Grizzlies’ Ja Morant losing out on $40M after not … MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Wednesday was Decision Day for Grizzlies star guard Ja Morant with $40 million hanging on the outcome. Morant needed to be named All-NBA in order for the contract he signed last summer to jump to super max status. But that did not happen. Morant failed to make any of the three All-NBA […]
TBI sending rape kits to Florida lab to reduce backlog MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — Tennessee is outsourcing hundreds of untested DNA rape kits to a lab in Florida for testing as state investigators try to reduce turnaround times for the evidence. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Monday that it had flown 550 kits to DNA Labs International, based in Deerfield Beach, Florida after securing a […]
Memphian Jasmine Carson leads LSU to first NCAA Championship Kim Mulkey is back on top of the mountain top of women’s college basketball, as the 3-seed LSU Tigers defeated 2-seed Iowa and Naismith Player of the Year Caitlin Clark 102-85 in Sunday’s NCAA title game. Memphian and former Central and Whitehaven high school standout Jasmine Carson delivered the first-half punch for the Bayou Bengals. […]
Arkansas man caught with 10 pounds of marijuana MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An Arkansas man is facing serious charges after he was reportedly caught with 10 pounds of marijuana Thursday evening. According to the West Memphis Police Department, agents with the Second Judicial Drug Task Force arrested 37-year-old Marcus Pulliam at around 5 p.m. Thursday. Pulliam was pulled over at College Boulevard near Hino […]
Analysis: Grabbing play-in spots in the West will … Let’s go ahead and put Denver and Sacramento into the Western Conference playoffs. It’s hard to imagine Memphis and Phoenix falling out of the mix, even with Ja Morant away from the Grizzlies and Kevin Durant still not able to make his home debut for the Suns because of ankle trouble. Put them on the […]
Four wanted for armed robbery at West Memphis gas … MEMPHIS, Tenn.– Four people are wanted after an armed robbery at a gas station early Wednesday morning, West Memphis Police said. Police responded to an armed robbery call at the Shell gas station on Petro Road at 1:47 a.m. Investigators said surveillance video shows three males, two of them armed with handguns, entering the gas […]
“Have fun getting out the house:” Woman intentionally … MEMPHIS, Tenn.– A woman is accused of starting a fire outside of a home in Nutbush after the homeowner says she got into an argument over a bag of ice. The incident happened on November 4 at a home on Burr Road. James Cheney said he was watching tv when his friend, who is in […]
Milwaukee, Denver wrap up No. 1 seeds in NBA playoffs The road to the NBA Finals now goes through Milwaukee. The road out of the Western Conference goes through Denver, for the first time ever. And the rest of the top half of the Eastern Conference playoff bracket is set as well. The Bucks will have the No. 1 overall seed and home-court advantage for […]
Grizzlies shorthanded as Kennard welcomes former … MEMPHIS – There’s good news and then there’s bad news as the Grizzlies are back at FedExForum for the first of two straight against the L.A. Clippers. We’ll start with the good news. Ja Morant will be back in the line-up Wednesday night after missing Tuesday night’s win over the Orlando Magic. We just don’t […]
West Memphis nurse identified as mass shooting victim ► Update: Ezekiel Kelly made his first court appearance in this case Friday. See coverage here. WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (WREG) — One of the victims in Wednesday night’s shootings has been identified by West Memphis officials as Allison Parker, a nurse who worked in the city. Parker was a medical assistant at the Family Practice […]
Crash at I-240 and Millbranch leaves two injured MEMPHIS, Tenn.– Two people are injured following a three-vehicle crash at I-240 west and Millbranch Tuesday evening. Memphis Police say one vehicle was overturned. A man and a woman were transported to Regional One in critical condition. There is no further information about the crash or what led up to it at this time. WREG […]