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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The mother of the 15-year-old shot in the Hickory Hill area pleads for change after her son’s near-death experience. “You just never wanna hear that your son has been shot,” said Asia Partee. Her son was standing outside Sonic, along Kirby Parkway, when a group of people drove by and shot at […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police are still investigating after a child was abducted on her way to school last week, and they are asking for the public’s help. Police said around 8 a.m. on April 13, a man in a dark-colored midsize SUV abducted a girl while she was walking to school in the area […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will host the 2023 Teachers of the Year at the White House on Monday, and Tennessee’s top teacher will be there. Dr. Melissa Collins, the 2022-2023 Tennessee teacher of the year, will attend the event representing Memphis Shelby County School District. Dr. Collins is […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Local organizations call for transparency while the search for Memphis-Shelby County School’s next superintendent remains in limbo. This comes after a search firm revealed a list of finalists for the MSCS superintendent, which sparked concerns for some school board members. Since that meeting, at least one of the finalists has withdrawn their name amid calls for transparency, […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– A two-year contract stalemate between teachers and the Memphis-Shelby County School System could be on the road to a settlement. For two years, teachers in Memphis-Shelby County Schools have been working without a contract. The teacher’s unions have been at the table conferencing, which is basically negotiating, but have still not settled on […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two people were sent to the hospital Monday after a crash involving a school bus in South Memphis. Police say officers responded to the two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Mallory and Prospect at 4:46 p.m. Both victims were taken to Regional One in critical condition. Memphis-Shelby County Schools told WREG a […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis-Shelby County Schools will cancel all after-school activities on Friday, the district announced. The school district said they are canceling all after-school activities, including YCare and athletic events “in the interest of public safety.” The announcement comes hours after five former Memphis police officers were charged Thursday in the death of Tyre […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis-Shelby County Schools announced Wednesday that Cummings K-8 school will not reopen at the beginning of the 2023-24 school year due to ongoing repairs and renovations. The school closed its doors after part of the library ceiling fell in August 2022. No students were injured, but a librarian was taken to the […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — A teacher at Chimneyrock Elementary no longer works for the school following a social media post that caused controversy, the Memphis-Shelby County Schools district said Wednesday. MSCS said earlier in the day that the teacher had been placed on investigative leave. They revised that statement later Wednesday to say that the […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A former Memphis Shelby County Schools resource officer has been charged with aggravated assault and reckless endangerment after police say he hit a student with a baton and pulled a gun on him. Investigators say Okennie Bailey, 39, was caught on camera hitting a Hamilton High School student several times with his […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two top Memphis Shelby County Schools leaders are leaving following an internal investigation.  MSCS confirmed Friday that Dr. Yolanda Martin, the district’s chief of human resources, has resigned just a month after she was placed on paid administrative leave. Dr. Yolanda Martin provided the following statement: “It was my intention to transition […]