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MEMPHIS, Tenn. - One person has died after crashing into a tree while being chased down by state troopers, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said Friday. Around 4:30 Friday morning, THP said, troopers attempted to pull the driver over near St. Elmo Avenue after they committed a "hazardous moving violation," but the driver...

The woman recently extradited from Oklahoma to Tennessee to face charges in a 2007 murder case has died.

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — An 81-year-old West Memphis widow lost her life savings after scammers convinced her they could protect her money from hackers on her computer. Laura McFarling wired $37,600 to criminals who posed as Microsoft technical support and bank representatives in what experts call a multi-million-dollar...

COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. — Shelby County’s first Safe Haven Baby Box opened with a blessing ceremony Wednesday at Collierville Fire Station No. 6 at 11670 E. Shelby Drive. The Safe Haven Baby Box is a climate-controlled, technologically advanced unit that allows a mother to safely surrender a newborn (45 days old or...

Expansion Priorities: The plan highlights the widening of Interstate 55 to as many as 10 lanes in certain sections to alleviate chronic congestion. State Aid Focus: County officials shifted the focus toward securing state funding for widening state Highway 305 and U.S. Highway 51, labeling the current interstate...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tennessee’s top economic development official says Memphis’ recent decline in crime is already reshaping how companies view the city, and he puts federal intervention at the center of that shift. Right at the top of his testimony in Nashville, Commissioner Stuart McWhorter emphasized that businesses...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man is dead, and a suspect has yet to be caught following a shooting at a BP gas station on Sunday evening in South Memphis, according to the Memphis Police Department. Officers say they responded to the shooting in the 500 block of South Parkway...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Shelby County mother was sentenced to prison after she pleaded guilty to locking up her 4-year-old son inside a room for months, causing the child to become "critically ill" and "covered in feces," the district attorney's office said Tuesday. According to the Shelby County District...

Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy joins host Eric Barnes and Daily Memphian reporter Bill Dries. Mulroy discusses the Memphis Safe Task Force, ICE-related arrests, jail overcrowding, bail reform, crime trends and proposed state legislation affecting his office. How to Watch Behind the Headlines....

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The Memphis Police Department has arrested and charged a man accused of firing shots at another driver. According to the affidavit, on Feb. 15, Khalil Salti, 23, followed the victim in a white 2023 Toyota Camry. Salti chased the victim, and then fired a shot from...