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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — More than 29 people at a Memphis youth facility tested positive for COVID-19 after the state department of health and national guard conducted mass testing at the facility. According to a press release from the Tennessee Department of Children Services, 22 juveniles and seven staff members at the Memphis Center for Independence […]

Marvin Straughter was in court this week, accused of raping a 14-year-old boy more than once between July 2018 and August 2019.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — DeSoto County schools will excuse absences in the upcoming days as families continue to deal with the damages left behind by severe storms early Saturday morning. In a statement sent to WREG, the school district says it will be operating on a regular schedule Monday. DCS says parents can contact the their […]

Collierville police say one man was shot in in an apartment complex on Friday afternoon.

(CNN) — A multi-vehicle pileup in Texas on Friday was partially captured in a dramatic video of an 18-wheel tractor-trailer slamming into the accident scene. The accident began as a two-car crash on Highway 84 in Lubbock County, according to CNN affiliate KCBD. Police were investigating the crash when a semitruck traveling eastbound jackknifed and […]

A Kingsbury Middle School teacher is under fire for allegedly assaulting a student.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — We have all heard the tragic stories of a parent accidentally leaving a child in a hot car. A Tennessee lawmaker now thinks a simple idea can be a life-saving reminder. “We want to create this placard for parents,” Maury County Representative Scott Cepicky said. He hopes words like “baby on board” […]

A Memphis man is accused of choking his son and body slamming him on top of a vehicle because he thought he had stolen his cell phone.

Authorities in Fayette County are investigating after a woman was found dead in a ditch following an ATV accident.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A teenager accused of killing a Nashville police officer in a fiery car crash could be tried as an adult. The Tennessean reports, the 17-year-old is being held in juvenile detention while prosecutors seek a transfer hearing. They intend to argue that her charges are serious enough that the case should be moved […]

It started with a single piece of mail in May, when a Memphis mother received paperwork addressed to her saying she needed to be in juvenile court.