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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ home broken into; suspect arrested

A suspect was arrested after allegedly breaking into the home of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass early Sunday morning, the Los Angeles Police Department said. Police said an individual, later identified as Ephraim Matthew Hunter, 29, smashed a window to gain entry into the Getty House around 6:40 a.m. local time Sunday morning. Bass was […]

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Atlantic City mayor and his wife charged with abusing their daughter

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. and his wife were charged Monday with abusing and assaulting their teenage daughter on several occasions, including punching the minor in the mouth and hitting her in the head with a broom. Both Small, 50, and his wife, La’Quetta Small were charged Monday with endangering […]

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As Memphis crime grows, mayor creates Black Mayors’ Coalition on Crime

When Paul Young was sworn in as the mayor of Memphis more than two months ago, he vowed to find ways to improve public safety in the city. It’s a tough task. The city is still recovering, a year after the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old FedEx worker by five Memphis police officers. That […]

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Vineland ex-mayor awaits court hearing after drunken-driving arrest

VINELAND — Robert Romano, the former mayor, was arrested at a City Hall parking lot shortly after 11 a.m. Monday after allegedly driving his car into the lot’s metal fence. Romano, 71, also a retired city police lieutenant, then immediately was driven in a police cruiser across Plum Street to the police station. Police said […]

City Council

Asheville Downtown Association urges City Council to consider BID | #citycouncil

ASHEVILLE – While noting a perceived shift toward a “cleaner and safer” downtown, the focus of the March 19 annual State of Downtown presentation was a push for a Business Improvement District, which would leverage a special tax on property owners within a specific area to fund additional services or improvement projects. It’s been a […]

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Glendale Mayor Bryan Kennedy faces Steve Bruckner

On election day, April 2, voters in the City of Glendale will face a decision to either reelect current mayor Bryan Kennedy, or promote a newcomer who pledges to be tougher on crime in the city but has his own record with the justice system. Kennedy has served in the role since he was first […]

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Memphis Mayor Paul Young says more meetings with gang members will come

Memphis Mayor Paul Young said he sat down with some leaders of Memphis’ gangs a little over two weeks ago. It was not the first time a city mayor had a meeting like that, but it was, seemingly, the first time a sitting mayor discussed it publicly. Along the campaign trail, after the election and […]

Arkansas

Arkansas police chief charged with kidnap, assault of Eudora resident

A police chief in a small southeast Arkansas town was arrested this week and charged with the suspected kidnapping of a man who he is accused of driving to a remote location, beating and leaving stranded. The charge stems from an October incident in which Eudora Police Chief Michael H. Pitts, 45, was dispatched to […]

City Council

NYPD pulls over Yusef Salaam, NYC councilman and one of Central Park 5 | #citycouncil

NEW YORK − A New York City councilman, who was one of the Central Park Five, is speaking out about being pulled over by police amid a fight over transparency on how the New York City Police Department stops people. Yusef Salaam issued a statement Saturday about the Friday traffic stop while he was with his […]

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Jackson not involved with Hinds County pauper’s field bodies

To associate the City of Jackson with national reports of 215 people who were buried in a pauper’s field behind the Hinds County Penal Farm is “misinformation” and “dangerous,” said Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba. Lumumba made the comments Saturday at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum during a meeting of the Jackson People’s Assembly to […]