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The 2022 Bonnaroo music festival is slated for June 16-19 in Manchester, Tenn.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police said three children were hurt, one of them critically, in a shooting Thursday afternoon at the Whitehaven branch library on Millbranch. Fire department officials said two boys, age 11, had been taken to Le Bonheur with gunshot wounds around 3:30. Police later confirmed that there were three victims. Two of them […]

“It all started with Stevie Wonder, I mean that song just swept the nation.”

This page has been updated to reflect the correct number of victims. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A two-year-old boy has died after being shot in North Memphis on Wednesday.  Officers located two-year-old, Charvez Akins, wounded after shots were fired inside of his grandmother’s residence located on Clayton Avenue around 10 p.m., police say. Atkins was taken […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The extensive music catalog of David Bowie, stretching from the late 1960s to just before his death in 2016, has been sold to Warner Chappell Music. More than 400 songs, among them “Space Oddity,” “Ziggy Stardust,” “Fame,” “Rebel Rebel” and “Let’s Dance” on 26 Bowie studio albums released during his lifetime, […]

From baseball legend Hank Aaron to former Sen. Bob Dole, we remember the notable figures from sports, politics, music and more that we lost in 2021.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The holidays won’t be the same for hundreds of families who lost loved ones to violence in Shelby County this year. Memphis police have investigated around 265 cases, which compares to 250 this time last year. Dozens gathered for the ‘Season of Remembrance’ Ceremony Monday night at the University of Memphis. One […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– As the shrine to Young Dolph continues to grow where he was killed and draws national attention as police search for his killers, there are no reminders of 10-year-old Richard Jordan’s death. Makeda’s Cookies–where the rapper was killed– is less than a block away from Ketchum and Airways where the 10-year-old boy was […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The search is on for the those responsible in the death of Memphis rapper Young Dolph. Investigators have received numerous tips regarding the shooting. It’s a level of community engagement that could make the difference in solving this case. Surveillance footage outside of Makeda’s captured the gunmen and the getaway vehicle. Since these photos […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis and Shelby County leaders are begging members of the community to join them in their efforts to stop gun violence and are planning events that will give them the tools to do it. Fresh off a deadly few days in Memphis — where police say at least four people have been […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A gun buy-back program hosted in an effort to reduce future crime in the city of Memphis is drawing controversy in the community.  The event hosted by Memphis Police and sponsored by Kroger will take place on Saturday, November 13th at Hickory Ridge Mall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. They are offering […]