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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Local and state officials are reacting after a mass shooting in Memphis left four people dead and three others injured. Memphis Police say 19-year-old Ezekiel Kelly is responsible for several shootings across the city Wednesday. The widespread violence led Memphis Police to issue a shelter in place order. After hours of chaos, […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — The following is a timeline detailing the events that happened roughly 100 hours between when Eliza Fletcher went for a jog Friday, and Tuesday morning, when Memphis Police announced murder charges were pending against her accused kidnapper Cleotha Abston. Friday, Sept. 2 4:20 a.m.: The last surveillance images of Eliza Fletcher, […]

Fletcher, 34, was jogging around 4 a.m. on Friday when a man approached her and forced her into an SUV after a brief struggle.

Family, friends, and Memphis community leaders expressed their grief after abducted jogger Eliza Fletcher’s body was discovered.

UPDATE, TUESDAY: Police identify Eliza Fletcher’s body; Abston charged with murder UPDATE: Cleotha Abston is now facing additional charges of identity theft, theft of property $1000 or less, and fraudulent use of a debit card $1000 or less. UPDATE: Memphis Police have confiscated the dumpster outside Abston’s brother’s apartment complex. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police have […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee said Tuesday they had found the body of a Memphis woman abducted during a pre-dawn run, confirming fears that Eliza Fletcher was killed after she was forced into an SUV on Friday morning. The news followed an exhaustive search throughout the long weekend with dogs, ATVs and a […]

Eliza Fletcher, a teacher, was last seen jogging Friday morning when police say she was pushed into an SUV.

MEMPHIS – First he was suspended at the University of Memphis, placing Penny Hardaway and the Tigers squarely in the sights of the NCAA. Now, the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association is stripping East High School of everything it accomplished with Hardaway on the bench and James Wiseman, on the floor. The TSSAA ordering East […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis-Shelby County School board has named a new interim superintendent during a meeting Tuesday evening. The board announced Tutonial “Toni” Williams, the district’s Chief Financial Officer, will serve as interim superintendent. The district is currently being led by deputy superintendent John Barker and Angela Whitelaw. The duo has been in charge […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– As we move into a new school year with heightened awareness, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee issued a video address Tuesday talking about steps taken in the state he says will keep students and staff safer. This comes months after he signed an executive order that calls for the state to evaluate school security […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– A Memphis-Shelby County Schools elementary school teacher has received two of Tennessee’s top teaching honors, the district announced last week. Dr. Melissa Collins, who teaches second grade at John P. Freeman Optional School, was named the 2022-23 Tennesee Teacher of the Year and Tennessee’s 2022 Gilder Lehrman History Teacher of the Year. The […]