The Memphis Safe Task Force returns from a brief pause amid the winter weather to make more than 20 arrests in one day. Federal troop deployments to US cities cost taxpayers $496M and countingRelated content:
A case against a NASA systems engineer, among others, has raised questions about the Tennessee Highway Patrol and sparked new state legislation on “sober DUIs.”
The historic Annesdale Mansion catches fire in a two-alarm blaze, but owner Bill Townsend said he will restore the home and continue hosting charitable events there.
Paul Young responded to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s comparison of the city’s cooperation with federal law enforcement and vocal opposition to aggressive immigration raids in other cities.
As the federal government loses cases about deploying troops to cities across the country, the U.S. government has weighed in on whether the Tennessee National Guard should remain in Memphis.
Crime continued to fall across the board in Memphis in 2025 and residents say they feel safe right now. But they also want to see an approach more targeted at addressing the root causes of crime.
The first woman to lead the Memphis Police Department’s motorcycle unit is retiring after 39 years. But she’s not leaving for good.
According to an official autopsy report, heart disease claimed Antonio First, who died Nov. 1 at the Shelby County Jail.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris is calling for stronger reforms at the Shelby County Jail, saying the Sheriff’s plan falls short amid a rise in inmate deaths and what he described as a “lack of basic humanity.”
A man convicted in 2010 of a murder three years earlier was not the killer, according to Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy. Instead, another person has been charged and is awaiting extradition from Oklahoma.
The death of a Memphis man in custody at a DeSoto County jail has been turned over to state authorities for further investigation.
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen is calling on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign as federal immigration raids in other places have taken a violent turn.
This is at least the second time a suspect has been killed or seriously injured during an altercation with Task Force officers since the sweeping law enforcement initiative began Sept. 29.
Tennessee state troopers arrested Rebecca Leathers, 55, during the ICE protest that drew hundreds of people to Summer Avenue in the Berclair neighborhood.
Thousands of people have been arrested within the past three months in Memphis, and prosecutors in both state and federal courts are feeling the increased load.
Commissioners decided Monday they want a lawsuit to stay in place and a court to put an end to the dispute over MSCS elections one way or another.
After a woman was fatally shot by an Immigrations and Custom Enforcement agent in Minneapolis, a score of Memphians gathered to remember her and call for action amid local ICE activity.
“It’s been a tough three years,” Rodney Wells, Tyré Nichols’ stepfather, told a crowd gathered at the site of Nichols’ death.
A federal jury found a Memphis gynecologist guilty on 40 of 46 counts related to healthcare fraud and reuse of unsanitary medical devices.
U.S. District Judge Sheryl Lipman said during Monday’s swearing-in ceremony that case filings at the court were up more than 300%.
Green, according to a news release, will begin the transition to the new role on Jan. 12.
“I plead guilty,” Former Evolve Bank & Trust CEO Robert Hartheimer said. “It is a decision by me because I’m guilty.”
President Donald Trump linked Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s regime to the alleged presence of Venezuelan gangs in American cities, including Memphis.
The number of traffic fatalities in Shelby County dropped by almost a third in 2025, and MPD credits its officers as well as the extra help provided by state and federal officers.
Memphis saw a 26.4% decline in murders year over year.
The Daily Memphian obtained daily reports on the Task Force’s work between Oct. 1 and Dec. 8, and analyzed each day’s report to determine how every arrest started.
Memphis police are promising a noticeably heavier presence on and around Beale Street as 2025 becomes 2026. Here’s what else to expect Downtown.
What was billed as a “Pajama Christmas Party” with a cover charge and offers of free liquor Dec. 20 ended with gunfire and the death of a man shot outside the short-term rental in East Memphis.
Changes to immigration, cannabis regulation and changes to retirement are among the new laws beginning in 2026.