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MEMPHIS, Tenn.– It might be fall break, but school is in session at one major Memphis-based company as dozens of Memphis-Shelby County students took part in the FedEx Logistics Academy. Around 30 Ridgeway and Cordova High School students descended on the downtown Memphis campus to participate in the program to help them identify their skills. […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– Two Memphis mothers want answers after a fight broke out at a high school, and they say the mother of one of the teenagers also got involved in the brawl. Memphis-Shelby County Schools told us Wednesday there’s an investigation following a fight that broke out in the halls of Hamilton High. According to a […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– Memphis Police are searching for two men accused of making terroristic threats in a now viral video shared across the country. According to police, the suspects, who are between the ages of 18 and 21, posted the threats on social media. The two men were seen riding in a car discussing the possibility […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two former officials in the troubled Tipton County town of Mason, Tennessee have been arrested and charged with the theft of more than $120,000 of wages and benefits after an investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office. Former town finance officer Reva Marshall and human resources manager Michele Scott were booked into the […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The targeted shooting of a 15-year-old boy near Kirby High School has the community demanding change. On Wednesday, Memphis Police responded to a shooting in the 4100 block of Kirby Parkway. They found a teenage male victim at the crime scene near a Sonic Drive-In restaurant. The teen was rushed to Le […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Future female leaders in the Mid-South visited the News Channel 3 studios Saturday morning to hear from a group of women in high positions in Memphis. The Young Achievers Links 2 Success project made a stop at the WREG studios. Links Incorporated focuses on equipping black youth to use their intellect and […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A new scholarship is giving young men specifically interested in trade school an opportunity to continue their education. In partnership with the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis, Moore Tech and the founders of the Charles E. Howard Scholarship, Dr. Mario and Teresa Ray awarded their first scholarship to Jensen Woods. Before enrolling […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Thousands of families across the Mid-South will be getting some relief this holiday season as organizations come together to help feed those in need. WREG spoke to organizers who say they’ve made it their life mission to feed the needy. Ruth Rawlings-Bank, CEO and President of Feed the Needy, says volunteers from […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– Representatives with the Tennessee Department of Education connected with Memphis Shelby County Schools leaders Wednesday to celebrate the launch of the MSCS literacy commitment.      The state joined forces with MSCS Wednesday to encourage and empower students at Oak Forest Elementary along with the tens of thousands that make up MSCS, Tennessee’s […]

The school year ends in a few weeks for Memphis-Shelby County Schools, but efforts to help homeless students will not stop. The pandemic increased the number of unhoused students, and the district is ramping up their efforts to keep them in class and on track. Willie Boyd manages the program for MSCS.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — Appalling, deplorable, and heinous. Those are the words civil rights attorney Ben Crump used after he and Tyre Nichols’ family saw the video of the police encounter leading up to his death for the first time. The 29-year-old was a father, son, and avid skateboarder. During Monday’s press conference, his family […]