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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis man is charged with murder in the fentanyl overdose death of a teenage boy. Samuel Sipes, 20, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Donte Straughter. The victim’s family said Straughter and Sipes were close friends with Sipes at one point living at their home. “He was […]

Investigators tracked down two suspects accused in an armored truck robbery Tuesday with the help of a hidden Apple AirTag inside a bin of stolen money, court documents show.

BERLIN (AP) — A 98-year-old man has been charged in Germany with being an accessory to murder as a guard at the Nazis’ Sachsenhausen concentration camp between 1943 and 1945, prosecutors said Friday. The German citizen, a resident of Main-Kinzig county near Frankfurt, is accused of having “supported the cruel and malicious killing of thousands […]

Former Nickelodeon star Drake Bell, known for his role on the network’s hit show “Drake & Josh,” was reported missing on Thursday by the Daytona Beach Police Department.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A mother is in custody after she allegedly assaulted police so that her son could make a getaway and avoid going to jail. According to reports, an officer tried to place a suspect in custody for Violation of Probation and Theft of Property of $10,000 to $60,000. During the process of arresting […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police arrested a woman they say showed up at a high school to fight her son and chased kids with a knife. According to reports, on Thursday, officers responded to a fight call at Booker T. Washington High School in south Memphis. Once there, a school officer told police that Tameka […]

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California school district heard concerns about campus safety Tuesday from students, parents, teachers and community members in the wake of a fatal stabbing at a high school, a day after the teenage suspect made his first appearance in court. The 15-year-old freshman fatally stabbed one classmate and injured […]

HONOLULU (AP) — A shooting that killed two people and wounded three others in Hawaii began with an argument at a cockfight attended by 100 to 200 people, according to court documents. Probable cause papers detailing one of the most serious shootings in state history were made public Thursday after an initial court appearance for […]

HARDEMAN COUNTY, Tenn. — Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Bolivar Police Department arrested a teenager in connection to a fatal shooting in Hardeman County, Tennessee, Saturday morning. TBI Special Agents joined Bolivar Police in investigating a report of a shooting shortly after 3 a.m. in the 100 block of Morocco […]

BOLIVAR, Tenn. (WREG) — An employee of the State of Tennessee Department of Children’s Services has been fired for gross misconduct and charged with solicitation of a minor. Christopher Baker, 50, served as an Administrative Team Leader with the Office of Child Safety, DCS said. He was taken into custody Tuesday after an undercover operation. According to […]

There are two avenues where Tennessee could see open permitless carry laws expanded in the state.