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UPDATE: This traffic alert has been canceled. All lanes are now back open. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — All eastbound lanes of Highway 385 near the Ridgeway exit are currently closed due to an accident. The crash was reported around 5 a.m. MPD says the lanes will remain closed for an unspecified time. Check back for updates.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Local officials and companies are providing free cases of water while they last beginning at 2 p.m. Wednesday. The city of Memphis made its announcement on social media around noon. There will be seven sites around the city, one in each single-member City Council district, to pick up water. Those locations are: […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — City leaders took steps to help Memphians meet their most basic needs Wednesday, as thousands of homes and businesses suffered with little to no running water. Drinking water wasn’t the only thing many Memphians were on the hunt for. In Hickory Hill, dozens of people lined up looking for water so they can […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two people wanted in connection to a shooting that killed two teens in Hickory Hill earlier this month were captured in Ohio, Memphis Police announced Tuesday. Investigators said on Dec. 17 around 1 a.m., a man was in the area of East Raines Road and Kirby Parkway when he spotted an officer […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — One person is dead, and two people are injured following a two-vehicle crash in Hickory Hill Monday night. Officers responded to the crash in the 3600 block of Ridgeway Road. Police say a male victim was taken to St. Francis Hospital in critical condition. He did not survive his injuries. Two other […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — This is the kind of cold we haven’t experienced since 1989 and 1996. The temperature in Memphis this morning was 1 degree, with a wind chill of -19. We’re in a prolonged sub-freezing event, with wind chills staying below zero from this morning into Saturday afternoon, and we only warm above freezing […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two young people were pronounced dead on the scene after a shooting at Raines Road and Kirby Parkway. According to Memphis Police, officers responded to a shooting a little after 1 a.m. A male and female juvenile died from their injuries. Police say the victims were followed for about a mile before […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Four teens with a stolen gun and a key programmer were arrested after they were caught in the act trying to steal a car at Hickory Hill grocery store Wednesday, police say. The Ridgeway Task Force, Scorpion teams, Collierville police, and Germantown police were all involved in the arrest of 18-year-old Tavaris […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– Police chased down a wanted sex offender at a busy East Memphis shopping center after the man entered several stores and was reportedly harassing women. 45-year-old Anthony Fluker’s head is bandaged after he fell while trying to run from police at Park Place Centre Tuesday afternoon. According to police, Fluker, who was wanted […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An MPD officer was involved in a crash in Hickory Hill Tuesday night. It happened on Ridgeway Road right outside of the Ridgeway Precinct around 10:30 p.m. According to police, a 17-year-old was traveling eastbound on Ridgeway Blvd in a Chevrolet Equinox when he disregarded a stop sign at Ridgeway and was t-boned […]

UPDATE: All lanes are now open. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis police have blocked all eastbound lanes of traffic after an injury crash Tuesday morning. Police say multiple vehicles have been involved in an accident on Highway 385 eastbound near the Ridgeway exit. Traffic is stacked back to I-240. We will update this page once traffic […]