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Memphis Police confirm they are investigating a report that a 13-year-old girl was sexually assaulted on Beale Street this weekend.

The new admission fee goes into effect Saturday. 

Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings asked Memphis City Council to institute a $5 admission fee to the street to help security and reduce crowd size after a particularly violent weekend on Beale.

We asked about attendance numbers, but those won’t be available until August.

One person was rushed to the hospital overnight after a shooting in the downtown area.

Miley Cyrus touched down in the land of the Delta Blues — in the middle of the pouring rain, no less — as she joined Marc Cohn onstage Saturday night for a performance of his hit “Walking in Memphis” at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis’ Tom Lee Park.

Memphis rapper BlocBoy JB, who was arrested early Friday on drug and gun charges, will be performing at the Beale Street Music Festival as scheduled, Memphis in May officials confirmed.

Memphis’ past has its share of troubling economic times, like after the Civil War and during the Great Depression, but the city found a way out of those hardships: through partying.

“It’s a good time for us to take that momentum and gain more for ourselves.”

Road closures on Riverside Drive started Monday for the Beale Street Music Festival, with full closures starting on Wednesday.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A viral video of University of Memphis students taking Tom the Tiger to the old town road caught the attention of the song’s creator, rapper Lil Nas X. The video, first posted on Twitter then shared by Lil Nas X on Instagram, shows students singing the popular song, “Old Town Road” featuring […]