It’s been almost four months since Club Crave, the Beale Street nightspot with a history of violence under several names, was closed as a public nuisance under state law.

As the legal question of whether the building at 380 Beale St. is off limits for any future nightclub leases works its way through Shelby County General Sessions Environmental Court, the ownership of the club has changed in the last four months.

2. Club Crave Ends, Larger Beale Dispute Continues - Friday, January 18, 2013

Club Crave, the latest nightclub at 380 Beale St. with a history of violence, is dead.

But the Shelby County General Sessions Court order that ended it is not the endgame for a property at Beale and Fourth streets that has had many names over the decades.

3. Club Crave Nuisance Case Moves Slowly - Wednesday, January 09, 2013

The Shelby County District Attorney General’s office and attorneys for the owners of Club Crave have been talking privately since prosecutors got the court order that closed the Beale Street nightspot during the Christmas holidays as a public nuisance.

4. Commission Approves Bartlett Senior Facility - Wednesday, November 07, 2012

If an expansion of an assisted-living facility at Baylor and Brunswick roads stays on schedule with votes next month by the Memphis City Council, the planned development should win final approval less than a month before the area it is in is annexed by the city of Bartlett.

5. Commission Votes Down Wage Theft Ordinance - Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Shelby County Commissioners voted down a wage theft ordinance Monday Nov. 5 on the first of three readings.

Normally that would mean the proposal doesn’t advance to second and third readings. But commission chairman Mike Ritz said after conferring with the county attorney’s office, he interprets the rule to mean it can advance to second and third readings.

6. Work Pushes Ahead on Madison Ave. Building - Wednesday, June 06, 2012

The process of shoring up a wall shared by a Downtown building on Madison Avenue and another on Court Avenue began this week even as the owner of the building on Court Square sought an injunction Monday, June 4, to stop the work.

7. City Hopes to Reopen Madison Avenue by Fall - Wednesday, May 30, 2012

The wall shared by two Downtown buildings will be stabilized before one of the structures is demolished by the city of Memphis.

Part of the roof at 118 Madison Ave. collapsed in March 2011 and since then part of Madison Avenue, including the sidewalk, has been blocked by barriers to protect the public.

8. Building Owner Moves for Demolition Delay - Friday, May 25, 2012

The owner of a building on the south side of Court Square on Thursday, May 24, in Environmental Court moved for a delay in the demolition of an adjoining building at 118 Madison Ave.

9. Building Owner’s Lawyer Disputes Delay Claims - Friday, May 11, 2012

The attorney for the owners of the building at 118 Madison Ave. facing demolition said Wednesday, May 9, his client is waiting on a city plan for the demolition and is not intentionally trying to delay a resolution that would bring down the barricades blocking a sidewalk and part of the street.

10. Clearing Blockage - Wednesday, May 09, 2012

The block of Madison Avenue between Main and Second streets hasn’t been easy for quite a while.

It’s where the Main Street Trolley makes the turn to its Madison Avenue leg. It’s also where the trolleys sit idle for long periods of time seemingly unaware that they coexist with auto traffic. Residents of the Exchange Building who don’t have paid parking routinely park there instead, sometimes despite numerous tickets.

11. Council Takes First Votes on City Budget - Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Memphis City Council members take the first formal votes Tuesday, May 1, on a city budget and tax rate for the fiscal year that begins July 1. But the ordinances on the agenda come with no dollar amounts or tax rate at this point.

12. Wharton Makes Appearance in Environmental Court - Thursday, April 12, 2012

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. made a brief and unexpected appearance Tuesday, April 10, in Environmental Court.

Wharton showed up to urge General Sessions Court Judge Larry Potter to order the demolition of a damaged building on Madison Avenue near Main Street Downtown.

13. Potter Reflects on 30-Year Tenure as Environmental Court Judge - Friday, January 27, 2012

Editor’s Note: This is a Daily News series featuring past winners of the Bobby Dunavant Public Service Awards, which annually honor one elected and one non-elected government official. The 2012 awards will be presented Feb. 22.

14. Club Eclipse Nightclub Closed As Nuisance - Wednesday, August 24, 2011

The owner of Oakhaven nightspot Club Eclipse is due in Shelby County Environmental Court Wednesday, Aug. 24, after the business at 4532 Getwell Road was closed as a nuisance Friday night, Aug. 19, by the Shelby County District Attorney General’s office.

15. Rotary Seeks Nominations for Dunavant Award - Monday, November 29, 2010

The Rotary Club of Memphis East is seeking nominees for its 8th annual Bobby Dunavant Public Service Award, an event that honors distinguished work by public officials.

16. Wharton Files Blight Suits - Wednesday, October 27, 2010

For months, Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. has been standing outside old homes and warning owners of the vacant decaying properties that the city is coming with attorneys and legal papers.

On Tuesday he launched the first wave of lawsuits under the state’s Neighborhood Preservation Act.

17. Mayor Unleashes Lawyers in Fight Against Blight - Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. is rolling out the latest tool his administration will use to clean up neglected and overgrown Memphis neighborhoods – attorneys.

“We’re hiring lawyers,” Wharton said this month as he stood outside a vacant house on Vesey Avenue off Lamar Avenue that was overgrown with kudzu spilling into the street.

18. Plush Club Closed as Attempt Made to Be Declared Nuisance - Thursday, June 10, 2010

Plush Club at 380 Beale St. was closed by Memphis Police Tuesday as the Shelby County District Attorney General’s office filed court papers to have the nightspot declared a nuisance under state law.

19. Plush Club Closed as Nuisance - Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Plush Club at 380 Beale St. was closed by Memphis Police Tuesday as the Shelby County District Attorney General’s office filed court papers to have the nightspot declared a nuisance under state law.

20. Wooddale Condos’ Future Uncertain After Nuisance Action - Wednesday, February 24, 2010

A 43-year old set of decaying condominiums in Fox Meadows got a new crop of plywood and fresh signs this week warning people to keep out.

The Wooddale Condominiums, 4876 Winchester Road, also got a court order from the Shelby County District Attorney General’s office declaring the complex a nuisance under state law.

21. CSG Still County’s Pension Adviser – for Now - Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Undaunted by possible regulatory action against its investment adviser, Shelby County’s retirement board rejected a proposal Tuesday that would have replaced Memphis-based Consulting Services Group as the county’s pension fund adviser.

22. Nuisance Actions Keep Piling Up - Wednesday, July 22, 2009

When Memphis police arrived to close Hughes Uptown this past weekend, the North Memphis nightspot’s security guards bailed out of their golf cart and left behind two handguns – a .45 caliber and a .40 caliber semi automatic pistol.

23. Police Push For Motel Demolition - Wednesday, July 15, 2009

The owner of a vacant airport area motel described as resembling war-torn Baghdad is due in Memphis Environmental Court this morning.

The Shelby Inn at 1970 East Shelby Drive and Interstate 55 was secured by authorities a week ago as a nuisance under state law.

24. Wharton Sounds Cautionary Note For CSG Pension Management - Wednesday, July 08, 2009

• Board says company has performed well

Shelby County’s retirement board doesn’t appear likely to support any changes to the county’s arrangement with Memphis-based Consulting Services Group, the investment adviser to the county’s pension fund.

25. Marina Cove Owner Ordered to Clean Complex - Thursday, June 25, 2009

The owner of the Marina Cove apartment complex at 5505 Winchester Road in Hickory Hill has been ordered by Shelby County District Attorney General Bill Gibbons to clean the property and abate the nuisance it is causing.

26. Tough Economic Times Hurt Post Office - Tuesday, August 26, 2008

ST. LOUIS (AP) - The U.S. Postal Service could lose about $2 billion this year due to tough economic times, and it needs to change to meet the demands of the public, Postmaster General John Potter said Monday.

27. Shuttered Motels Head to Court - Tuesday, August 12, 2008

The owners of five Memphis motels that were closed last week as nuisances under Tennessee law are due in Shelby County Environmental Court today.

The closings by the Shelby County District Attorney General’s office and the Memphis Police Department Organized Crime Unit (OCU) are the latest in a prostitution crackdown called Operation Heartbreak Hotel. District Attorney General Bill Gibbons has urged the City Council to make it harder for the owners and others getting into the motel business to open their doors.

28. Hickory Hill Welcomes New Environmental Court - Tuesday, May 20, 2008

The new Hickory Hill Environmental Community Court will begin hearing cases this week.

The court, which will be inside the Memphis Police Department’s Ridgeway Station, is part of an effort to crack down on crime in the Hickory Hill area, including code violations.

29. 'Heartbreak Hotel' Items To be Auctioned Today - Tuesday, May 06, 2008
     An auction will be held today to sell property awarded to the state in verdicts from trials for four Memphis motels declared public nuisances. The properties were closed earlier this year as part of an undercover investi

30. 'Heartbreak Hotel' BusinessesDeclared Public Nuisances - Thursday, April 17, 2008
     Two motels closed earlier this year in an undercover operation dubbed "Operation Heartbreak Hotel" have been declared public nuisances. A judge awarded all personal property to the state to be sold at auction.
 

31. Brinkley Heights Ministries To Expand Academy - Tuesday, April 08, 2008

3277 Macon Road
Memphis, TN 38122
Permit Cost: $2.4 million

Project Cost: $2.4 million

Permit Date: Applied March 2008

32. Two Bellevue Blvd. Motels Declared Nuisances - Monday, April 07, 2008

Two of the motels shut down six weeks ago as part of an undercover sting dubbed "Operation Heartbreak Hotel" may be allowed to open in the future, though they were declared to be public nuisances.

Trials for the owners of The Lamplighter Motor Inn at 667 S. Bellevue Blvd. and The Bellevue Inn at 1250 S. Bellevue began Thursday in General Sessions Court in Judge Larry Potter's courtroom.

33. Crime Efforts Focus On Hickory Hill Apartment Complexes - Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Hickory Hill residents can expect to see an even greater reduction in crime in the area, Memphis Police Department Director Larry Godwin told a room of about 100 residents recently.

The Ridgeway Precinct saw the highest reduction in crime last year, and the department hopes to continue that trend, he said.

34. LeMoyne-Owen CDC To Build Center, Subdivision - Tuesday, April 01, 2008
     LeMoyne-Owen College Community Development Corp. (LOC-CDC) has applied for a $501,000 building permit for a lifestyle center and subdivision at 915 E. McLemore Ave.
     The lifestyle center

35. Trials Postponed For Motel Owners - Friday, March 14, 2008
     The trials for four motel owners whose properties were shut down last month after an undercover investigation have been rescheduled to begin April 3.
     The trials for the owners of The Bel

36. Motel Owners Ordered To Stay Closed for Now - Thursday, February 28, 2008

The owners of four motels shut down after an undercover investigation learned Wednesday morning they must keep their doors closed at least until March 13.

The Bellevue Inn at 1250 S. Bellevue Blvd., The Lamplighter Motor Inn at 667 S. Bellevue Blvd., the Royal Inn & Suites at 3685 American Way and The Garden Inn & Suites at 3419 American Way were closed Feb. 12 as public nuisances by the Shelby County District Attorney General's office for drug- and prostitution-related offenses.

37. Daily News Investigation Results in Crackdown At Four Motels - Thursday, February 14, 2008

The Bellevue Inn, a South Memphis motel featured in an Aug. 24 Daily News story about prostitution, was closed as a public nuisance Tuesday by the Shelby County District Attorney General's Office.

38. Bellevue Inn Shut Down After Daily News Investigation - Tuesday, February 12, 2008

The Bellevue Inn, a South Memphis motel featured in an Aug. 24 Daily News investigative story about prostitution, was closed as a public nuisance today by the Shelby County District Attorney General’s office.

39. White Joins Junior Achievement As Exchange City Manager - Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Michael White has joined Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South as Exchange City manager.

Previously, White has served in various youth development positions in the community including as a YMCA youth counselor and director of the Stax Music Academy Summer Camp. He earned a bachelor's degree in education from the University of Memphis.

40. Environmental Court on Tap for Hickory Hill - Thursday, September 06, 2007

Shelby County Environmental Court Judge Larry Potter gently admonishes people who come into his courtroom for violations ranging from parking old cars in the yard to allowing property to fall into disarray.

41. Community Rallies to Fix Blind Mississippi Morris' Home - Thursday, August 09, 2007

The roar of a buzzsaw outside intermittently drowns out his voice. Morris Cummings, the local blues harmonica player who performs under the name Blind Mississippi Morris, is describing a new song he's working on.

42. Dunavant Award Winners Announced - Thursday, April 05, 2007
     The Rotary Club of Memphis East on Wednesday announced that David Barber and Judge Larry E. Potter are the recipients of its fourth annual Bobby Dunavant Public Servant Awards.
     Barber is

43. Billboard Developer Thomas To Appear in Court Today - Friday, February 23, 2007

To say that local billboard magnate William H. Thomas Jr. has a bone to pick with the Memphis and Shelby County Board of Adjustment (BOA) probably is an understatement.

After that eight-member body - which meets periodically to hear appeals related to zoning decisions - declined recently to give Thomas the special permission he needed to build two billboards, the businessman filed suit in Shelby County Circuit Court. And though both Shelby County and the City of Memphis are listed as defendants in the lawsuit, Thomas directed most of his vitriol at the BOA.

44. Judge Larry Potter Receives KAB Award - Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Larry E. Potter, presiding judge of the Memphis/Shelby County Environmental Court, has received Keep America Beautiful's (KAB) Iron Eyes Cody Award. The award was named in honor of KAB's landmark public awareness campaign of the 1970s, "People Start Pollution. People Can Stop It," which featured the iconic face and tear of Iron Eyes Cody and is credited with awakening the environmental consciousness of an entire generation. Potter became the first Environmental Court judge in Memphis and Tennessee in 1983. During that year, he helped create the court.

45. Local Radiologist Named NMA President-Elect - Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Dr. Albert Morris Jr. was named president-elect of the National Medical Association during the group's annual convention. A private practice radiologist, Morris has served on the board of the Memphis and Shelby County Medical Society. He is a graduate of the Howard University College of Medicine and completed a residency and fellowship training at the University of Tennessee-Memphis.

46. Archived Article: Law - Thursday, May 12, 2005
Community Court Instills Pride in Frayser

Community Court Instills Pride in Frayser

LANCE ALLAN

The Daily News

When a community needs a lift, nothing helps more than giving residents a chance to get involved. Five years ago, Frayser resi...

47. Archived Article: Newsmakers - Wednesday, September 08, 2004
GMAQ Elects Officers for 2005

GMAQ Elects 2005 Officers, Directors

The Greater Memphis Association for Quality announced the election of the following officers for 2005: Pat Brown, president; Marcia Boyd, vice president; Felecia Warner, secret...

48. Archived Article: Events - Friday, May 28, 2004
Butler Street Bazaar hosts an art exhibit closing reception and fundraiser from 6 p

The Daily News offices will be closed Monday in observance of Memorial Day. Offices reopen at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday and will remain open during normal business hours....

49. Archived Article: Daily Digest - Monday, July 07, 2003
AT&T Wireless

AT&T Wireless

disconnects more jobs

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will cut a small number of jobs, about 3 percent, as it tries to improve profit margins and consolidate operations into two locations.

The ...

50. Archived Article: Daily Digest - Monday, June 30, 2003
Delta Materials adds

Delta Materials adds

Mitsubishi forklifts

Memphis-based Delta Materials Handling Inc. is a new Mitsubishi forklift trucks dealer. Deltas reputation, combined with an experienced management team, positioned the firm to b...

51. Archived Article: Daily Digest - Monday, June 16, 2003
Design work underway on Downtown garage

Design work underway

on new Downtown garage

Design work is underway on the Downtown Parking Authoritys 300-space garage planned for Main Street and Gayoso Avenue in the Center City Commissions Main St...

52. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, May 07, 2003
Sgt. Jackie Setliff

Sgt. Jackie Setliff of the Shelby County Sheriffs Office was chosen as Officer of the Year by the Optimist Club. A ceremony honoring Setliff begins at 10 a.m. today in the Sheriffs Conference Room, 201 Poplar Ave., ninth floor...

53. Archived Article: Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 18, 2003
DA shuts down businesses

DA shuts down businesses

on gambling allegations

The Shelby County District Attorneys Office, with the assistance of the Memphis Police Department Vice and Narcotics Unit and the West Tennessee Violent Crime Drug Ta...

54. Archived Article: Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 12, 2003
Court allows Bellevue Inn

Court allows Bellevue Inn

to reopen under strict rules

General Sessions Criminal Court Judge Larry Potter signed a consent order Monday in which Pravien Patel, owner of the Bellevue Inn, 1250 S. Bellevue Blvd., adm...

55. Archived Article: Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 04, 2003
DA's office closes Bellevue Inn

DAs office shuts down

crime-riddled Bellevue Inn

The Shelby County District Attorneys Office, the Memphis Police Department vice and narcotics unit and the West Tennessee Violent Crime Drug Task Force served ...

56. Archived Article: Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 19, 2003
Credit card usage pushes

Credit card usage pushes

Concord EFS revenues up

Concord EFS Inc., an electronic commerce provider, announced Tuesday it had solid revenue growth driven by strong transaction volumes in the fourth quarter and in all...

57. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, February 12, 2003
Julie Wittichen Gasaway has become an associate at Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects

Julie Wittichen Gasaway has become an associate at Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects. She joined the firm in 1990 and earned a bachelors degree from the University o...

58. Archived Article: Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 11, 2003
Seabrook acquires

Seabrook acquires

Memphis Paints

Seabrook Decorating Centers announced it has acquired Memphis Paints, formerly located at 638 W. Poplar Ave. in Collierville. Details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Bill Bradley,...

59. Archived Article: Cleanup (lead) - Tuesday, April 02, 2002
Lamar/Crump clean up on tap Lamar/Crump clean up on tap By MARY DANDO The Daily News Anyone driving the five-mile section of Lamar Avenue and Crump Boulevard from the intersection of Airways Boulevard to the Mississippi River this week will be seein...

60. Archived Article: Law Focus - Thursday, March 21, 2002
Community courts Seeing justice at work idea behind community court By MARY DANDO The Daily News Taking justice to the people is one of the goals of District Attorney General Bill Gibbons office. To this end, a pilot project began in Frayser in Febr...

61. Archived Article: Law Focus (court) - Thursday, March 15, 2001
Environmental court to hear tree ordinance test case First test of tree ordinance heads to court By MARY DANDO The Daily News A worker cutting trees at a Raleigh site Friday will be the first person summoned to appear in environmental court for viol...

62. Archived Article: Law Focus - Thursday, February 17, 2000
New Frayser court helps wheels of justice turn more quickly New Frayser court helps wheels of justice turn more quickly Theres a new court in town. This one is designed to help the squeaky wheels of justice spin more smoothly. The Frayser Community ...

63. Archived Article: Law Focus (env) - Thursday, June 17, 1999
By STACEY PETSCHAUER The green is on New Citizens Environmental Review Panel serves as a liaison between residents and environmental court By STACEY PETSCHAUER The Daily News John, a Midtowner, cant stand the sight of the tangled mass of 2-foot-tall...

64. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, March 11, 1998
Gary L Gary L. Osing has joined the Waring Cox law firm as chief operating officer. He formerly was director of administration for the law firm of Hand Arendall LLC in Mobile, Ala. He is a graduate of the University of South Alabama and Springfield ...

65. Archived Article: Law Briefs - Thursday, November 13, 1997
The Memphis Bar Association will sponsor a seminar titled Memphis and Shelby County Environmental Court: A National Role Model on Wednesday at the Peabody The Memphis Bar Association will sponsor a seminar titled "Memphis and Shelby County Envi...

66. Archived Article: Rhodes Jennings Saga - Monday, October 09, 1995
10/9 jts Rhodes Jennings Saga Rhodes Jennings owners face fines But fate of building still undetermined By JAMES SNYDER The Daily News The owner of the dilapidated Rhodes Jennings building must build barricades to protect passers-by from falling deb...