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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Veteran reporter Les Smith, who worked for every TV news operation in Memphis during a journalism career that spanned nearly 40 years, has died. Family members say Smith died Wednesday morning at the age of 75, following a brief battle with cancer. Smith began his career in TV news and sports in […]

CORDOVA, Tenn. (WMC) - A Memphis teen is now being held on a $1 million bond following a deadly shooting in Cordova. On August 22, detectives found a teen dead inside a vehicle in a parking lot on Berryhill Road, at the intersection of Chimneyrock Boulevard. The teen was pronounced...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A judge reinstated bonds for two of the former officers given a new federal trial in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols. Judge Charmaine Claxton ordered that Justin Smith and Tadarrius Bean be released on $50,000 bond. Bean, Smith and Demetrius Haley requested to have...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Memphis police arrested a man wanted for first-degree murder. Broderick Baker is charged with a murder that happened earlier this month. A body was found in a wooded area behind IHOP on Sycamore View on September 3. Arrest records say MPD picked him up Friday with...

MEMPHIS (The Borowitz Report)—Abandoning their customary black vests and masks, ICE agents have gone undercover in Memphis, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed on Wednesday. Noem defended her department’s expenditure of $85,000 to outfit the agents in sequined jumpsuits, arguing that such a disguise was necessary for...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis father is in custody after pointing a gun at students his son had gotten in a fight with, police say. Darius Bruce, 30, was arrested Tuesday and is charged with five counts of aggravated assault and carrying a weapon on school property. On September 10 at 3:40 p.m., officers responded […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A local business owner says he is out of thousands of dollars after signing up for a festival that never happened, but festival organizers say he wasn’t registered. The Memphis Bottomless Crab Leg Festival was set to take place from 12 to 5 p.m. on the riverfront this past Sunday, according to […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A Memphis man was taken into custody following a high-speed chase that involved the Tennessee Highway Patrol and the Southaven Police Department. On September 11, a THP trooper was on duty when he noticed a vehicle traveling at a high speed over the limit. According to...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A man was arrested Tuesday after he shot a father while he tried to drive off from an attempted robbery with his children in the car, records show. Marquez Johnson, 27, was arrested for three counts of attempted first-degree murder, especially aggravated robbery and possession of a firearm during the...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Surveillance video captured the moments gunfire rang out striking and injuring a 15-year-old boy. He was shot twice in the back at a Raleigh apartment complex last Thursday, police said. Memphis Police (MPD) said the teen was dropped off at Methodist North Hospital after he was shot...