Community activists say they still feel they're being watched and harassed by law enforcement, while a monitoring team says it is trying to ensure Memphis police comply with court-ordered reforms.
A Downtown protest Friday evening drew a group of about 100 people. It comes days after the release of journalist Manuel Duran, arrested in Memphis more than a year ago and turned over to federal immigration authorities.
A man who authorities say was the accomplice of Brandon Webber when Webber allegedly shot a Hernando, Mississippi, man five times and stole his car was not involved, his attorney said in court Monday.
A 22-year-old man who police say was with Brandon Webber when he allegedly committed a violent armed robbery in Hernando last month has been arrested in connection with the incident.
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Homicides in Memphis are up this year over the same time last year. Police are asking the public for help in solving the slayings, which total 86, with six being ruled justifiable.
Steven Adelman is accused of bouncing a $19,000 check for a show at the New Daisy Theatre, which has been closed since January.
Brandon Webber was an honor student, a rapper and a young father. But he was also accused in a violent carjacking where a Hernando man was shot five times. The duality of Webber is what some young people in Memphis face.
The Memphis Police Department has returned to normal alert status following last week’s protest unrest in Frayser.
A vigil held Sunday in the wake of Brandon Webber's death remembered the father, son and friend. The event also called for healing and mending a broken relationship with Memphis Police.
Jaleta Clark spoke before a crowd of mourners and supporters at a vigil outside her home in Frayser. Clark's son, Brandon Webber, was killed in a confrontation with a U.S. Marshals task force on Wednesday evening, sparking an upheaval in the community.
The fatal shooting of 20-year-old Brandon Webber by U.S. Marshals in Frayser – and the fallout that ensued – caught the attention of the nation and the world.
State Sen. Katrina Robinson wants a "transparent and thorough" investigation into the shooting death of Brandon Webber, saying the details are "unclear."
A day after protesters clashed with police over the fatal shooting in Frayser of a 20-year-old man by U.S. Marshals, new details began to emerge and the victim's family began seeking answers.
Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich said her office will not file charges against a Memphis police officer in the 2018 officer-involved fatal shooting of a man on Summer Avenue.
Technical difficulties with the video visitation system at 201 Poplar are preventing inmates from receiving visitors. Officials hope the problem is fixed by the end of the week.
Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee told attorneys during a hearing Thursday that he would provide them with drafts of questionnaires that will be given to potential jurors in the Lorenzen Wright murder case.
Sherra Wright’s lawyers withdrew their request for jurors from outside Shelby County to hear the murder charges against their client in the death of Lorenzen Wright, the NBA player who was Wright’s ex-husband.
Memphis police and other authorities reached out to the community Friday with information about available resources after a dozen suspected opioid-related overdoses in a 24-hour period.
Gov. Bill Lee announced Tuesday evening he will not stop the execution of death row inmate Donnie Johnson, who is set to be put to death Thursday.
The daughter of Sedley Alley, the man convicted in the 1985 brutal murder and rape of Marine Lance Cpl. Suzanne Marie Collins in Millington, is seeking to have the DNA evidence in the case tested, some 13 years after her father was executed for the slaying.
Old homicide records stored at the Main Library offer a glimpse into century-old crimes and the reasons behind them.
Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich announced in a statement Friday she is not seeking criminal charges against any of the four Memphis police officers in the shooting of Martavious Banks last September.
Six women will be bailed out of jail this week during Mother's Day Bail Out by the Official Black Lives Matter Memphis Chapter. Since 2017, the group has paid bail for 30 men and women in Memphis and Shelby County in its effort to end cash bail.
BlocBoy JB appeared in court Monday on marijuana and gun charges after his arrest Friday. He will be back in court May 20.