1442: Journalist Roundtable
A reporters roundtable on “Behind The Headlines” talks about Mayor Paul Young’s property tax hike proposal, new figures showing a drop in crime and first moves by the new MSCS superintendent.
Apr 19, 2024•27 min
Behind the Headlines Podcast
Each week host Eric Barnes discusses major stories in the Memphis area with business executives, community leaders and politicians, as well as local journalists. WKNO’s Behind the Headlines Podcast is powered by the Daily Memphian.
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1440: University of Memphis president Bill Hardgrave
University of Memphis president Bill Hardgrave talks about the impact of a population drop in college age adults on Behind The Headlines.
Apr 05, 2024•31 min
1439: Police union leaders support new state law preventing limits on traffic stops
Memphis Police Association President Matt Cunningham and Vice President John Covington discussed recent public safety legislation, agreements and negotiations with the Memphis Police Department, recruitment and more on the WKNO-TV program “Behind The Headlines.”
Apr 01, 2024•31 min
1438: Crime and Economic Development
Business leaders on “Behind The Headlines” say Memphians leaving the city because of crime is a real phenomenon and a real threat to the city’s economic prosperity that they had to act on.
Mar 21, 2024•31 min
1437: Downtown Memphis Commission president and CEO Chandell Ryan
The coming of spring means another safety plan for the Beale Street entertainment district. Downtown Memphis Commission president and CEO Chandell Ryan talks about the plan on “Behind The Headlines.”
Mar 14, 2024•31 min
1436: City Council members say fear of crime is as legitimate as crime stats in weighing solutions
Memphis City Council members Pearl Walker and Jerri Green talk on “Behind The Headlines” about fear of crime and what statistics say about the true level of crime and the criminal justice system.
Mar 08, 2024•31 min
1435: State Sens. London Lamar and Brent Taylor debate on bail reform and proposed laws
Two state senators, both from the Memphis area and both members of Tennessee’s Senate Judiciary Committee, agree on many aspects of the city’s crime problem even though they see different paths for solving it.
Mar 04, 2024•31 min
1434: Memphis Mayor Paul Young - Part Two
A continuation of last week's interview with Memphis Mayor Paul Young.
Feb 22, 2024•31 min
1433: Memphis Mayor Paul Young - Part One
Memphis Mayor Paul Young says the city’s new public safety director is a position that will consolidate the city’s response to violent crime. Young talked about that and other crime issues on “Behind The Headlines.”
Feb 15, 2024•27 min
1432: DA Mulroy talks bail bills, court backlogs and more
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy discussed new legislation, court backlogs and more during an episode of WKNO-TV’s “Behind the Headlines.”
Feb 10, 2024•32 min
1431: Natalie McKinney and Cardell Orrin
Leaders of two local nonprofits say on “Behind The Headlines” that local business leaders are wrong in their call to the state to enact changes to bail reform and fund tourism safety measures to the tune of $50 million.
Feb 01, 2024•31 min
1430: Investigation of MPD complicates things, US attorney says
The top federal prosecutor in Memphis, U.S. attorney for Western Tennessee Kevin Ritz, says the Department of Justice inquiry affects the relationship his office has with the law enforcement body.
Feb 01, 2024•31 min
1429: Northside Square developers take on barriers to affordable housing
Roshun Austin and Archie Willis III of the Klondike Partners development group talked on “Behind The Headlines” about the financial hoops the adaptive reuse of Northside High School has had to jump through as well as the larger goal of a renovation of affordable housing in the surrounding Klondike neighborhood.
Jan 19, 2024•27 min
1428: Journalist Round Table
Bill Dries and Julia Baker with The Daily Memphian, Toby Sells with The Memphis Flyer and Laura Testino with Chalkbeat Tennessee join Eric Barnes to discuss the biggest stories of the week.
Jan 12, 2024•27 min
1427: Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris
“I think it’s time for us to figure out a solution, and it’s hard to believe that the solution is Wanda Halbert as county clerk,” said the Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris on WKNO’s “Behind the Headlines.”
Jan 04, 2024•31 min
1425: I-55 replacement bridge a better bet than a third one
The economic development chief of the Greater Memphis Chamber says on “Behind The Headlines” that a replacement bridge is a much faster path forward. Plus, she talks about actively courting another automaker to the region.
Dec 22, 2023•31 min
1424: Crime, school vouchers and passenger rail
The Daily Memphian’s Abigail Warren and Ben Wheeler and The Memphis Flyer’s Toby Sells participated in this reporter’s roundtable hosted by Daily Memphian CEO Eric Barnes.
Dec 15, 2023•27 min
1423: MLGW has been ‘running to failure,’ CEO says
“It has been one heck of a year, and it’s culminated with this most recent decision by City Council,” MLGW President and CEO Doug McGowen said of this week’s vote to approve a 12% electricity rate hike.
Dec 08, 2023•32 min
1422: Downtown Public Safety Plan emerges amid holiday season
The Downtown Memphis crime plan surfaced in October. It could face its first test this holiday season. Officials involved in putting it together talked on “Behind The Headlines” about the plan and the reality it is built to confront.
Dec 01, 2023•32 min
1421: Strickland talks pandemic, reviews two terms as mayor
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland also talked about the upcoming transition to Mayor-elect Paul Young and why he is fond of asphalt in the second part of his end-of-term interview on “Behind The Headlines.”
Nov 24, 2023•31 min
1420: Mayor Jim Strickland
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland talks about coming to the end of his 8-year tenure as mayor in the first part of a two-part interview on “Behind The Headlines.”
Nov 17, 2023•31 min
1419: Memphis park leaders talk controversy, collaboration and more
The leaders of Memphis Parks, Shelby Farms Park Conservancy and Memphis River Parks Partnership talk on “Behind The Headlines” about the combination of public spaces and parks in the city.
Nov 10, 2023•31 min
1418: Memphis Mayor-elect Paul Young
The mayor-elect says the city accounts for the possibility of making short-term bond payments on projects such as Liberty Park.
Nov 03, 2023•31 min
1417: Howard and Beverly Robertson on Community Conversations
Beverly and Howard Robertson talk on “Behind The Headlines” about what they heard about crime from focus groups across the city as part of The Daily Memphian’s “Community Conversations” series.
Oct 27, 2023•31 min
1416: Chase Carlisle says Memphis needs more state money for stadiums
City council members Chase Carlisle and JB Smiley Jr. on “Behind The Headlines” say they are ready for a more assertive city council in the new term that begins in January as well as a more collaborative mayor.
Oct 20, 2023•31 min
1415: Mike Palazzolo says restoring Germantown water was 'Herculean task'
On “Behind the Headlines,” Germantown Mayor Mike Palazzolo discussed MLGW and the suburb’s crisis that left residents unable to use water from the tap for six days.
Oct 12, 2023•31 min
1414: Election results
A reporters’ roundtable on WKNO-TV’s “Behind The Headlines” recaps the 2023 Memphis election result. Meanwhile, the next campaigns to come in the new year will include referendums that could change city elections.
Oct 06, 2023•27 min
1413: Education in Memphis
Education leaders talk on Behind The Headlines about school achievement scores and the move to make schools more accountable as well as a new push for 2-year-olds to start pre-k.
Sep 28, 2023•31 min
1412: Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner
Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner discounts numbers from judicial commissioners that show fewer of those charged with crimes are being arrested and charged again while they are out of release. Bonner talked about that and the race for mayor on “Behind The Headlines.”
Sep 21, 2023•31 min
1411: Former Mayor Willie Herenton
Former Mayor Willie Herenton talks on “Behind The Headlines” about his bid to return as mayor.
Sep 14, 2023•31 min
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