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HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. — In Holly Springs, Mississippi, just off LeSueur Road, you’ll find a home, a church and nearby fields where the seeds were first planted to turn a daughter of sharecroppers into an acclaimed Memphis educator with a mission to serve. “My parents were sharecroppers and from a young girl, we were taught […]

Newest Restaurant Report Card | If you want the latest Shelby County restaurant scores sent directly to your inbox, sign up for it today on WREG’s Newsletter here. Each week WREG is rounding up the highest and lowest scores from Shelby County restaurant inspections. Find more scores from Shelby County and other Tennessee counties here. Lowest Scores: No facility posted […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A former Christian school administrator is facing multiple charges, including sexual exploitation of a minor.  John “Jay” Brownlow, 32, faces eight charges including especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, aggravated stalking, and aggravated unlawful photographing of a minor. Court documents say it happened between June 2020 and July 2022. Brownlow was a school […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County Schools’s virtual school year begins Monday, and WREG got a firsthand look at how teachers are getting ready for a virtual classroom. The supplies are ready, and the computers are set up. And, for the first-time, 2nd grade teacher Ciara Slade-Trejo is preparing her classroom for the first day of […]

Shelby County School students will be learning from home when classes resume in August.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Power is returning to Shelby County as MLGW said they have restored power to more than 32,000 people affected by severe weather. Memphis, Light, Gas and Water said that Friday’s storms caused outages for total of 40,000 customers. They said the peak number of outages was 36,613 and their restoration efforts will […]

Watch the latest forecast in the video player above. ** MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Several counties across the Mid-South are under a flood and/or tornado watch Friday. As of 7 a.m., some counties in the News Channel 3 viewing area are under a Flood (Areal) Watch until 12 p.m., a Flash Flood Warning until 9:15 a.m., […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – There is no timeline for when students could be physically back in a classroom, but Shelby County Schools is considering what things could look like when children eventually return.  The school district says they’re working with the health department and school board before formally releasing any plan.  “Right now, the district has […]

Shelby County School will start handing out laptops and tablets to parents for virtual classes this fall.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Judge Teresa Jones has died after her battle with cancer. Jones served as judge for Division 1 of the Memphis Municipal Court in Tennessee. Jones assumed office on January 15, 2019 and her current term ends in 2023. Jones ran for re-election for the Division 1 judge of the Memphis Municipal Court […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Light, Gas and Water has lifted the boil water advisory for MLGW customers. MLGW President JT Young made the announcement Thursday afternoon. “Effective immediately, the precautionary boil water advisory has been lifted. Our folks have been working very diligently over the past several days,” Young said. MLGW says their system is […]