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In the weeks that Mark Riggs went from feeling worn down before Thanksgiving to dying of COVID-19 last Monday, only six calls about people not wearing face coverings rolled into the Abilene Police Department. Even though defiance of Texas’ mask mandate is easy to find.

Kristaps Porzingis had 26 points and 11 rebounds and Luka Doncic added 21 points as the Dallas Mavericks beat the Memphis Grizzlies 121-96 on Friday night.

JONESBORO, Ark. — Thrown in jail after not paying rent? It may be something you’ve never heard of, but it can happen to renters in Arkansas, and records show that’s still the case, even in the midst of the pandemic. “It’s insane. I just couldn’t imagine why … that makes no sense to me.” That […]

If you cannot view the stream, click here to watch it on Facebook. MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee strengthened a stay-at-home order Thursday after initially resisting a statewide mandate despite pleas from the medical community that stronger action was needed to defeat the coronavirus outbreak. Lee, a Republican, said that a recent […]

 The standoff happened at around 1:30 p.m.  Friday afternoon in the 3700 block of Masterson Cove.

It’s been months since Arkansas’ medical marijuana program began and some dispensaries still haven’t opened.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Jonas Valanciunas had 27 points and 17 rebounds, rookie Ja Morant added 24 points and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Atlanta Hawks 118-101 on Saturday night to keep their hold on the final Western Conference playoff spot. Josh Jackson had 17 points, Dillon Brooks and De’Anthony Melton added 13 each and Memphis […]

At the beginning of the year, the West Memphis Fire Department’s EMT service was facing hardship with only one unit available for emergency care. Today there are three.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — De’Aaron Fox didn’t decide until shortly before game time that he would play against the Memphis Grizzlies. His appearance moved the Sacramento Kings closer to the playoffs. Fox, who sat out Thursday’s loss at Oklahoma City with lower right abdominal tightness, scored 25 points, including 16 after halftime, and the Kings beat […]

(iSeeCars) – The top 10 longest-kept cars that original owners keep for at least 15 years are exclusively Japanese models and predominantly Toyotas, according to a new study by iSeeCars.com.  The automotive research firm analyzed over 660,000 cars from the 1981-2005 model years sold in 2020 to determine which cars owners are most likely to […]

Americans are testing positive for coronavirus in record-breaking numbers across the US and the surge in cases is slowing down the time tests take.