The City of Memphis has filed a petition to vacate the results of arbitration between the Memphis Police Department and the Memphis Police Association over the creation of the second lieutenant rank. 

Attorneys for RowVaughn Wells, Tyre Nichols’ mother, filed their initial discovery disclosure Thursday, March 28, detailing the 90-plus people who could be deposed during the ongoing civil rights lawsuit. 

Mayor Paul Young and a coalition of Black mayors and city officials from 10 states and Washington, D.C., gathered in Memphis Thursday to discuss results of a two-day conference where they discussed crime and efforts to reduce it. 

The City of Memphis said in a statement that a man grabbed Young as he was leaving dinner and the man then attempted to force his way into the mayor’s vehicle.

Sen. Bill Hagerty, Mayor Paul Young, Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy and other local officials focused on steps and initiatives that the group could agree on. 

City leaders get an earful from Frayser citizens at Memphis Mayor Paul Young’s third “One Memphis” forum. 

Cohen secured $1.9 million in federal funding for MPD — half for surveillance cameras and the other half for officer equipment. 

Memphis Mayor Paul Young is hosting a newly formed coalition of Black mayors from 12 states. 

“Pine Hill needed a win,” Mayor Paul Young said at the opening of the new clubhouse, which overlooks the revamped golf course in Longview Heights that opened last June.

Also happening this week: Judge Melissa Boyd is due in court, and there are plenty of ways to celebrate Easter.

A suspicious package call shut down part of Union Avenue Thursday afternoon, March 21, as the Memphis Police Department investigated a possible bomb threat.

Friends and family recalled Nigel Lewis as a talented attorney and a tireless advocate for his clients. He also is remembered for his Catholic faith, his “glowing” personality and his love of the jam band Phish.

Nearly a year and a half after Memphis Light, Gas and Water’s smart meters started breaking — and just as the utility thought it was almost done repairing them — another issue has arisen. 

The outage shortened the council’s meeting and hindered its online capabilities, including its Granicus and YouTube feeds and the body’s electronic voting system. Most of the council’s business was delayed to the April 9 meeting.

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The Daily Memphian has contacted Comcast for more information about the outage and is awaiting response.

The former TV journalist was supposed to start work at the utility in early March, but a month-long delay by the City Council left her in limbo. 

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MLGW pushes back on council proposal for more say-so on contracts, salaries

Had the proposed limits been in place last year, the Memphis City Council would have needed to approve about a tenth of MLGW’s new external hires, or 23 employees. 

Wayne Tabor said Memphis Tourism had offered the city and county $30 million on Monday but “they keep wanting more and more.” 

After MPD announced a new first-line supervisory rank — second lieutenant — and promotion process in February of last year, the police union filed a grievance.

Memphis Urban Wood planned to turn a vacant 10-acre property on North Watkins Street into a facility that transforms wood waste into lumber and wood compost. 

The Memphis City Council’s Tuesday meeting also includes a vote on a $200,000 salary for a new MLGW vice president that the council delayed two weeks ago.

State Sen. Brent Taylor told The Daily Memphian Monday morning that he is working on a bill allowing Shelby County to reallocate hotel-motel tax funding to cover the public financing gap for the Downtown Memphis arena’s renovations. 

Also happening this week: Black Restaurant Week begins and March 20 is Pat Halloran Day.

Tyre Nichols’ parents have released a letter asking to sit down with Gov. Bill Lee before he signs a bill that would ban traffic stop ordinances like the one passed by the Memphis City Council.

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Latest cost estimates for the proposed Frayser area high school