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Memphis International Airport received minor damage and temporarily evacuated A and C concourses Monday during a storm that still has more than 30,000 customers of Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division without power.
Cyntoia Brown-Long, released from prison in August after serving 15 years for killing a man in Nashville when she was 16, has written a book about her life and will be in Memphis Sunday to discuss it.
The U.S. Attorney Michael Dunavant announced that 34 men and women were sentenced to prison after a two-year investigation into their drug trafficking organization found they were distributing heroin, cocaine and marijuana in the Memphis area.
No charges filed against deputies in the 2018 fatal shooting of 19-year-old Keyshon Parham.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied an appeal filed by the family of Darrius Stewart, who wanted the court to decide on a ruling from a federal court judge who dismissed the City of Memphis from a civil lawsuit.
Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Paula Skahan heard arguments Monday on whether DNA testing should be allowed in a first-of-its-kind case that could result in the exoneration of a man executed for a 34-year-old murder.
A hearing at 201 Poplar will decide if DNA evidence can be used to determine guilt in the 1985 murder of Suzanne Collins. If Sedley Alley, the man convicted and executed is cleared, "then God help them," says former death row inmate Kirk Bloodsworth. "You can't free a man from the grave."
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents have been called in to investigate an arson at a vacant East Memphis church that was set on fire twice in less than four months.
Fred Wortman, the former Collierville lawyer who tried to kill his wife three times, has been denied parole. He will not be eligible again for a parole hearing until 2026.
A hearing is set for Oct. 14 to determine whether DNA in the Sedley Alley murder case should be tested in an attempt to clear the executed man.
Fire and police union leaders are preparing to meet to work out details of implementing the half-cent sales tax increase approved by voters Thursday to restore health and pension benefits.
Judge to consider unsealing records from closed-door session on Memphis police surveillance case.
Red Roof Inn, a northeast Memphis motel closed as a public nuisance, will reopen after the owners agreed to hire security guards and install surveillance cameras.
The public and police department employees are asked to submit comments to an accreditation group as the Memphis Police Department seeks re-accreditation.
Memphis voters approved raising the sales tax rate to restore health care benefits and pensions for first responders.
Check here throughout the day to see how balloting is going around the city, and into the evening as ballot tabulation begins.
While violent crime decreased in Memphis last year, there were mixed results on other crimes in the city, according to the 2018 FBI Uniform Crime Report released this week.
A 58-year-old Memphis man who nicknamed himself the “Father of Identity Theft” has been convicted after a week-long federal trial of aggravated identity theft in a scheme dating back five years.
The City of Memphis has for a second time asked a federal judge to modify the 1978 consent decree that bars police from monitoring activities of protesters and activists.
Hiring more officers for the Memphis Police Department has been part of campaigns, including Mayor Jim Strickland's re-election bid.
Memphis police responded to 150 calls at the Red Roof Inn on Shelby Oaks Drive over the past year. After four fatal heroin overdoses, thefts, burglaries and other crimes, the motel was declared a public nuisance Friday, Sept. 27 and closed.
Two domestic violence conferences will be held in Memphis this week to address domestic violence in the community.
A $650,000 grant the Sheriff's Office received from the MacArthur Foundation’s Safety and Justice Challenge program is set to expire Oct. 1. County officials working on the grant to reduce the jail population have requested an extension.
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