15 arrested and indicted on charges related to trafficking drugs in several states, including...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — 15 people accused of being members in a drug trafficking organization were arrested and indicted on charges related to the distribution of large quantities of marijuana and conspiracy to commit money laundering in several states, including Oklahoma.
Repeat offender arrested after beating, kidnapping woman, police say
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The Memphis Police Department has arrested and charged a man with prior convictions. According to the affidavit, a female victim reported an incident to police that took place at a friend’s house on Josephine Street. The victim informed officers that the suspect, later identified as...
Ride-along with Memphis Safe Task Force reveals hard work that goes into warrant searches
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The Memphis Safe Task Force warrant strike teams do nothing but serve warrants. That’s their expertise. To serve a warrant, you have to find a fugitive who may go to any lengths to escape capture. Using modern technology, combined with good, old-fashioned detective work, the strike teams, led...
Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records’ Booker T and the M.G.’s, has...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the M.G.’s at Stax Records and co-wrote the classics “Green Onions,” “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay” and “In the Midnight Hour,” has died. He was 84.
One critical, one detained after shooting at Midtown Walgreens
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Police Department is searching for a suspect involved in a shooting at Walgreens that left one person hurt in Midtown Friday morning. According to officers, they responded to a shooting call at 9:24 a.m. in the 1300 block of Poplar Avenue. Police say a male victim was taken to the […]
Man shot near Memphis community center, police say
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A man was shot in the chest near a Memphis community center on Friday morning, police said. According to the Memphis Police Department (MPD), it happened just after 11 a.m. near the Marion Hale Community Center. Police said officers arrived to find a man had suffered a gunshot wound to his chest; he...
9 U.S. cities people say they will never revisit
Some U.S. cities inspire such unsettling experiences that travelers publicly vow never to return, often citing crime, visible neglect, or a sense that basic safety has broken down. Drawing on detailed crime statistics and widely shared accounts from a heavily commented travel thread, I look at nine places that have...
UoM law professor explains what’s next for lawsuit to stop National Guard presence
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Daniel Kiel, FedEx Professor of Law at the University of Memphis, said the case against the National Guard’s presence in Memphis will most likely move faster than expected. Kiel said that’s because there’s not a lot of factual disputes, but rather arguments about what those...
Woman back in court for pastor Ricky Floyd’s murder case
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Samantha Marion, the woman accused of murdering a pastor earlier this year, is set to appear back in court after her bond hearing was reset last week. Forty-two-year-old Marion was initially charged with voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Ricky Floyd, who is a pastor at Pursuit of God...
TBI audit backs MPD’s claims of historic crime drop in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) is backing up numbers by police that crime is at a historic low in Memphis.

















