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3 Kilos of cocaine, fentanyl pills found during traffic stop on I-40, officials say
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Memphis agents with the 30th District found 3 kilos of cocaine and 153 fentanyl pills while conducting a traffic stop, officials said. According to Memphis agents, they were given consent to search the rental car. While searching the car on I-40, Memphis agents found large amounts of...
Health department's satellite office closed due to power loss
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Power loss Monday morning has caused the Shelby County Health Department's east office to close. Officials announced about 8 a.m. on May 6 that the department's Shelby Crossing Clinic, Vital Records East Office, and the Environmental Health and Sustainability offices, located at 1826 Sycamore View Road, are closed.
8Ball & MJG feel the hometown love from RiverBeat fans including Memphis Mayor Paul Young
The festival was different (RiverBeat, not Beale Street), but the hometown love was unchanged and undiminished when the Memphis rap duo 8Ball and MJG made their storm-delayed entrance on the Budweiser Stage late Sunday afternoon in what marked the team's first performance in Tom Lee Park since 2014. If the crowd's enthusiastic response didn't already testify to the duo's eminent status in Memphis hip-hop history, the presence of a notable fan would have: Paul Young was near...
Unsettled pattern keeps the threat of more rain and thunderstorms in the Mid-South as the work week begins
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A series of upper level disturbances will keep the chance of rain and thunderstorms in place for the next few days. Most daytime hours will be dry, but isolated to widely scattered downpours or a thunderstorm will still be possible at just about anytime. A a cold front will enter the area Wednesday increasing the chance of rain and thunderstorms. That will be followed by a dry and mild pattern to end the week and remain through next weekend.
Jelly Roll ends RiverBeat on a high note with country, hip-hop and a Three 6 Mafia chant
Heavy storms early in the day and continuing wet conditions later in the evening did not prevent the first RiverBeat Music Festival from ending on a high note, as rap-rooted country star Jelly Roll capped the event at Downtown Memphis' Tom Lee Park on Sunday night. One of the hottest...
12-year-old boy found after running away from home in Raleigh, police say
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A 12-year-old boy who went missing after running away from his Raleigh on Saturday morning has been found. Memphis Police said Sunday morning that the boy was located and canceled a City Watch alert for him. MPD said that the boy, who is a "habitual runaway," left...
Memphis Braces for Stormy Week with Showers and Thunderstorms Forecasted
Memphis residents should brace for a wet and stormy week ahead, as the National Weather Service forecasts a series of showers and thunderstorms hitting the area. Starting today, the city is set to experience downpours and thunderous conditions, particularly after 3 p.m., with the potential of a half to three-quarters of an inch in new rainfall amounts.
MPD: Man stabbed in the arm after argument
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man is charged with aggravated assault after allegedly stabbing another man on Saturday morning. At 10:34 a.m., Memphis Police were called to Poplar Avenue and Orleans Street on a wounding call. The victim told officers that while sitting on a bench, he was approached by the suspect, Willie Ceaser. He said […]
Fallen firefighters from the Mid-South to be honored at national memorial service
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Several firefighters from the Mid-South will be honored Sunday at the 43rd National Fallen Firefighter Memorial in Maryland. The Mid-South fallen firefighters to be honored are:. Jeffrey S. Arick of Memphis Fire Department. Travis Isabell of Memphis Fire Department. Jeffrey Todd Norman of Memphis Fire Department. Guandes...
Memphis native and singer nominated twice in Miss. Music Foundation Awards
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. - A native Memphian and Holly Springs, Miss., resident and singer has been nominated twice in the Mississippi Music Foundation's Awards scheduled for later this month. Beverly Davis' blues-inspired song, "Take the Hurt off Me," is in the running for the Best Original Song of the Year...
Showers & storms turn more widespread for the end of the weekend
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Temperatures will fall through 70s this evening and dry conditions will continue. Sunday will be another day where we start dry and rain chances increase throughout the afternoon hours. This work week rain chances continue with a few chances for storms to become strong to severe.
What living with schizophrenia is like
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - May is Mental Health Awareness Month. A campaign is offering people the opportunity to learn what it’s like to live with schizophrenia. The campaign uses a series of carefully staged rooms to demonstrate the full impact of the disorder on persons suffering from schizophrenia. Michael...
Memphis Convenience Store Scene of Fatal Shooting in Sherwood Forest Neighborhood
A man was shot to death Friday afternoon at a Memphis convenience store, marking another deadly incident at the same location in less than two months. The Memphis Police Department rushed to the Quick & Easy Food Mart on South Highland Street after receiving a distress call at 2:51 p.m., as the tragic sequence of events unfolded in the Sherwood Forest neighborhood.
How the Union Depot project in Bartlett will fill a void in the city's housing market
Work is underway on Bartlett's first mixed-use development. The Union Depot, which is being built by development firm Blue Sky Communities, is led by local developer Keith Grant of Grant & Co. Builders, a Collierville-based homebuilding firm that also owns Blue Sky Communities. The 74-acre project site is located off U.S. 70 at Stage...
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