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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest’s polarizing presence has hung over Memphis since he moved here in 1852 — his legacy cemented by a giant statue that loomed over all who passed his gravesite in a popular park. Defenders considered him a hero for his Civil War exploits. Detractors called him a […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The man accused of threatening Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer was in custody Wednesday. Jail records show George Johnson was booked on a midemeanor assault charge. Johnson walked in with his attorney Steve Farese and turned himself in around 1 p.m. An arrest warrant was issued late Friday afternoon for Johnson, after he […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An arrest warrant was issued late Friday afternoon for the man seen on camera yelling profanities and insults at Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer while waving a Confederate flag. George Johnson is wanted on a misdemeanor assault charge, but when he spoke with WREG, he didn’t seem terribly concerned and initially labelled […]

A Tennessee state panel is proposing another $44.6 million in federal COVID-19 relief aid to increase the payouts businesses can receive for their losses due to the pandemic.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — As crews continue work to remove the remains of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest from a Memphis park, Memphis Police are investigating claims of racial threats made after multiple confrontations. WREG’s cameras captured part of an altercation between a member of Confederate 901 and Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer as the remains […]

Day two of the start of the removal of the remains of Confederate leader Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife from UT Health Sciences Park. And things are off to a rocky start as tensions were still high Wednesday morning.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — It started in the dark of night on Dec. 20, 2017 when the statue of General Nathan Bedford Forrest was taken down from a public park in Memphis. Now nearly four years later and after a lengthy legal battle crews have started to remove the pedestal that bore the monument. Workers arrived […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Shelby County Commission voted on a resolution Monday afternoon to create an Black Caucus. The goal is to establish equal rights and opportunity for all communities in Shelby County. The vote regarding a Black Caucus was unanimous in the commission chambers but not before commissioners spoke up in support of their […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis residents fighting a proposed oil pipeline got another victory Monday night. Shelby County Commissioners voted down a resolution that would put two vacant, county-owned plots of land up for sale. It’s land the pipeline developers want to buy.  “I do not believe these properties should be sold,” commissioner Tami Sawyer said. The proposed […]

 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — One day after the Memphis City Council unanimously approved a resolution opposing the Byhalia Pipeline, the Shelby County Public Works committee started its session with its own pipeline proposal: to go to the federal level for assistance. “This item is a resolution urging President Joe Biden to review the Byhalia Pipeline permit,” […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Not in our backyard. That was message Monday from some neighborhood leaders who do not want the expansion of an oil pipeline through South Memphis. Shelby County Commissioners are discussing the possibility of ending a moratorium that went in effect last year on selling county-owned tax delinquent properties in South Memphis. Those […]