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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man released from jail on $1,000 bond in a domestic violence case in March is accused of brutally assaulting the same woman again. Jamal Williams was booked into the Shelby County Jail on Tuesday for charges of Aggravated Assault, Aggravated Kidnapping, Aggravated Burglary, Vandalism, Possessing a Fi

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - HopeWorks has cut the ribbon on a new transitional housing facility designed to help men re-enter the community after prison. The Next Story program will house 21 men transitioning out of prison. For the past 18 months, the organization has been working to build the living space.

The first look at data collected by a group of southwest Memphis residents to track air pollution revealed something alarming: Toxic chemicals hang in the air during all hours of the day, according to an analysis conducted by a Washington, D.C.-based environmental group. Vehicle traffic during some busy hours of...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Three suspects are still on the run after police say they stole a woman’s purse while at the Restaurant Depot in Northeast Memphis last Friday. Memphis Police say they responded to a robbery call at the Restaurant Depot on 5229 Summer Avenue minutes before 8:30 a.m. The victim says she was loading […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Crews cut the ribbon on a new-and-improved apartment complex on Tuesday. The management company for Greenbriar Apartments in Frayser said it has spent more than $30 million in renovations to the long-troubled complex. The apartment complex has a history of violence that includes multiple stabbing

While the doors are closed, dueling lawsuits involving the studio are moving through the court system.

Shortly before 2:15 a.m. Tuesday, a heavy police response moved into Memphis' Binghampton neighborhood near Madrid Avenue, just south of Sam Cooper Boulevard. Neighbors reported seeing multiple squad cars as officers taped off the block and detectives worked under floodlights. Officials have described the incident as a

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A construction crew rehabbing a house in the Highland Heights area disarmed and detained a teen who tried to rob them with a BB gun Monday morning, police say. When officers arrived in the 600 block of Hillcrest, they found Leotha Bush, 18, tied up to the rails of the front porch. […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man banned from Target was arrested Monday after he was caught shoplifting at the store in the Wolfchase area, Memphis Police said. Robert Beasley Jr. was charged with burglary to wit a business and theft of property involving merchandise $1000 or less. On June 8, officers responded to a shoplifting

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Memphis police arrested a man accused of stealing $100,000 worth of copper from city property. Police say the man first attempted the theft at a fire station on South Third Street. The man shut off the main circuit breakers and the tower light circuit breakers. However,...