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Memphis, Tennessee. / 35.11750°N 89.97111°W / 35.11750; -89.97111. Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County, in the southwesternmost part of the state, and is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, [7] Memphis is the second-most populous city ...
The Memphis Police Department was founded in 1827. [6] In 1878, the 55-man police department was devastated by the yellow fever epidemic with all 55 officers stricken, and 10 officers dying. [6] By 1927, the city's murder rate was 69.3 per 100,000 population, the highest in the country. In comparison, Chicago, then controlled by Al Capone, had ...
Lucas Finton, Memphis Commercial Appeal. May 14, 2024 at 4:20 PM. The City of Memphis Tuesday subpoenaed the Shelby County District Attorney's Office for any correspondence between the office and ...
The city of Memphis is split between two congressional districts. The western three-fourths of the city, including downtown, is within the Ninth Congressional District, which has been represented by Democrat Steve Cohen since 2007. Cohen was the first white Democrat to represent a significant portion of Memphis in more than 40 years.
The Downtown Memphis Commission announced Chandell Ryan, the city's chief operating officer, will take over as president and CEO in mid January.
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Clarence Saunders, a Memphis inventor and entrepreneur, opened a self-service grocery store in 1916 and founded the first supermarket chain, Piggly Wiggly. Saunders, who became very wealthy from these ventures, lost his fortune on Wall Street and was forced to sell his partly completed Memphis mansion, dubbed the Pink Palace. The Pink Palace ...
Ursula Madden, the former chief communications officer for the City of Memphis and Memphis TV journalist, will be joining Memphis Light, Gas and Water as the vice president of corporate ...