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Attorney Linda Harris will announce Friday that she is challenging Amy Weirich for election to the position of Shelby County District Attorney General in 2022.
Harris is currently an independent conflict resolution mediator and arbitrator, but has previously worked as federal judicial law clerk to the late U.S. District Court Judge Jerome Turner, a veteran prosecutor with the U.S. Attorneys in the Western District of Tennessee and as a private practice constitutional law and civil rights attorney. She has also worked as a Memphis police officer. The record number of homicides in Shelby County last year proves that the current “tough on crime” policies are not working, reads a news release from the committee to elect Harris. .The clock is ticking, and Shelby County deserves someone who will work for the people and with the people to develop ways to become “smart on crime” in our community.
Memphis police: 1 killed in Midtown shooting
A Sunday morning shooting in Midtown has left one person dead.
According to the Memphis Police Department, sometime after 8 a.m. officers arrived at 841 Pope St., where two people had been shot. Both victims were taken to Regional One Health Medical Center, where one died.
Anyone with information is asked to call 901-528-CASH ( 2274).
More Memphians are working from the office and more offices anticipate opening by the end of June as compared to responses to a similar question in January, according to the latest Memphis Power Poll results released Thursday.
The Power Poll is a monthly survey sent to more than 425 influential business, political, nonprofit and cultural leaders in the Bluff City. The poll is presented by The Commercial Appeal and sponsored by BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee and DVL Seigenthaler - Finn Partners.
The April Power Poll focused on several different topics in the news recently.
The April Memphis Power Poll:
What is the status of work at your office?