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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A former Christian school administrator is facing multiple charges, including sexual exploitation of a minor.  John “Jay” Brownlow, 32, faces eight charges including especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, aggravated stalking, and aggravated unlawful photographing of a minor. Court documents say it happened between June 2020 and July 2022. Brownlow was a school […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The mother of a girl who was abducted by a man in South Memphis was overjoyed to find out a suspect was arrested Thursday, but her family still has to deal with the trauma. There’s a sigh of relief in South Memphis after police, along with the FBI and Shelby County Sheriff’s […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police Department has partnered with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office following reports of abductions and sexual assaults in South Memphis, some involving young students. Parents like Timothy Jones are now patrolling around Hamilton K-8 schools, with the suspect still on the loose. “I don’t want it to […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The search continues for a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting young females in South Memphis, and one Memphis-Shelby County School Board member says more should have been done to protect the community. Since March, Memphis Police have been investigating an unspecified amount of incidents in which students claim they were abducted and sexually assaulted […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police on Wednesday asked for the public’s help in solving a string of sexual assaults and abductions in South Memphis that they believe may be connected. Investigators say in the early morning hours, a man in his early 20s driving a dark-colored SUV has been approaching young females and forcing them […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Wednesday, West Memphis, Arkansas, schools will hold a special board meeting following the firing of Superintendent Richard Atwill. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. in the Central Office Board Room. Atwill was fired last week after being on the job for just 11 months. Willie Rhodes, a former leader with Memphis-Shelby […]

UPDATE: After our story aired, MSCS responded, “We work collaboratively with Juvenile Court and Judge Sugarmon in truancy matters affecting our families. There was a backlog of previous cases referred to Juvenile Court by MSCS from previous school years at the beginning of this school year. MSCS has referred 581 new cases to Juvenile Court so […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis-Shelby County School Board voted Monday night to reset and regroup before deciding what’s next in their search for the next superintendent. There were clapbacks and confusion at Monday’s special called Memphis Shelby County Schools meeting to decide how to proceed in the currently paused search for the district’s next superintendent. […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A planned news conference by a Memphis-Shelby County School Board member took a turn Monday as parents expressed their concerns and frustrations over the superintendent search. The search has been paused, but the school board is planned to hold a special called meeting get underway regarding the next steps in the search. A crowd of […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday thanked three Tennessee lawmakers for “standing up” after they faced expulsion for participating in gun control protests at their statehouse. “You’re standing up for our kids, you’re standing up for our communities,” Biden told Rep. Justin Pearson, Rep. Justin Jones and Rep. Gloria Johnson during an Oval […]

Newest Restaurant Report Card | If you want the latest Shelby County restaurant scores sent directly to your inbox, sign up for it today on WREG’s Newsletter here. Each week WREG is rounding up the highest and lowest scores from Shelby County restaurant inspections. Find more scores from Shelby County and other Tennessee counties here. Lowest: Arsh Bilques Restaurant Inc. […]