WATCH: Memphis communities feeling the heat after closures of splash pads
Memphis communities feeling the heat after closures of splash pads. The dog days of summer are here in the Mid-South, thanks to "feels-like" temperatures reaching triple digits. But some folks don't have a place to cool off because multiple splash pads across the City of Memphis are closed.
Secret Service operation finds multiple card skimming devices in the Mid-South
MEMPHIS, Tenn.– It’s video you’ll only see on Your News Leader. Law enforcement agents uncovered an unsuspecting device used to steal your credit card information at a North Memphis grocery store. The discovery was part of a secret service operation that took place this week to combat a crime targeting lower-income...
Man with active warrants captured after going to Hernando jailhouse to bail out inmate
HERNANDO, Miss. (WMC) - A DeSoto County inmate was about to be freed Thursday night until the man who came to bail them out was discovered to have active arrest warrants. The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office says 40-year-old Keith Shaw allegedly fled the jail as he was being checked in as a visitor.
‘That’s my rat hole’: Memphian wants county’s help with consistent rat problem
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - An East Memphis man says he wants his tax dollars better-spent after dealing with an ongoing rat problem in his neighborhood. It’s an issue he says he’s dealt with for months. “That is a rat hole, that’s my rat hole, that’s ‘Pat’s rat hole,’”...
FOX13 Investigates: Possible site for supercomputer power plant in Southaven
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - With a city-wide uproar over the first XAi supercomputer and its gas turbine, FOX13 is putting together the missing pieces over a second supercomputer.
Security guard charged in shooting violated probation, DA says
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A security guard who was charged in a shooting outside of a club was on probation for a domestic assault conviction, according to the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office. On Wednesday, Desmond Humphrey was found guilty of violating his probation, court records show. Humphrey, who was convicted...
Juvenile Arrested for First-Degree Murder in Connection with Chelsea Avenue Shooting in Memphis
A juvenile has been arrested by Memphis Police in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred last month. The Memphis Police Department disclosed, via social media, that officers responded to reports of the shooting at 2032 Chelsea Avenue on the night of June 14. The victim, a male, was critically injured and...
MPD searching for suspects after chase in Oakhaven
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police are searching for suspects after an attempted traffic stop led to a pursuit from Parkway Village into Oakhaven. According to police, officers responded to a call about a vehicle prowler at around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday at South Goodlett Street and Windy Hollow Circle in Parkway Village....
Whitehaven residents claim A/C hasn’t worked in months
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Mid-South is in the middle of another hot and humid summer, yet multiple residents at the Faronia Square Apartment community in Whitehaven say they have no air conditioning and haven’t had it for months. Willie White is tired and fed up with coming back to an apartment with no AC. “It’s awful, […]
Video shows officers ducking gunshots outside MPD Command Center
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Newly-released video shows the moment Memphis police officers went ducking for cover in Downtown Memphis. The shooters were seen in a Nissan Juke, driving away while firing shots at the officers as they walked near the MPD Command Center on Peabody Place. No one was injured,...
