Mary Stewart, the mother of Darrius Stewart, the teen shot and killed in 2015 by Memphis police officer Connor Schilling, has filed a new civil lawsuit seeking $17 million in damages from the former officer.
Memphis Shelby Crime Commission settles lawsuit with journalists and agrees to release public records including donors and grant funding.
After numerous delays, a trial date has been set for Billy Ray Turner in the Lorenzen Wright slaying.
Democratic state Sen. Katrina Robinson is partnering with Republicans on a Medicaid expansion bill designed to provide coverage to 300,000 Tennesseans who don't have health insurance.
Memphis police and the Shelby County Sheriff's Office, like other law enforcement agencies nationwide, are increasingly using sophisticated technology for surveillance.
Three community legal groups will work together through the new 901 Legal Connect website to help low-income area residents with civil legal matters.
Alice Marie Johnson, whose drug conviction was commuted by Trump, still seeks to get her probation dismissed.
"I first met him in the interrogation room when I was arrested for accessory after the fact – first-degree murder,’’ Bridgett Stafford told investigators.
"Operation Safe Travel 2" MPD's latest initiative to handle interstate shootings, kicked off Tuesday.
Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner discusses top issues he is facing in 2020.
Shelby County Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael said during his annual State of the Court address Friday that the court does not "recruit children" and that transferring children to adult court is "the hardest thing I have to do.”
A highway shooting this week was the fourth of the year and continues a trend of 45 on Memphis roadways last year.
The City of Memphis ended 2019 with 191 homicides — an increase of nearly 3% from the previous year, according to homicide data released by the Memphis Police Department.
The overall violent crime rate in Memphis dropped more than 8% in 2019 from the previous year. However, the number of homicides increased.
Just City executive director Josh Spickler said on the WKNO program “Behind The Headlines” that Juvenile Court needs more resources for children in detention. But he said the question of which children and how many wind up in detention or tried as adults should take priority over the details of the bricks and mortar.
Shelby County officials, who last year approved funding for preliminary work to build a new juvenile detention facility, are now exploring alternatives such as renovating a closed youth facility in Southeast Memphis.
Billy Ray Turner is charged with first-degree murder in the July 2010 death of the U of M and NBA basketball player. The case was reset for Feb. 11.
Children transferred from juvenile court to adult court is on the rise. Last year, 90 children were charged as adults and almost all are African American.
Chauncy Black, a Memphis teen for whom a viral fundraiser brought in nearly $350,000 to help Black's struggling family in 2016, has been charged with murder four years later.
Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich says her office has found no violations that would merit charges against Memphis Police Lt. Eric Kelly, but the case has prompted creation of a unit to investigate such cases.
The homicide detective now at the center of a Memphis Police Department sex scandal also made news in 2018 for his role in a contentious murder case that led to reforms in MPD’s interrogation practices.
Criminal charges possible against Memphis homicide detective Eric Kelly, who retired with pension amid questions about his sexual relationship with a murder suspect.
A Memphis Police Department homicide detective who was sleeping with a murder defendant retired last fall amid an internal investigation into his conduct, effectively allowing him to escape disciplinary action.
Three Memphis police officers have been relieved of duty after a police shooting in West Memphis left one suspect dead.
Harvard research fellow Thomas Abt talked on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast about his book “Bleeding Out,” which says poverty and violence are linked but fighting violence should come first.