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UPDATE: The Foo Fighters have canceled all tour dates due to Hawkins’ passing. The band made the announcement in a Twitter post on March 29, saying: It is with great sadness that Foo Fighters confirm the cancellation of all upcoming tour dates in light of the staggering loss of our brother Taylor Hawkins. We’re sorry […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Grand Hyatt hotel project in the One Beale development may be moving forward again after the city and the developers reached a financing deal involving a $10 million contribution from the city. “I am happy to announce that we have come to an agreement with the Grand Hyatt developers to build […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – It was the Grizzlies’ biggest question heading into NBA free agency. One they answered mere minutes after free agency opened Thursday afternoon at 5 p.m. The Grizzlies getting a deal done with the best backup point guard in the NBA. Tyus Jones is back in the Beale Street Blue. His agent telling […]

MEMPHIS – I think it’s safe to say that by the time Ja Morant is done wearing the Beale Street Blue, he’ll own just about every meaningful record in Grizzlies franchise history. Morant grabbing another piece of history Wednesday night as the Grizz won a fourth straight game and now sit just a half game […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — There is no shortage of musical talent in Memphis and this artist has found herself on stages everywhere from Chicago to LA. Singer-songwriter Ariel Reign has done it all even after doctors said she might not ever speak because of childhood hearing loss. “I have hearing loss in both ears so I […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Where is Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis? WREG’s Marybeth Conley asked Memphis mayor Jim Strickland that question Wednesday after Davis declined public comment following a fatal triple shooting that took place this weekend in front of police officers on Beale Street. Davis released a statement via email following Sunday morning’s triple shooting […]

Blues musician Sue Foley grew up in Canada and calls Texas home, but what fans will find out at Beale Street Music Fest is that she also has some Memphis in her DNA. She won the Blues Foundation’s Koko Taylor Award two years ago and is nominated for three awards in 2022.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis in May announced surprise artist additions to the 2022 lineup on Monday including Grammy Award-winning Megan Thee Stallion. Other surprised additions include two-time Grammy-winning reggae artist Shaggy, and fellow Jamaican reggae artist Third World, Memphis rapper Duke Deuce and local rock artist Tora Tora. On Monday, the festival also revealed the […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – For the second time in less than a month, police are investigating an apparent shooting near Beale Street. Gunshots rang out around 1 a.m. Thursday, witnesses say. Officers set up crime tape in the middle of Beale Street near Second. A woman who does not want to be identified says her 19-year-old […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Despite her young age, nine-year-old Kirsten Mull is becoming an advocate and told WREG that it is not only adults who are reeling from the aftermath of violence but also children. “Why did they have to do it to him,” Kirsten said. “Why do people come out just to keep killing other […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– The Beale Street Music Fest is in full force for the first time in two years. Thousands have gathered at its new location — the Fairgrounds at Liberty Park for a night of fun. A strong post-pandemic comeback for the Beale Street Music Festival. Embracing change, thousands stood in line outside its new […]