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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Police Department deals with tragedy all the time, but one particular case involving a young child stuck with the Ridgeway precinct. On Wednesday, officers were able to give her a special holiday experience. In August 2019, five-year-old Kennedy was rescued by officers after police say her uncle set her aunt […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A 50-year-old Memphis caregiver is facing elder abuse charges. It’s a problem that’s on the rise and one that wasn’t always reported, especially during the pandemic. “They are on the rise because the awareness is on the rise,” said Amy Weirich the Shelby County District Attorney General. One of the latest suspected cases of […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A construction worker is recovering after being pistol whipped and robbed while on the job, and another man faces charges connected to the attack. Four men reportedly became victims at the Village Green Apartments off Ridgeway Road. They told detectives they were renovating a unit Tuesday when two men held them up. […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis Police say two people were injured in a crash on Highway 385 Thursday. Officers responded to a two-car crash on Highway 385 near Ridgeway Road. Police say one car ran off the roadway. One person went to the hospital in critical condition, while another went in non-critical condition. Police say that […]

Authorities offered very little details Friday morning, saying that multiple individuals were detained as part of a stolen property investigation.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The 70-year-old man who was shot at on Highway 385 Saturday in apparent retaliation for a fender bender is opening up about the moments that left his car riddled in bullets. Alex Warren says there was bumper-to-bumper traffic on 385 near Ridgeway as he drove to visit his three-week-old great-grandson.   Just […]

One woman was injured following an early morning roadway shooting in East Memphis.

UPDATE: All Westbound lanes on Highway 385 have reopened. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Westbound lanes on Highway 385 were blocked as of 4:30 Tuesday afternoon for a police investigation. Police said they responded to several reports of shots fired around 3:15 p.m. Calls advised that people in a black vehicle, possibly a Dodge Charger, fired at […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis police say a man watched a woman cash her paycheck inside a Hickory Hill gas station before robbing her at gunpoint. It happened in the parking lot of the Cash Express in the 32000 block of Ridgeway Road at around 8pm Friday. The victim told police she had just cashed a […]

Tennessee authorities are searching for an individual following a police pursuit along Highway 385 overnight.

Note: This story has been updated with new comments from the Shelby County Health Department and Shelby County Schools. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — More than a year later, the Shelby County Health Department has finally handed over the results from the lead testing it conducted on SCS students. It’s something WREG has been requesting since the […]