‘When he was mayor, we didn’t have as much crime’
Voter Cheryl Colbert recalls the city during Willie Herenton’s previous tenure as mayor — five terms from the early 1990s to 2009 — as a safer place to live.
Keely Brewer
Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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‘This is a lot of work’
Towanna Murphy is one of five candidates vying for Memphis City Council District 3 seat.
‘Something’s got to change with this city,’ voter says
Only 54 voters are assigned to precinct 13-10 and a poll worker reported that 24 of them either voted early or by absentee.
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