Pedestrian dead after being hit by MPD car
MPD said the officer was unable to avoid striking the pedestrian, who was pronounced dead on the scene.
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MPD said the officer was unable to avoid striking the pedestrian, who was pronounced dead on the scene.
Wright pleaded guilty to the facilitation of first-degree murder of her ex-husband and NBA player Lorenzen Wright. A board member recommended she be denied for parole.
The center is meant to prevent recidivism at a young age, when youth may be most vulnerable to getting stuck in the justice system.
The county began demolition of a house next to the Office of Reentry Monday, April 25, and will soon begin construction.
The upcoming June 4 summit will provide a space for members of affected communities to meet with and seek resources from from clergy leaders, nonprofit organizations, law enforcement and government agencies.
Steve Mulroy will face incumbent District Attorney General Amy Weirich in the general elections in August.
General Sessions Judge Bill Anderson Jr. determined the $1 million bond originally set for Jonathan Brush was not enough and raised it to $5 million.
Steve Mulroy, Linda Harris and Janika White are contending for the Democratic nomination for the district attorney’s office and the right to challenge District Attorney General Amy Weirich in the August general election.
“It’s so sad, because there were people there that had very severe handicaps,” said one former resident. “It was very difficult for them. They were almost homeless. And they were able to somehow gather the money to pay to move.”
Jonathan Brush reportedly threw a man from the 11th-floor balcony of a condominium in Walton County, Florida.
Traffic, parking details announced for the Beale Street Music Festival’s temporary home at Liberty Park near the Liberty Bowl.
“I just feel like a weight has been lifted up off of me.”
The organization is hosting a free MAMA’s (Memphis Allies Mother’s Appreciation) Day lunch Saturday at Legacy Impact Community Resource Center, 2285 Frayser Blvd., from noon to 2 p.m.
In January, Moses was sentenced to six years in prison for illegally registering to vote in 2019.
A $5 entry fee, plus weapon and ID checks, were required to enter Beale Street between 8 p.m. Friday and 3 a.m., helping officials track the number of visitors.
Marterius Boyd, an eighth-grade student at Memphis Business Academy Middle School, and Nikima Robertson, an eighth-grade student at A. Maceo Walker Middle School, were selected as national ambassadors to represent Memphis in a national Do the Write Thing celebration in Washington, D.C.
Homicides and violent or gun-related crimes have become a growing issue in the city of Memphis, with a 45.9% increase in murders from 2019 to 2020, according to the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission. Memphis set a record for homicides in 2020 with 332. And broke it again with 345 in 2021.
Memphis police Tuesday released video footage of the three suspects from the shootout that occurred on Beale Street April 10.
Grand jury alleges Miracle Renee Rutherford was driving recklessly and crashed into the home of Leslie Galen Young, former basketball standout at Hillcrest High School.
Throughout the city, gun-related arrests, gun thefts, and gun seizures have increased for the year.
Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired and its partner, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad, showed its members that Easter egg hunting is possible, using beeping eggs.
“That whole anti-snitch thing is destroying us right now. It was not meant to go all of these years and to morph into what it is now.”
“C.J.” Davis’ second duty handgun was stolen from her car in the parking lot of a Cordova business in January.
The Memphis Police Department hopes the site will aid in the hunt for fugitives.
Judge Lee Coffee has been practicing law for 40 years and has served as a Shelby County criminal court judge for Division VII for 16 years since his election in 2006.