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The tragedy in Buffalo is the latest in a recent trend of mass public shootings taking place in retail establishments.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland is scheduled to give his State of the City address from the University Club on Wednesday at noon. You can watch a livestream of the speech in the player below. Mayor Strickland’s speech focused on issues pertinent to the Memphis community: crime reduction. The Mayor said his top […]

More than 300 lives have been cut short this year in Shelby County, and Shelby County has seen unprecedented violence in the past two years, including the Collierville Kroger shooting and death of rapper Young Dolph. Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland joined us Thursday morning to discuss the crime over […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Gregory Livingston has been indicted by a grand jury with first-degree murder in the killing of a Chicago man over loud music at an East Memphis Kroger. Livingston was initially charged with second-degree murder but after gathering additional evidence, including a surveillance video, the jury indicted him on a first-degree murder charge. […]

Shelby County’s mayor will bring together criminal justice leaders from across the south later this week. From a nationally recognized trial lawyer to activists to a hip-hop artist, leaders will discuss public safety and reforms and honor those who have worked tirelessly. Among those honored is Civil Rights attorney Ben Crump, who recently traveled to […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Police Department hosted a gun buyback with Kroger gift cards as an incentive to anyone and everyone to hand over any weapons. The event was hosted at the Hickory Ridge Mall Saturday morning. “It’s going to take everybody coming together to do their part in order to create a safer […]

COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. — The Collierville Kroger store reopened Wednesday, nearly seven weeks after a man opened fire, killing one shopper and injuring several others. For the first in time in weeks, the Collierville Kroger parking lot was full of customers Wednesday. Town officials said the store’s reopening is not only a sign of hope, but […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Collierville Kroger, which was the site of a mass shooting more than a month ago, will once again reopen to the public on Wednesday. The store has been closed since the shooting September 23, which claimed the life of Olivia King and injured 14 others. It was a $4 million renovation […]

COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. – Kroger announced Friday that they will reopen their Collierville store next week, six weeks after a mass shooting that killed one person and injured more than a dozen. The remodeled store on Byhalia Road near Poplar Avenue will open Wednesday, November 10 at 9 a.m. “It has a different look and feel […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A gun buy-back program hosted in an effort to reduce future crime in the city of Memphis is drawing controversy in the community.  The event hosted by Memphis Police and sponsored by Kroger will take place on Saturday, November 13th at Hickory Ridge Mall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. They are offering […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — We’re learning more about what happened to all that food left inside the Collierville Kroger where 14 people were injured and Olivia King was killed following a mass shooting. About 48,000 pounds of food from the Collierville Kroger –once the site of tragedy– has been delivered to the Mid-South Food Bank, helping […]