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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police arrested three men after dozens of reports of reckless driving and street racing that took place at “car shows” across the city this past weekend. MPD says between 2 and 10 p.m. Saturday, they received 47 calls regarding vehicle disturbances across the city. The following arrests were related to the […]

UPDATE: Memphis Police arrested 45-year-old Davon McDonald and charged him with failure to yield right of way. He is expected to appear in court on June 6. Court documents stated McDonald was driving a semi-truck when he made a left turn from a private driveway to the center turn lane on Swinnea Road. Officers said […]

The Memphis Police officer arrested following a deadly accident appeared in court on Wednesday.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man is fighting for his life after being struck by a car in a hit and run on Saturday night in South Memphis. Police responded to a crash around 11:00 p.m. near East Mallory Avenue and South Lauderdale Street. Police said an unknown driver in a white pickup truck with a […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A police helicopter was hovering over a Cooper-Young neighborhood early Tuesday morning after three suspects crashed a stolen car. Police say it all began at 2 a.m. at Union and Florence when the men ran a stop sign. They said the driver took off when he spotted officers and crashed a black […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two officers were taken to the hospital after two cars ran into their squad cars while they were responding to a crash on I-40. Just before 1 a.m., police say the officers responded to a three-car crash on I-40 near Appling Farms Parkway. Two crash victims were taken to the hospital in […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– Memphis Police responded to a crash at Park and Airways Wednesday afternoon. Police say one vehicle struck a pole. The crash happened before 1 p.m. An adult was pronounced deceased and a child was transported to Le Bonheur in non-critical condition. So far, police have not said what caused the crash. An MPD […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after shooting two men and pointing a gun at an officer, according to the Department of Justice. Austin Martin, 23, has been sentenced after the incident on May 4, 2019, when officers saw a car doing donuts on Knight Arnold […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A 2-year-old boy was killed and a driver charged with vehicular homicide after a car crash early Wednesday near a Memphis hospital. The two-vehicle crash happened 10 minutes after midnight on 3775 Covington Pike and Downs near Methodist North Hospital, police said. The street was briefly closed to traffic. According to the […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — This is the kind of cold we haven’t experienced since 1989 and 1996. The temperature in Memphis this morning was 1 degree, with a wind chill of -19. We’re in a prolonged sub-freezing event, with wind chills staying below zero from this morning into Saturday afternoon, and we only warm above freezing […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A woman is behind bars after a disturbing incident in Whitehaven which all stemmed from child care concerns. Breuna Bankston has been charged with two counts of reckless endangerment, aggravated assault, as well as one charge of child abuse and neglect or endangerment. The incident occured on August 27 when Bankston went […]