With the city’s latest Downtown violent outburst still resonating, Memphis City Council members unanimously adopted a non-binding resolution requesting a permanent Shelby County Sheriff’s Office presence on Downtown streets.
The council’s action came during its Tuesday (Aug. 22) meeting, which...
Kroger Delta Division is observing 50 years of service to customers in the Mid-South.
Community investment initiatives, specials savings and store upgrades are parts of the celebration.
With 13 locations in Memphis and 34 across the Delta region, Kroger is known...
Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division employees living outside Shelby County can breathe a sigh of relief, after members of the Memphis City Council Tuesday (Aug. 22) shot down a proposed referendum question that would require the utility’s workers...
Under pressure from on-hand activists, Shelby County Commissioners on Monday approved three work-in-progress ordinances in their first reading to curb over-policing by Shelby County Sheriff Office’s deputies.
However, the ordinances to ban specialized units, end pretextual traffic stops and create...
by Taylor Batson --
Rick Farwell spent most of his time as a child watching his family operate their own businesses. His uncles owned laundromats and repair businesses, his father owned his own liquor business and his grandmother owned one...
The city of Memphis mayoral race is heating up. The candidate pool is crowded with 17 individuals trying to convince Memphis citizens that they have the leadership wherewithal to turn this city around.
Strong leadership is a critical need in...
by Adrian Sainz and Jonathan Mattise --
Five former Memphis police officers were charged Tuesday with federal civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols as they continue to fight second-degree murder charges in state courts arising from...
Minus one of the expected frontrunners, six of the 17 candidates for Memphis mayor jockeyed for position in front of a television audience on Monday (Sept. 11) during a City of Memphis mayoral debate sponsored by ABC-TV Channel 24...
Three proposed ordinances written to check over-policing by Shelby County Sheriff’s Office deputies moved ahead in their second readings during Monday’s (Sept. 11) Shelby County Board of Commissioners meeting.
Only one of the items – a proposed ordinance to collect...
Just a few months ago, I wrote a column about the AI (artificial intelligence) revolution taking place around the world.
I've had an opportunity to learn more since that time, and I'm even more excited about what is transpiring.
AI is...