Memphis TN

Memphis Public Library currently has several employment opportunities available across public service, technical services, and library operations. Below is a list of current library job openings. Applicants are encouraged to review qualifications and apply through the City of Memphis Careers portal. Library Services...

Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville celebrated the completion of its ICU expansion project . The Shelby County suburbs tallied 345 new homes sold in 2025, down from 410 in 2024. Plans for Play It Again Sports and Dutch Bros Coffee locations in Bartlett are moving forward. Here's a closer look at what's happening...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A retired Memphis Police Department officer received a new roof through a community effort just as winter weather approaches the area. My Town Roofing partnered with the Memphis Police Association to install a brand-new roof for retired officer Ronald Taylor. The project became personal for one...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) -The Memphis Police Department is investigating a crash that caused a power outage in the area. At 1:34 a.m., officers responded to a crash call on Poplar Avenue near Bingham Street. When officers arrived, they learned that a driver was traveling westbound on the street when the...

Jimmy McMahan — known online as “Whyte Folkz” — died in a motorcycle accident on Jan. 19

The City of Memphis has programs and funds to help low-income homeowners winterize their homes — but there’s only so much they can do. Caulking and insulation, sure. But a failing roof or major plumbing problem can stop the process cold. Until now. Memphis Housing and Community Development...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — As winter weather moves into the Mid-South, one local organization is working to ensure the region’s most vulnerable residents don’t go without food. The Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association, known as MIFA, is preparing emergency meal deliveries as forecasts call for dangerous and icy conditions that...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A truck crashed into an apartment building in Downtown Memphis on Thursday evening, according to the Memphis Police Department (MPD). Police said that just after 6:15 p.m. Thursday night, officers were sent to the area of Allen Street and Vance Avenue for a one-vehicle crash at Owens Place Town...

Paint and polish can only gloss over the problems of the Shelby County Jail, which is housed in an antiquated building unfit for its present use. That’s what I wrote for a front-page story in the Memphis Press-Scimitar on July 19, 1975. It summed up my almost-three-hour, unannounced tour of every floor and cell block...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A car crashed into a pair of utility poles early Thursday morning in the Old Binghampton neighborhood, knocking down power lines, according to the Memphis Police Department (MPD). In a report, police said the driver was on Poplar Avenue when he veered off the road and struck...