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CLEVELAND – It may not have been what ‘we’ wanted from Sunday night’s All-Star Game, especially with Grizzlies star guard and All-Star starter Ja Morant on the bench with the game on the line.  But for the Grizzlies franchise player, it is a weekend he’ll never forget as a first time All-Star. Even if he […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Nearly 1 million people live within a 45-minute drive of the new Ford electric vehicle plant in rural West Tennessee, and 186,000 of them already have the skill sets for an automotive plant, the team promoting the site told Memphis-area leaders Monday. By that standard, they say the area looks “as good […]

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — Prosecutors asked a judge to deny Damien Echols’ bid to have DNA evidence from the West Memphis Three case retested. Echols was one of three defendants convicted, and released years later after an Alford plea, in the 1993 child murders in the Robin Hood Hills area of West Memphis. While he was […]

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — Former death row inmate Damien Echols of the infamous West Memphis Three case is on a mission to clear his name. But more than 10 years after he left a prison cell, Echols says he’s still not free. His legal team filed a motion in Crittenden County Court, asking a judge […]

Damien Echols and his legal team petitioned the Crittenden County Court Monday to allow for new DNA testing of evidence from the murder scene where three West Memphis boys were killed in 1993.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed the missing horse that was last seen at the Agricenter on January 14 has been found dead. Deputies said the horse was found deceased Thursday on Walnut Grove, west of Haley Harvest at the Agricenter. The remains were collected by Shelby County Road Department and […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A video circulating on social media over the weekend showed officers detaining two men who allegedly stole a vehicle and crashed into a police car. Click here to watch the video. WARNING: Explicit content Court documents state that officers located driver Tobias Trent, 26, and passenger Eric Harris in a stolen 2010 […]

MARION, Ark. — A man has been sentenced to life in prison after a deadly shooting in West Memphis last year, according to the office of the State Prosecuting Attorney, Keith L. Chrestman. Police say one man was shot in the head and another man was struck in the arm on Twist Drive last year […]

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark.– Mayor Marco McClendon announced Monday the promotion of the new Assistant Chief and three veterans within the West Memphis Police Department. “With his nearly 2 decades of experience, I am excited to announce Brent Bradley as the new Assistant Chief of the Department,” announced McClendon. “Through hard work and his commitment to […]

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — West Memphis’ Police Chief Michael Pope said serving the city was an honor, but cites other endeavors and goals pointing him in a different direction in his resignation letter. That letter was made available to WREG three days before he’s set to leave the job he’s held for six months. We […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The legal team for one of the defendants in the infamous West Memphis 3 case said Wednesday that evidence believed to have been lost in the case has been found at the West Memphis, Arkansas police department. Lawyers for defendant Damien Echols said in a news release that they’d been working for […]