Thursday, July 14, 2016

Darrius Stewart's family to file lawsuit against City of Memphis and other top stories.

  • Darrius Stewart's family to file lawsuit against City of Memphis

    Darrius Stewart's family to file lawsuit against City of Memphis Updated: Jul 13, 2016 - 8:37 AM FOX13 has confirmed with Carlos Moore, an attorney representing the family of Darrius Stewart, that they will officially file a lawsuit against the City of Memphis. The lawsuit will be filed at 11 a.m. Wednesday Nineteen-year-old Darrius Stewart was shot and killed by former Memphis Police Department Officer Connor Schilling. Stewart was in a car that was pulled over for a busted t..
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  • Firefighters battle house fires in North Memphis

    Firefighters battle house fires in North Memphis
    Please enable Javascript to watch this video MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Memphis firefighters were kept busy overnight by two separate house fires in North Memphis. The first fire broke out around 11:45 p.m. Tuesday in the 1300 block of Vollintine Ave. near Speed St. Firefighters say a homeless man was staying inside the home and accidentally left a candle burning. The house was heavily damaged by the flames. The man is now receiving assistance from the American Red Cross. The second fire started..
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  • Black Lives Matter Memphis responds to community meeting ...

    Black Lives Matter Memphis responds to community meeting ...
    Black Lives Matter supporters at the Sunday protest × Black Lives Matter Memphis responds to community meeting, encourages Memphians to keep pressuring city Black Lives Matter supporters at the Sunday protest MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Black Lives Matter Memphis Chapter and Memphis Grassroots Organizations Coalition have issued a response to the community meeting that took place Monday at Greater Imani Church, in which they encouraged Memphians to keep putting pressure on the system and ci..
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  • Protesters briefly gather outside southeast Memphis store

    Protesters briefly gather outside southeast Memphis store
    Updated: Jul 12, 2016 - 10:21 PM Protesters gathered outside Gary’s Market in southeast Memphis for nearly an hour, Tuesday evening. The location appeared to have been picked because of social media comment from Anita Smith Rush, who works as a co-owner and book keeper at Gary’s Market according to her Facebook page. >> PHOTOS: Protesters gather outside Graceland, some being detained by police While responding to a post about protesters on the I-40 Bridge who climbed onto an 18-w..
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  • Rallings: Six cited for blocking road during protests Tuesday in ...

    Rallings: Six cited for blocking road during protests Tuesday in ...
    By Jody Callahan of The Commercial Appeal Posted: Yesterday 10:09 p.m. 0 Memphis Police Department Interim Director Mike Rallings said six people were issued misdemeanor citations for blocking parts of Elvis Presley Boulevard outside Graceland Tuesday as part of the continuing Black Lives Matter protests. All six were physically removed from the road, issued those citations and later released, Rallings said in a late press conference at police headquarters Tuesday night. Such a ..
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  • Memphis ad agency lands Seattle star

    Memphis ad agency lands Seattle star
    By Sydney Neely, sydney.neely@commercialappeal.com Posted: Yesterday 6:08 p.m. 0 Keith Goldberg, the award-winning creator of one of advertising's most iconic taglines, has joined Sullivan Branding as the executive creative director.Goldberg, who helped create the "What's in your wallet?" television campaign for credit card issuer Capital One, has the potential to bring national accounts to the 60-employee agency in Memphis."We wanted to hire somebody bigger than we are," said B..
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  • As Crosstown High seeks to open a year from now in Memphis, here ...

    As Crosstown High seeks to open a year from now in Memphis, here ...
    Memphis education stakeholders have watched for decades with exasperation as a steady exodus of middle-class students have drained local public schools of talent, engaged families, and funding. That’s one of the motivations inspiring some of those same stakeholders to push for the creation of a new public high school in midtown Memphis called Crosstown. They want to recapture many of those students and families and provide an option for parents seeking an integrated college prep track within Sh..
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  • Man charged with running over Memphis officer has court date

    Man charged with running over Memphis officer has court date
    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A man charged with shooting three people and then running over and killing a Memphis police officer is scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing. Justine Welch faces charges of first degree murder, attempted murder and evading arrest in what authorities have called a crime spree on a busy weekend night in downtown Memphis on June 4. He is scheduled to appear before a judge Wednesday with his public defender. The 21-year-old Welch is accused of shooting two peo..
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  • Memphis man: "I'd hate to have to kill you" after daughter, boyfriend ...

    Memphis man:
    Memphis man: "I'd hate to have to kill you" after daughter, boyfriend refuse to give him money Updated: Jul 12, 2016 - 8:16 PM Š 2016 Cox Media Group. A Memphis man is accused threatening his daughter and her boyfriend with a gun after they refused to give him $20. Ross Healy is charged with aggravated assault. The charge stems from an incident on July 11. According to an arrest affidavit, Healy went to a home where he located his daughter and her boyfriend. He allegedly as..
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  • Attorney General Lynch addresses Memphis police shooting, Cohen ...

    Attorney General Lynch addresses Memphis police shooting, Cohen ...
    By Michael Collins of The Commercial Appeal Posted: Yesterday 11:33 a.m. 6 WASHINGTON — The Justice Department's investigation into the shooting death of Darrius Stewart by a Memphis police officer last summer is still underway, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Tuesday. "The matter is still under review," Lynch said in response to a question from Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, during a House Judiciary Committee hearing. Lynch said she couldn't give a timetable for completing th..
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