City, Memphis Police Association reach tentative agreement
By Clay Bailey and Jane Roberts of The Commercial Appeal City officials and the Memphis Police Association have reached a tentative agreement for the 2017 fiscal year, giving officers a pay raise of at least 2.75 percent. Officers with less than 12 years experience would get the 2.75 pay increase, according to Mike Williams, president of the Memphis Police Association. Patrolmen with more than 12 years on the job would get a 3.75 percent increase. The hikes would be for one year only. "I defini..>> view originalFormer Memphis fire director Michael Putt is among four finalists for ...
By Daniel Connolly of The Commercial Appeal Former Memphis Fire Director Michael Putt is one of four finalists to become the next chief of Collierville Fire and Rescue. The other finalists are former Memphis deputy fire chief Mark Heath, Manuel Fonseca, an assistant fire chief in Nashville, and John Bailot, a former chief in suburban St. Louis, according to applications released by the town government. Whoever becomes the fire chief will run an agency responsible for saving lives and whose oper..>> view originalMemphis Officer Involved In Shooting Had Flunked Academy
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - An off-duty Memphis police officer who fatally shot a man during a child custody exchange had initially flunked out of the police academy.Marshall D. Smith failed to earn the minimum score on an academy test in 2008. The Commercial Appeal reports he also had two excessive force complaints filed against him in 2012 and 2015, according to Internal Affairs records. No charges were filed against him in those incidents.Smith has been on leave with pay since he fatally shot Luis..>> view originalMemphis imam on ISIS hit list again
A Memphis imam and college professor is one of five American Muslim clerics being threatened with death by ISIS. The latest edition of Dabiq magazine — the ISIS online version of Pravda — has declared Dr. Yasir Qadhi an apostate and called for his assassination. This is the second year in a row that Qadhi, a religion professor at Rhodes College and resident scholar at the Memphis Islamic Center, has made the ISIS hit list. "The irony is that the very people ISIS is targeting are also the ones t..>> view originalNew mosque aims to become part of North Memphis neighborhood
While a fearful Tennessee legislator was passing out DVDs entitled "America's Mosques Exposed," a young Muslim woman was tending a community garden in North Memphis. "We're also planning to put in a fruit tree orchard on the corner," Maricela Lou-Gaitor she said as she stood beside raised beds planted with lettuce, carrots and collard greens. While an angry Georgia man was planning an armed, anti-Muslim rally in Atlanta, Brandon Gaitor was talking about turning a vacant lot on the same street i..>> view originalMemphis Weather: A small chance of sunshine for Saturday
Memphis Weather: A small chance of sunshine for Saturday Updated: Apr 16, 2016 - 12:19 PM 12 PM Weather Update from Ed Echols: A lot of clouds today with very limited rain chances at less than 10 percent. There could be a peek at the sunshine today but very brief. Breezy and cloudy today with highs in the low 70s. Sunshine is back for Sunday and with high in the upper 70s, and some locations could be near 80 degrees to wrap up the weekend. We stay dry through Tuesday with hi..>> view originalBelieve, Memphis? Spurs 'machine' a tough challenge for ...
I believe the Grizzlies put together a remarkable, surreal, entertaining and historic basketball season. I believe it's a miracle they'll be opening a playoff series against the San Antonio Spurs Sunday. I believe there's a reason no team that has suited up 28 players has ever before made the playoffs. I believe the Grizzlies really might not know the word quit. I believe the Grizzlies will play with all the energy they can muster against San Antonio. I believe they'll get swept, 4-0. For the s..>> view originalRaleigh mall's fate hinges on how Memphis Business Journal is ...
By Thomas Bailey Jr. of The Commercial Appeal Posted: Yesterday 5:52 p.m. 4 A judge will hand down his decision Tuesday whether to give possession of the Raleigh Springs Mall to the Memphis Housing Authority over the objections of its private owner. At issue for Shelby County Circuit Court Judge James F. Russell is whether the city agency made another error in the way it published notices for a public hearing required in the eminent domain proceedings. The city is eager to start..>> view originalMemphis police looking for suspect accused of robbing Incredible ...
Please enable Javascript to watch this video MEMPHIS, Tenn. รข€” Memphis police are still looking for the man they said robbed an Incredible Pizza employee at gunpoint Friday around 9:30 a.m. The suspect is believed to be between 18 and 20 years old. People are on edge because the suspect is still out there. About three Memphis squad cars were parked outside Incredible Pizza after an employee told police he was robbed at gunpoint when he walked outside the business. "I heard the guy got j..>> view originalOur seaports make Memphis and America vulnerable to terrorists
Nearly 15 years after terrorists struck New York and Washington, America’s ports and cargo hubs remain vulnerable. Memphis, the daily destination for freight trucked and railed from the ocean ports, could be targeted. Or, at the least, the city’s logistics industry could slow down for weeks if a U.S. port is bombed. Sound like science fiction? A former U.S. Coast Guard officer sketches this very scenario in a recent report delivered to a U.S. Congress subcommittee: Overseas a fanatic buys a bat..>> view original
Saturday, April 16, 2016
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