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Here are the highlights of the August 4 Shelby County and Tennessee election: ► Shelby County elections: Full results TENNESSEE GOVERNOR With 98% reporting, Dr. Jason Martin has won the Democratic primary. Martin will face Gov. Bill Lee and a bunch of independent candidates in November. U.S. HOUSEIn District 8, Rep. David Kustoff easily won […]

UPDATE, May 17: The Dyer County prosecutor’s office confirmed the assault charge against Dyersburg teacher Carey Sanders was dropped last week. New story is here. Original story is below. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Dyersburg teacher is facing charges after he was caught on video throwing a student to the ground. According to the Dyersburg Police Department, […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Juvenile violence has taken hold of Memphis, leaving far too many children injured, shot and even killed. Often times, other kids are to blame. WREG Investigators uncovered data showing in 2019, 495 juveniles were charged with serious crimes. That’s a 32% increase from the previous year and a 49% increase since 2011. […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man accused of killing four people and wounding three others in a livestreamed shooting rampage that paralyzed Memphis and led to a city-wide manhunt was granted a public defender during Friday morning court appearance and will remain jailed on a first-degree murder charge. Ezekiel Kelly, 19, told a judge […]

Thousands of firearms are in the hands of criminals, and many of those criminals stole them from the same place.

SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. — Shelby County leaders are hoping the new youth facility in Raleigh stops juvenile violence. “We need to expand the number of supports that are available for our teenagers in town,” Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said. “We know that one of the major drivers of crime is from the youth and […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police say two teens have been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting in Parkway Village. The shooting happened Thursday afternoon at a gas station on South Perkins near Cottonwood Road. The victim was pronounced dead on the scene. At the time of the shooting, police said the suspects were last […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– An arrest has been made in the cold-case murder of Robert Wong, who was killed on Thanksgiving in 2017, Memphis police said Wednesday. The district attorney’s office identified the suspect as 19-year-old Dallas Perkins, who is is serving a seven-year prison sentence for aggravated robbery. They said Perkins was 15 when Wong was […]

Lawmakers are calling for the impeachment of Rutherford County Juvenile Judge Donna Scott Davenport. She’s the judge accused of jailing black elementary school students for crimes that don’t exist.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A juvenile charged with shooting another boy in Frayser told police he began firing because a group of teens was bullying him. The shooting took place Sunday afternoon on Pueblo Avenue. A boy has been charged with aggravated assault. According to officers who interviewed witnesses, a group of four boys were yelling […]

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) — Authorities say two juveniles have been arrested and charged with kidnapping and assaulting a 10-year-old Elizabethton girl. According to the Elizabethton Police Department, charges of especially aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault were filed against the two suspects in Carter County Juvenile Court on Friday afternoon. The charges came after the police […]