Amazon Brings Prime Air to Memphis With a Meet-and-Greet, Not a Launch Date
Amazon parked an MK-30 delivery drone inside the Renasant Convention Center on Tuesday and invited Memphis residents to meet it. The company calls the service Prime Air, and the pitch was familiar: packages up to five pounds, delivered in two hours or less, for $4.99 if you hold a Prime membership. What Amazon did not
Law enforcement launches “Arrive Alive on 385” to lower roadway fatalities
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The Tennessee Highway Safety Office partnered with state and local law enforcement for the “Arrive Alive On 385” campaign in efforts to reduce traffic-related fatalities and serious injury crashes on State Route 385 in Memphis on Wednesday. The enforcement will begin at 6 a.m....
‘It’s what I’ve always wanted’: 82-year-old living in car gets dream home
The woman known affectionately as Momma can only speak in a whisper due to throat cancer, but she made it clear how she feels about her new place.
New Memphis Art Museum will be free for county residents when it opens Dec....
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The new Memphis Art Museum in downtown Memphis is set to open on Dec. 6, and Shelby County residents will always have free admission. The $180 million facility broke ground on the 122,000-square-foot site at Front Street and Union Avenue in June 2023, after the demolition of a fire station and parking
Road rage: Man who stabbed chef 19 times could get light sentence, victim’s mother...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man who admitted to stabbing a Memphis chef 19 times during a road rage incident four years ago will be sentenced Monday, and loved ones of the victim want to make sure he gets the maximum sentence. “Because this is a danger. This is a danger to society,” said friend Alex […]
Missing AL realtor’s family rep. says arrest of suspect ‘wasn’t a big surprise’
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The family representative of kidnapped Huntsville, Alabama, realtor Ronald Dumas Jr., who vanished a year and a half ago, says the arrest of another suspect on Tuesday was not a “big surprise.” Dumas’ cell phone was tracked to Memphis, where two others have been arrested in connection with the case, bu
Your First Alert to a warm and windy Wednesday and increasing rain chances
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The Mid-South enjoyed another day of low humidity and below average temperatures, but the return of a southerly flow tonight is bringing a change. Tomorrow will be noticeably warmer and muggier along with a gusty south wind. The increasing moisture and an approaching cold front will then lead to
Olive Branch Police welcome two new officers
The Olive Branch Police Department on social media welcomed two new officers, naming Officer Artaurus Harvell Jr. and Officer Arianna Moore. The department said it was “confident that Officer Harvell Jr. and Officer Moore will proudly serve the citizens of Olive Branch while representing the Olive Branch Police Departm
WATCH: Juneteenth events planned across the Mid-South this weekend
Juneteenth events planned across the Mid-South this weekend. When and where to celebrate. Juneteenth is Friday. And people across the Mid-South are gearing up for the holiday weekend, which will feature festivals, concerts and more.
Former Teacher of the Year tapped for Memphis schools takeover board ahead of first...
Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Former Tennessee Teacher of the Year Karen Vogelsang was appointed Tuesday to the final seat on the incoming Memphis schools oversight board, which will soon wield sweeping authority over the

















