Man armed with gun inside Criminal Justice Center: Photos
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A video that appears to show a man armed with a gun inside the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center is now circulating all over social media. The sheriff’s office says if there was, in fact, a man inside the facility with a real gun, his reckless actions are a violation of the […]
Majority-Black communities in Memphis are under threat from Elon Musk’s AI project
I live 3 miles from xAI’s South Memphis data center, where Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company has been operating dozens of methane gas turbines without critical — and we believe legally required — environmental permits. My neighbors and I are forced to breathe the pollution this company pumps into our air...
The hottest temperature ever recorded in Tennessee
The highest temperature ever recorded in Tennessee was 113°F on July 29 and August 9, 1930, both in Perryville. The National Weather Service reports that this is still the state’s official all-time high. On June 29, 2012, Nashville set a record high temperature of 109°F. During the...
Car crashes into East Memphis home, catches fire
A nearby resident captured video footage of the car on fire in front of the home, which is shown in the video above. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A car crashed into an East Memphis home and caught fire in the yard after police say the driver drove off during an attempted traffic stop. Just before 4 […]
Grocery prices have fallen, according to our Price Tracker
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Good news for your wallet: overall, grocery prices have fallen since reaching a high earlier this spring. We calculated the totals based on the average prices for 10 weeks of shopping in the last five months, and for the week of June 11, our total, $108.29, was the second-lowest since we launched […]
Man accused of fatal interstate shooting gets $800K bond
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man accused of a fatal interstate shooting on Saturday was issued an $800,000 bond, according to the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office. Robert Hudson, 29, was charged with Second-Degree Murder. On June 22, at 5:14 a.m., officers responded to a shooting at Interstate 240 near Millbranch....
Illegal alien sentenced in DeSoto County case
June 25, 2025 – The DeSoto County District Attorney’s office Wednesday morning says a jury Tuesday convicted Fernando Medina Rivero, an illegal alien from Mexico, of Fondling and Sexual Battery of a minor following a two-day trial in Circuit Court, yesterday. The conviction stems from a Hernando Police...
Westwood woman waits 9 weeks for trash pickup
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Westwood woman’s yard is finally trash-free after waiting weeks for garbage collection. Mary Banks said the garbage had been piling up outside her home on Pawnee Avenue for the past nine weeks. Banks says she’s had trash collection issues in the past, but she’s always been able to solve the problem...
Millington man arrested, charged in bestiality investigation
MILLINGTON – Special agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have arrested and charged a Millington man accused of posting inappropriate pictures and videos online, some of which included bestiality. On June 12th, at the request of 30th Judicial District Attorney General Steve Mulroy, agents began...
Colossal Polluter: NAACP Moves To Sue Musk In Memphis
Since June 2024, Elon Musk’s tech company, xAI, has run a massive data center known as Colossus in South Memphis that powers its chatbot Grok. It’s powered by dozens of methane-burning turbines — as many as 35 at one point — that are completely unpermitted. Despite...