Shelby Co. D.A. Files Injunction Against Gang
D.A. Amy Weirich has filed the first ever injunction against a gang. Weirich says the injunction specifically targets 50 members of the Riverside Rollin’ 90’s ...
View ArticlePlaying poker for money is technically illegal in Tennessee but arrests are rare
While playing poker for money is technically illegal in Tennessee, it’s unlikely that the SWAT team will kick in the door during your weekly ...
View ArticleSen. Mark Norris of Collierville to chair Council of State Governments
State Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, was elected chairman of the Council of State Governments at its 80th annual meeting over the weekend in Kansas City, Mo. Norris, the Senate Republican majority...
View ArticleVote on Shelby County contract for inmate medical services delayed
The Shelby County Commission sent a resolution for an $18.29 million contract to provide medical services for jail inmates back to its committee on ...
View ArticleComedy of errors leads to sex charges
Those in the car disagreed, saying they had all just come from Stefanski's apartment in the 5100 block of Meadow Lake in the Fox Meadows area. Those inside the car told the officers that all...
View ArticleOverturned Tanker Closes Busy Memphis Road
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - A Mid-South road is closed after a tanker truck overturned, leaking gas onto the roadway. At approximately 12:52 am, officers responded to Sycamore View and...
View ArticleCrews Search for Missing Skydiver
FAYETTE CO., TN- (localmemphis.com)--Search crews in Fayette County are combing over a five mile area looking for a missing skydiver.Crews say a man in his mid 50's from California disappeared...
View ArticleRescue crews searching for missing skydiver in eastern Tennessee - CNN
NEW: The man's body was found about a mile from the drop zone NEW: It was not immediately clear what went wrong Six other people made it to the ground ...
View ArticleBids on Bass Pro construction project to be opened in October
Bids for retail, hotel and rooftop contracts at the Bass Pro Shops superstore in the Pyramid will be opened in mid-October, with December 2014 now set as the date for the public debut of the Downtown ...
View ArticlePolice and prosecutors in Memphis team to use new tactic to fight gang war zone
Jim Weber/The Commercial Appeal September 23, 2013 — Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich, right, talks with City Attorney Herman Morris in front of a gang tagged, abandoned...
View ArticleFive Guys Employees Outsmart Robbers
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Quick action by Bartlett restaurant employees foiled an attempted armed robbery Sunday night. Around 11:00 p.m., Bartlett officers were called to the Five Guys at 6600...
View ArticleMissing Skydiver Found Dead
FAYETTE CO., TN--Search crews in Fayette County have found the body of a skydiver who disappeared just after noon Monday. His name is not being released, but Local 24 has confirmed the skydiver was a...
View ArticleCountry Club Robbery Was A Family Affair
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com)--You wouldn't think of the Shelby County Jail as a place to hold a family reunion, but that's exactly what's happening for a 64-year-old woman,...
View Article56-year-old California man killed in Tennessee skydive
A 56-year-old California man died Monday after possibly experiencing trouble with his parachute during a skydive in Tennessee, officials said. The man was participating in a "Halo...
View ArticleFelton Knicks were too old last season
Starting point guard Raymond Felton believes being the oldest team in NBA history last season was an interesting distinction, but ultimately cost the Knicks a chance at a title. Felton said the Knicks...
View ArticleGermantown aldermen approve $9M bond deal
The Germantown Mayor and Board of Aldermen unanimously approved a deal Monday to issue more than $9 million in bonds in a move that saves money on old bonds and pays for a park road and a Greenway ...
View ArticlePlans for new Collierville animal shelter are being scaled back
In the coming weeks, an architectural firm will be redesigning and taking out costly features for a Collierville Animal Shelter's new Humane Education/Surgery ...
View ArticleWest Tennessee exhibit reintroduces World War I hero Alvin York
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The story of a Tennessee hero is being lifted from the obscuring mists of the past as a new exhibit comes to the Parkers Crossroads Visitor Center off Interstate ...
View ArticleMemphis Police arrest suspect in Parkway Village homicide
Ramon Chism, 31, was sitting in his vehicle at Ashview and Ashview Cove on Sept. 16 when police say Courtney Fifer walked up to the window, "demanded the drugs" and then shot ...
View ArticleNotorious Memphis radio host arrested for harassment
A warrant was issued for Matthews' arrest and he was taken into custody at about 7 p.m. during his radio show at a studio in the 2700 block of Bartlett ...
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