Coming Sunday: True Crime
The Commercial Appeal launches the first of its five-piece series on crime in Memphis on Sunday. There’ll be about one new installment every few weeks through the end of the year. Editor Chris Peck wrote…
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Gun Carry Permits v. Public Records
The Commercial Appeal just won an APME First Amendment Citation for its searchable database of handgun carry permit holders who live in Tennessee and stories about the felons with guns and other folks with violent…
Public utility power outage map
Just a quickie: Some tornadoes touched down in and around greater Memphis today, knocking electric service out for a lot of folks. Damage reports are still coming in. I’m relatively new to the area, so…
Corrupt Politicians
A little bit fun, a little bit data, 100 % great web app. Check out this neat presentation of public corruption cases state-by-state. It’s worth noting that Tennessee ranks ninth, with 35 convictions of public…
Memphis crime 1995 to 2008
I’ve added a new crime application on the Commercial Appeal’s Data Center, which uses Google Docs to interactively display the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports data from 1995-2008 for violent and property crimes. There appears to…