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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — It’s Memorial Day weekend, the city has opened back up, the Grizzlies are back in the playoffs, and the busiest bridge in the Memphis area is still out of commission. Memorial Day is traditionally one of the busiest travel days of the year. It could lead to a traffic nightmare in Memphis, […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – It was a meeting 50 years in the making. Thursday, Vietnam veteran Harold Setser finally came face-to-face with the daughter he was forced to leave behind in Vietnam in 1971. The late-night reunion took place at Memphis International Airport. Phuong Nguyen and her two sons, Anthony and Steven Van Doan, flew from […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — In the most dangerous parts of Memphis is a man who sticks out like a sore thumb. Henry Booker has been playing the piano since he was a child, and now he’s bringing the sounds of his keys to places he thinks it will impact the most. He sets up his musical […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis artist George Hunt, who was the official artist for the Beale Street Music Festival, has died at the age of 85. Hunt reportedly died at Baptist Hospital Friday morning. Hunt spent 27 years creating original art for Memphis in May’s Beale Street Music Festival. According to Memphis in May, Hunt’s paintings […]

MEMPHIS — When the Memphis Grizzlies tip off the second half of the NBA season Wednesday night against the Washington Wizards, facing a grueling stretch of 40 games over the next 68 days, there will still be no Jaren Jackson Jr. on the floor for the Boys in the Beale Street Blue. Despite continuing to […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An iconic Memphis business was hit hard by the pandemic and then rocked by tragedy. That was the reality for the company that owns B.B. King’s Blues Club, which at one time employed 1,000 musicians and restaurant workers. At the top of historic Beale Street in downtown Memphis sits the original and […]

Each week WREG is rounding up the highest and lowest scores from Shelby County restaurant inspections.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — New Year’s Eve had a different look in Shelby County this year. Per the latest health directive, bars and restaurants couldn’t be open late and were supposed to close by 10 p.m., just like they’re supposed to every night. Related: Beale Street feeling blue after New Year’s Eve plans canceled due to […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — In just one week, Memphis in May will return with the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.  It’s going to look and feel different than in years past, but as the event begins to take shape, organizers are ecstatic they get to host the event at all. There will still be plenty of […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The biggest New Year’s Eve celebration in Memphis was canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions. Any other year, Beale Street would be packed with people preparing for the annual guitar drop, the street filled with life and energy. But this year, there’s a cloud hanging over Beale. “I think it’s just where everybody […]