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The family of Tyre Nichols said on Friday they plan to be at every court date of the five former Memphis police officers who are indicted on second-degree murder charges for the death of the 29-year-old.  Speaking outside the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center after the five former officers submitted not guilty pleas, Nichols’s mother […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — From old pictures to memorabilia like a mug commemorating Lorenzen Wright’s 1996 draft night, Lorenzen’s cousin Trevino Vassar shared it with WREG during research for our podcast on Lorenzen’s life. Vassar was six years younger than Lorenzen, but he said the two first cousins grew up like brothers telling WREG about their […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Sherra Wright, ex-wife of slain NBA star Lorenzen Wright, has been denied parole. The case needed three concurrent votes for a final decision. Wright was denied parole based on the seriousness of the defense, according to the press release. WREG spoke with Lorenzen Wright’s mother, Deborah Marion who said she was not […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts broke an eighth-inning tie with a three-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 9-6 on Thursday night after blowing a five-run lead in the seventh. Freddie Freeman homered early and the NL West leaders won their fifth in a row, eighth straight at home […]

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Nearly a week after a jury convicted Billy Ray Turner in the Lorenzen Wright murder, his family returned to his gravesite to pay respects Sunday evening. Wright’s mother has been coming to his grave since he died in 2010, but for the first time in a long time she felt a sense […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The man who helped police solve the Lorenzen Wright murder case was back in court Thursday. Jimmie Martin is hoping to get a new trial in another murder case that has him serving a 22-year prison sentence.  Martin may have been the prosecution’s top witness in the Lorenzen Wrights murder, providing never before heard […]

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jeff McNeil thinks he’ll adapt quickly to baseball’s big shift — really, an anti-shift. “I’m playing a normal second base now instead of in short right field. I’ve been playing second base my whole life so it shouldn’t be too hard to adjust to,” the New York Mets All-Star infielder […]

They’ll have what she’s having. The 1989 rom-com “When Harry Met Sally” is one of 25 films chosen this year to enter the National Film Registry, a list that ranges from Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” to an 1898 silent documentary, long thought lost, about the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans. Also chosen this year […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift will induct newcomers into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during its annual ceremony, set for Cleveland on Oct. 30. McCartney will give the presentation for Foo Fighters, the hall announced on Monday. He’s close to Foo Fighter frontman Dave Grohl, who after next week […]

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Mishael Morgan of “The Young and the Restless” won as lead drama actress, becoming the first Black actor to win in a lead category at the Daytime Emmys on Friday night. Morgan was previously nominated in the supporting category. The 35-year-old from Trinidad and Tobago plays Amanda Sinclair on the CBS […]