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Memphis Mayor Paul Young hosts ‘One Memphis Town Hall’ in Orange Mound

Dozens of Memphis residents filed into the Orange Mound Community Center Tuesday evening to hear from Memphis Mayor Paul Young. This was the first “One Memphis Town Hall” after the first-term mayor announced he would be proposing a 75-cent property tax increase, and the first after the mass shooting at Orange Mound Park.Concerned residents had […]

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Mayor Malik Evans highlights Rochester progress in ‘state of city’ speech

Rochester is a city on the rise. That was the message of Mayor Malik D. Evans “state of the city” address Wednesday night at the Arbors Midtown before a crowd of city, school, county and state officials and others. While the mayor, who took office in 2022, struck a positive note and touted his administration’s […]

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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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Athens Mayor Girtz touts safety efforts in State of the Community address

The February beating death of 22-year-old Athens nursing student Laken Riley on a running trail near the University of Georgia’s Lake Herrick, allegedly at the hands of an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant, was at the top of Athens-Clarke County Mayor Kelly Girtz’s 2024 State of the Community address released Friday on the local government’s website. Also […]

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Brigitte García, Ecuador’s youngest mayor, found shot to death

Ecuador’s youngest mayor and her press officer were found Sunday shot to death in a vehicle amid an ongoing state of emergency, police said. Brigitte García, the 27-year-old mayor of San Vicente and member of the left-wing Citizen Revolution Party, was found alongside her advisor, Jairo Loor, in the vehicle, Ecuadorian police said in a […]

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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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Circleville Mayor fires safety director days after chief suspended

Just days after Circleville Police Chief Shawn Baer was put on paid leave for reported harassment, intimidation, threats and other malfeasance and misspending, the city’s mayor has fired her safety director after just a week on the job. At a March 19 Circleville City Council meeting, Safety Director Steven Wilkinson called Mayor Michelle Blanton “a […]

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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 […]

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In wake of slain Las Cruces Police officer, Mayor Eric Enriquez prioritizes outreach court

As city leaders started the budget process for Fiscal Year 2025, the recent death of Las Cruces Police Department officer Jonah Hernandez was still top of mind. Mayor Eric Enriquez and Mayor Pro Temp Johana Bencomo opened last week’s two-day budget retreat by highlighting the need to add positions in the municipal court to help […]

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Framingham city councilors concerned of high school violence reports | #citycouncil

FRAMINGHAM — Concerns about an outbreak in violence in Framingham Public Schools have reached the City Council, with several councilors expressing frustration about it during their meeting on Jan. 30. “I’ve been getting more calls from parents of students in the schools about their fear of violence,” said District 4 City Councilor Michael Cannon said. […]