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MEMPHIS, Tenn.– Memphis Tigers head coach Penny Hardaway is bringing a new restaurant to downtown Memphis. Wellengood Partners announced Wednesday that it has partnered with Hardaway and Gourmet Services Inc. to bring Penny’s Nitty Gritty to The Westin Memphis Beale Street, a Wellengood Partners managed property. Penny’s Nitty Gritty and the partnership with Hardaway is […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– As millions across the country prepare to ring in the New Year, concerns about the coronavirus are looming large over New Year’s Eve celebrations along Beale Street. Organizers are expecting tens of thousands to fill the streets of downtown Memphis for New Year’s Eve.Health leaders want you to consider the risk before doing so. […]

Jerry Lee Lewis, the last surviving member of the Million-Dollar Quartet at Sun Studio, has passed away at the age of 87, his publicist confirmed Friday.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG)– We’re digging into the background of the man now charged in the abduction and murder of Memphis jogger Eliza Fletcher. Cleotha Abston sits in jail apparently saying very little about the kidnapping of Eliza Fletcher, but police have been able to link him to the crime, saying Abston was driving an SUV […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– The future is bright for the Memphis Grizzlies. While most of the roster seems set moving forward for the second youngest team in the NBA, two of the team’s top reserves may have played their final game in the Beale Street Blue. While most of the focus this offseason is on the extensions […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police Chief CJ Davis said Tuesday her department has set a goal for the upcoming calendar year including changes coming to staffing, new units, and reducing crime overall. Davis said the department is hoping for a 5 percent reduction in part one crime which is a combination of both violent crime […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Security guards at bars across the state of Tennessee will now have to go through additional training under a new law.  Some Tennessee businesses that utilize security guards will now have to make sure those guards meet the requirements listed under Dallas’ Law. Under the law, unarmed and armed security guards will […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Robert “Lunchbox” McRae, the owner of Peoples on Beale, died Sept. 1 after what his family describes as ongoing health issues. He was 38.   McRae worked at various businesses on Beale Street over the course of 15 years, 10 of which were spent at Peoples. In 2015, he had the opportunity […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The VA Medical Center in Memphis may be renamed for a renowned Black World War II fighter pilot from Memphis. Congressman Steve Cohen (D-Memphis) said Monday he introduced a bill to rename the hospital in honor of Lt. Col. Luke J. Weathers Jr., who was a member of the Tuskegee Airmen during […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Jamal Shead scored 16 points, including the winning basket as time ran out, and top-ranked Houston escaped a second-half rally by Memphis for a 67-65 win Sunday in the regular-season finale. Memphis’ Kendric Davis drove to the basket with nine seconds left and tied the game at 65. Houston chose not […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — The site of a brutal mob attack more than a century ago in Memphis could become the first lynching site in the country listed on the National Register of Historic Places, a local historian says. It was a case that echoed all the way to Washington and New York City. The […]