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Best Life: Doctors work to treat children with CRMO
MICHIGAN (Ivanhoe Newswire) – If your child is in pain and you’re chalking it up to growing pains, think again. It may be because of a rare condition. Figure skating is hard enough. Launching into the air, rotating twice, and landing on a one sixteenth-inch piece of steel is even harder. Now, imagine doing it with a condition that causes lesions on your bones.
Search continues after a Memphis marine goes missing from military base camp in Missouri
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — It’s now been more than three weeks since a Memphis Marine stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood went missing. Kavian Elder, 19, was last seen on May 3. Elder was completing the last phase of his training for the U.S. Marine Corps at Ft. Leonard Wood — a military training installation about 140 miles from St. Louis.
‘Watermelon Man’ honored by family nearly a year after his death
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — It’s been one year since a beloved street vendor – known as the “Watermelon Man” – was shot and killed during an attempted robbery. This Saturday, his family is honoring his memory. Watermelons are once again being sold at the corner of Homer Street and Wayne Avenue on Saturday morning. The faces […]
Germantown Tragedy, Father and Grandfather Indicted After Child Fatally Shoots Himself
Nearly two years after a tragic incident that left a four-year-old boy dead, a father and grandfather face charges for his death. On June 22, 2022, Jerry Anderson III, also known as Tre, found a gun at his paternal grandparents' home in Germantown and fatally shot himself. Indictments have now been issued against Jerry Anderson Jr. and Jerry Anderson Sr., as reported by WREG. Both men are charged with aggravated child abuse, criminally negligent homicide, and theft of a firearm.
Strong storms drop hail, topple trees in the Mid-South
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Strong thunderstorms produced hail and high wind across the Mid-South in the overnight hours of Sunday, May 26. Wind gusts were as high as 60 or 70 mph in some spots, which knocked down trees and power lines on Poplar Ave. near Goodlett St. in East Memphis.
Tennessee Launches Food Bank Association With New Executive Director
Tennessee’s five Feeding America food banks announced the official launch of the Tennessee Food Bank Association, joining 21 other states in the formation of an alliance. Dr. LaRhonda S.D. Magras, who previously served as Chief Executive Officer of YWCA Central Alabama, will lead the Association as Executive Director. “It...
Man dead after shooting in Frayser, police say
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A man died after a shooting in Frayser on Sunday evening, police said. According to the Memphis Police Department (MPD), officers responded just after 7:50 p.m. to a shooting at the 3500 block of Steele Street and found a man had been shot. He died at the...
Off-duty MPD officer charged with DUI after crash at downtown parking garage, records show
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - An off-duty Memphis Police officer was charged with drunk driving after he crashed his car into a security guard's vehicle inside a Downtown Memphis parking garage over the weekend, records show. Joshua Bowles, 31, of Memphis, was arrested early Sunday for driving under the influence, failure to...
Man rams truck through food truck, faces attempted murder charges
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - It was all caught on camera: Video shows a man ramming his truck into a food truck at the Cordova Pitstop Food Truck Park Friday evening. Two men were injured, and another man is behind bars after the incident. Court records show that police were called...
Overnight storm leads to thousands in the dark across Memphis, MLGW says
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Thousands of customers across Memphis are without power Monday morning after storms rolled through the Mid-South overnight, according to Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW). As of 11:10 a.m., 4,384 MLGW customers were without power due to 106 outages. As of 5:20 a.m., 6,910 MLGW customers were...
City watch canceled for missing 4-month old, MPD says
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The city watch was canceled for the 4-month-old girl who mother ran away with her. Police are looking for a mother who ran away with her 4-month-old daughter. According to the Memphis Police Department (MPD), 17-year-old Kamaya Love-Miller ran off with her child, Magnolia, from their home in the Hollywood neighborhood.
12 Tennessee Communities Receive Grants for Urban and Community Forest Ecosystems
Twelve Tennessee communities will have the opportunity to invest in their green spaces, thanks to grant funding provided by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry (TDF) through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service’s Urban and Community Forestry Inflation Reduction Act Grant Program. “Trees play a key...
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