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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The CDC says COVID-19 vaccines have been a remarkable success and serious adverse reactions are rare, but a teenager from Dyer County, Tennessee is in the hospital Tuesday after being one of those rare exceptions.       Inside Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, pictures of 17-year-old Shelby Grace Allen don’t capture what’s […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Bill Hardgrave was selected Tuesday as the new president of the University of Memphis by a unanimous vote of the board of trustees. Hardgrave is currently provost and senior vice president at Auburn University. “I am very excited and humbled to become the next President of the University of Memphis,” said Hardgrave […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An upcoming Briarcrest Christian School training session focused on teaching a “Gospel Response” to sexuality and gender identity is sparking controversy. The private school emailed an invitation to parents called, “God Made Them Male and Female. And It Was Good. A Gospel Response to Culture’s Gender Theory.”            […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis mother is desperate to reunite with her son after she says he was wrongly accused of trying to plan a school shooting. Christopher Azor, 14, has been locked up for now nine days. The teen was taken into custody after looking up guns on his computer. His mother says officials got […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tennessee lawmakers have voted to strip county health departments’ autonomy when it comes to issuing directives. Friday, both the state House and Senate approved a bill that gives only the state health commissioner and county mayors the authority to issue health orders. Local health departments, including the Shelby County Health Department, will […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A former Memphis church employee has been indicted for allegedly sexually molesting two teenage boys in separate incidents during services. According to Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich, a grand jury indicted 53-year-old David L. Hale Wednesday on two felony counts of sexual battery by an authority figure for each incident.  […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Violent acts like murder, rape, and robberies with AR-style weapons have all committed by teens this year, according to the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office. Juvenile violence has become a major issue. Now, an ice cream shop in Cooper-Young is joining the fight to stop it. “I watch the news every morning. […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County Congressman David Kustoff is sponsoring a bill that would force the NCAA to change the way it investigates and punishes member schools accused of breaking the rules. Kustoff (R-Memphis), who introduced the bill Tuesday, told ESPN he believes certain teams are punished more heavily than others. “The NCAA is a […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — When it comes to fight against COVID-19, it appears the battle lines are being drawn over the authority of Shelby County Health Department versus new laws just passed by the Tennessee General Assembly. Some Memphis and Shelby County health experts and political leaders say the new rules could weaken the power of […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police found a man and his 10-year-old nephew suffering from gunshot wounds Monday night outside the Davey Drive apartments in Frayser. Police said when they arrived, Jeremy Townsel advised them that he and his nephew had both been shot in the right leg after an argument with their neighbors. Townsel told […]

SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. — A meeting at a Shelby County Fire Station recently was a chance for 18-year-old Sam Reid and his parents to say thank you to the first responders who saved Sam’s life. To understand why the reunion was so spectacular, you have to go back to February 2021. It was a week […]