Morning fire at home in Raleigh, MFD says
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The Memphis Fire Department is investigating a fire that took place during the morning hours of December 5. According to MFD, crews arrived at a house fire on Socorro Drive in the Raleigh area. MFD says the home was not vacant; there were no reported injuries.
Poplar Bluff city manager DUI arrest in Mississippi comes to light
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (KFVS) - The city manager of Poplar Bluff will begin the new year with a court date in Mississippi. It comes after Robert Knodell’s arrest back on October 4, 2025, for driving under the influence. And while Knodell spent a night in the Desoto County Jail...
2nd suspect arrested and accused of beating, holding woman hostage in 2024, police say
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The Memphis Police Department has arrested and charged a second man in connection with a kidnapping and assault that occurred back in May 2024. Michael Dwayne Chism, 46, is accused of especially aggravated kidnapping, aggravated robbery, and being a convicted felon in possession of a handgun.
Man tries to cash $8K tax refund check with fake ID, police say
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police say a Memphis man walked into a payday lender and tried to cash someone else’s tax refund check worth more than $8,000 by using a fake driver’s license. Police say it happened Friday at an Ace Cash Express on Elvis Presley Boulevard, where Anthony Ford allegedly tried to cash a U.S. […]
Task force arrests man wanted in 2020 deaths of two teens
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A wait for justice that spans half a decade came to end for one family this week after the Memphis Safe Task Force announced the arrest of the man accused of killing two teenagers in 2020. FOX13 spoke to a family friend of one of the teens...
Fire destroys Shelby County deputy’s home, displacing family of four
CORDOVA, Tenn. (WMC) - A fire destroyed the home of Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputy Phil Amuzu early Friday morning, forcing four family members to flee and leaving them without shelter as temperatures are expected to drop. The blaze broke out around 1 a.m. at the residence in Cordova where...
Memphis-Based Spotset Radio Network Hits 12.5 Million Weekly Listeners
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — New data from Nielsen’s Spring 2025 Nationwide Audio Survey shows major growth for the Memphis-based Spotset Radio Network, which now reaches 12.5 million adults each week — including 25% of all Black adults in the U.S. Spotset, created in 1996 by Trust Marketing &...
FOX13 Investigates: Memphis Police data shows across-the-board reduction in crime
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Across Memphis, families are sharing the sentiment. They feel safer in the city than they did last year.
USPS leases new building for operation in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A leasing company has confirmed that the United States Postal Service will be leasing a building for a new operation here in Memphis. According to a representative with the real estate company JLL, USPS secured a lease of a facility on E. Holmes Road in Memphis.
Cordova family loses house to fire; gift could be to blame
SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. — A family was forced into the cold Friday morning when their Cordova home went up in the flames. Fire investigators are still working to determine a cause, but the family is telling WREG that an early Christmas gift is believed to have been where the flames ignited. Around 3 a.m., firefighters […]
