County General Sessions Criminal Court Judge Bill Anderson retires from his seat, following local and state-level complaints about his controversial bail decisions.

2024 also marked the lowest number of homicides in the city since 2019.

Police arrested two suspects in a string of 13 armed robberies in the last two weeks, officials said. Police are likely looking for additional suspects but wouldn’t confirm.

Lindsey Aldy Whiteside, 26, is accused of engaging in a sexual act with an underage female victim in May.

Research shows that diversity in policing can help establish community trust. In this story, three MPD officers talk about how their backgrounds have helped their law enforcement careers.

A Daily Memphian reporter rode with MPD Lt. Joseph Rucker for about four hours while officers carried out an Operation Code Zero enforcement in Hickory Hill. 

With the help of Connor Webber, Memphis-based attorney for Tennessee Innocence Project, Webb , 70, was released in early October.

The boys were transported to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.

A proposal before the state Legislature would allow juvenile court records to be used in criminal court bail decisions. But Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy said he is also working on a local agreement to do the same thing. 

Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy gave an update on his office’s V11 initiative during a taping of WKNO’s “Behind the Headlines.”

Due to its recent success, the task force doesn’t plan to alter its approach in the coming year. 

The move would be part of a plan to improve the Memphis Police Department without entering into a binding consent decree with the Department of Justice.

He’s the second inmate to die at the jail in less than a month.

A host of community members, local activists and some local officials gathered at the National Civil Rights Museum to express their thoughts on the DOJ’s report.

On Dec. 16, a grand jury indicted Stephen Russell Jr. on one charge of felony escape after he reportedly faked a medical emergency when authorities prepared to transport him from the Hernando courthouse Dec. 9. 

With additional investigators and fewer murders this year compared to last, MPD’s CJ Davis says the department is seeing improvements. 

Last year, there were 344 murders in Memphis as of Dec. 14. There were 235 this year during that same time period. 

On Monday, members of the Memphis Police Department and the Secret Order of the Boll Weevils visited families that have been affected by crime. 

The department said it has been working to secure the grant for four years. 

A man wrongfully convicted of a 2002 Beale Street robbery is eligible for compensation of up to $1 million from the state, but has to be exonerated by Tennessee’s governor before he can receive the money. 

Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy discussed the DOJ’s investigation into MPD, attempts to remove him from office and conditions at the Shelby County Jail on WKNO’s “Behind The Headlines.”

Hernandez Govan is facing charges of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder.

Booking and processing at 201 Poplar is taking days, leaving inmates to live in overcrowded holding cells with little phone access.

Joshua Zimmerman will not face additional charges related to his failure to appear in court last June, but he remains held without bail following a judge’s ruling this week.

Five children have been charged in connection to the incident.