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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest’s polarizing presence has hung over Memphis since he moved here in 1852 — his legacy cemented by a giant statue that loomed over all who passed his gravesite in a popular park. Defenders considered him a hero for his Civil War exploits. Detractors called him a […]

UPDATE: A neighbor on Wednesday seems to have solved the mystery of the strange lights over Southaven. See story here. ***** SOUTHAVEN, Miss. – A Southaven father and son believe they may have seen something from out this world above their neighborhood late Sunday night. David Howell said he was getting something out of his […]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An 83-year-old from Alabama started walking when he retired more than a quarter-century ago — and never stopped. M.J. “Sunny” Eberhart strode into the record books Sunday as the oldest hiker to complete the Appalachian Trail. Eberhart, known by the trail name Nimblewill Nomad, acknowledged that despite having tens of thousands […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A proposed Grand Hyatt hotel could add another tower to the Memphis skyline at the foot of Beale Street. The Center City Revenue Finance Corporation on Tuesday approved PILOT tax incentives worth $65 million for the developers of the One Beale project to build a 350-room Grand Hyatt hotel at the corner […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Imagine waking up to police at your front door, but you didn’t call them. That’s been happening to one man, over and over again. Carl Larkin says he wants to get to the bottom of a problem that’s been plaguing him at his house on Cella Street in Orange Mound. It’s ruining […]

From the moment they first set foot on campus, today’s high-school students are inundated with messages about the importance of receiving a college education. They hear it from their guidance counselors, teachers, parents, family members, neighbors, coaches—the list goes on and on. While graduation from a four-year college can certainly work wonders for students’ future […]

Emergency crews had their hands full with a fire at a plant in South Memphis.

Authorities are searching for a person responsible for setting fires to multiple cell phone towers in Memphis and causing more than $500,000 in damage.

Investigators say they have been doing everything in their power to try to find missing metro woman Marilane Cater, but lead detective Blake Larsen said they have run into roadblocks.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Free, voluntary testing for COVID-19 will begin next week in many of the city’s public housing units, state Rep. Barbara Cooper said Thursday. Health care workers and National Guardsmen wearing medical protective gear, in conjunction with MHA and Governor Bill Lee’s COVID-19 Unified Command Group, will test for the Coronavirus Monday and […]

A person died at the University of Memphis campus, and officials say it was accidental, a spokesperson said Wednesday.