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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is taking aim against so-called vaccine passports, blasting the idea of businesses requiring customers to show some type of ID that they’ve gotten their shots. Many local restaurant owners seem to agree. Along historic Beale Street, Miss Polly’s Soul City Cafe just recently reopened for business. Owner Ty […]

Police responded to a shooting overnight outside a hotel in Downtown Memphis.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Work is moving along on a statue honoring renowned journalist and civil rights pioneer Ida B. Wells. Dr. Lasimba Gray, the chair of the Memphis Memorial Committee, sent a picture of the statue to WREG on Friday. The statue is expected to be complete sometime this summer. Once complete, the $250,000 life-size […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn — COVID numbers are down and vaccinations are up and, while local officials don’t anticipate a large spring break surge in cases, they warn this is not the time to abandon all the things we’ve spent the last year working toward. They’re ready to welcome the world back to Memphis and by the looks […]

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. —It’ll be one year Monday since Shelby County leaders reported the first COVID-19 case in the county. Since then, the county, along with the rest of the world, has gone through a world wind of changes. Now a year later, Beale Street, like all other places across the Mid-South look much different than […]

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 […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphians young and old were enjoying another round of snow in the Bluff City Wednesday. With several inches of snow already on the ground, people pulled out their sleds, and even snowboards and were looking for a hill to conquer. We found lots of folks, some with four-legged friends, sledding at Overton Park […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County health officials are out this holiday weekend looking for businesses that might be violating the latest health regulations. So far, things seem to be off to a good start after what appears to have been a good New Year’s Eve. Health officials say inspectors visited 16 businesses but didn’t find any violations of the […]

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 […]