Nationwide movement to encourage the black vote comes … MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A national movement to encourage black people to head to the polls made its way to the Mid-South on Tuesday night. The group “Black Voters Matter” is behind this initiative and discussed its mission in an online town hall meeting. This comes as activists have been taking to the streets of Memphis, […]
Memphis City Council votes to take police residency … City council members voted 7-6 to remove a question from the November ballot about where officers live.
Slowing the brakes on reopening: Memphis restaurant … A popular Memphis restaurant owner agrees with recent calls to pump the brakes or add some additional rules to the current Phase 2 regulations, based on increasing COVID-19 cases.
Police to open investigation after video shows Memphis … The video seems to show an officer knocking down a woman who was standing near demonstrators at the Midtown police precinct on Union Avenue.
Memphis distillery to produce hand sanitizer for … Old Dominick Distillery partnered with Shelby County to make as many as 10,000 units of hand sanitizer to distribute to lower income communities and homeless people in Shelby County.
Memphians donate more than $1,000 to business owner … MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis man who lost his livelihood and then became a victim of a crime is back in business after some help from a county commissioner and good-hearted Memphians. Now he’s doing what he can to help others. Scott Briggs was busy this Friday afternoon, mowing, maintaining yards in Cordova. When the […]
Old Dominick Distillery working with Shelby County … MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County Commissioners approved up to $50,000 to pay Old Dominick Distillery to make hand sanitizer since the product is in short supply at stores. “Commissioner [Tami] Sawyer put forth a resolution to be able to work with local distillery to utilize their byproducts from their processes to develop and distribute hand […]
Live at 9: Shelby County prison audit, FAFSA, Chef … Check out all of the Live at 9 interviews from Thursday, January 16, 2020.
Shelby County considers banning gun shows at Agricenter Shelby County commissioners are considering a resolution that would ban gun shows on county-owned property.
Local leaders work to turn hotels into possible makeshift … Two local leaders are working with the private sector to turn hotels into hospitals just in case Memphis ever gets to the point of needing extra space while battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
Shelby County will not get new voting machines in … MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County will not be getting new voting machines in time for the Presidential election in November. County Commissioner Tami Sawyer made the announcement on Facebook Monday night. She says the county commission was told Monday that a referendum will have to be put on the ballot for resident to approve of […]