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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A National Guardsman working with the Memphis Safe Task Force saved the life of a woman near Memphis International Airport last weekend. Staff Sgt. Cody Luhrs was on patrol near Winchester Rd. on Saturday, Nov. 8 when his team saw a semi-truck pulled over near their location. The truck driver asked...

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This story was originally published by MLK50: Justice Through Journalism. Subscribe to their newsletter here. Many of the arrests made since the Memphis Safe Task Force began its work have been for traffic violations and drug charges, despite its stated focus on violent crime, according to new data shared with MLK50:...

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Technology could soon help identify dozens of gravesites at a historic African American cemetery in Shelby County. Friday, crews from the University of Memphis visited the historic Zion Hill CME Cemetery in Cordova to survey the site before they begin using what’s called ground penetrating radar to...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Shelby County faces money troubles due to a $43 million shortfall, according to a discussion during a Shelby County committee meeting. The county’s deputy director of administration and finance said the county is in a “negative cash position,” and this cash position is lower than historical...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police say a man used a fake ID and a forged signature to cash two checks worth more than $13,000 at an East Memphis bank. Police released photos of the unknown suspect Friday. They say the identity theft happened Sept. 11 at Truist Bank on Shady Grove Road. The man had a […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Eight people were arrested and four pounds of marijuana seized in a police saturation effort on a South Memphis street. Memphis Police say they executed search warrants Thursday in coordination with the Memphis Safe Task Force on Boyd Street, an area police said is known for persistent gang and drug...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police say a man was caught on camera attacking a man with a knife inside a Mexican restaurant in the Nutbush area early Thursday morning. Fernando Delgado-Hernandez, 23, was arrested on the scene and later charged with attempted second-degree murder and aggravated assault. MPD said when officers...

Hundreds more members of the Tennessee National Guard are expected to arrive in Memphis over the next few days, even as local leaders await a judge’s decision on their petition to temporarily bar the guard from patrolling the city. As of Thursday, between 140 and 180 members of the Guard were patrolling the streets...