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MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A man was shot early Saturday morning in Midtown as he drove away from suspects who were sitting in his car moments earlier, police said. The Memphis Police Department (MPD) said it all started around 3 a.m., when a man was walking to his car outside the Bayou Grill on Madison. As he approached, he...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Collierville man’s love for Christmas has become the highlight of his neighborhood. For more than a decade, his home has been the brightest house on his block, covered with hundreds of lights and props. “Kids have been coming here since they were small for 17 years,” said John Thompson, a...

Southland Casino Hotel in West Memphis, Arkansas, on Thursday announced it will provide up to $180,000 over three years to the Mid-South Food Bank to support mobile food pantries and meal distribution to people and families in need in Crittenden County, Arkansas. “Southland Casino Hotel is committed to supporting...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - It’s supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year, but for many of us, it’s expensive and stressful. “It’s very expensive, especially when you're on a fixed income,” explained Vonswalla Haymond, an East Memphis resident. Haymond is trying to give her...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Zoo announced the passing of Else, a female grizzly bear, on Thursday. According to the zoo, Else experienced a sudden and rapid decline in her health, despite intensive, round-the-clock care from her keepers and veterinary team. The zoo said veterinarians conducted a full postmortem...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A local attorney says she’s concerned about the strain that traffic stops are creating for the Shelby County court system. Numbers from the Memphis Safe Task Force show that more than 42,000 citations have been given out during traffic stops. “What we’ve seen is just an uptick in people being cited...

Memphis was shaken by a brazen mid-morning robbery on Wednesday when an armed suspect stormed into the EZ Pawn at 1410 Poplar Avenue. The Memphis Police were called into action at 10:28 a.m., according to a detailed report from the Memphis Police Department's official website. Witness accounts describe a male suspect...

Alexis Luttrell couldn’t believe the letter in her hand. Her local government in Germantown, Tennessee, ordered her to remove her holiday decorations – or face a hefty fine. Earlier that year, for Halloween, Lutrell had installed an 8-foot-tall skeleton and an accompanying skeleton dog in her front yard. She’d opted...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Fire crews are battling a large fire at a condominium complex in Fox Meadows on Friday evening that injured a firefighter and a resident. WREG viewer Mike Harper sent in video that shows a building at the Hamlets Condominiums fully engulfed in flames with fire crews on the scene. According to the […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. —  The city of Olive Branch, Miss. has named its next police chief. The department’s deputy chief, Carlos Garcia, was promoted to the top spot. Garcia was handpicked by Mayor Ken Adams and the board of aldermen. He’ll take over after the city’s current chief, Bill Cox, retires at the end of December.