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LOCAL | Shelby County Sheriff deputies rescue 2 boys from pond
Chief Deputy Sheriff Anthony Buckner joins Ditch & Tim Monday morning at 8:30 to update us no this heroic rescue. Two brothers 12 and 7 were walking on a pond at Southwind Lakes Apartments when th...
Ditch Feb 01, 2026 Picture credit : Quametra Wilborn WREG

LOCAL | Was the recent snow storm man made? City council members ask
Memphis city council members, Pearl Walker and Yolonda Cooper-Sutton posted on social media, questions about the recent snow storm. Specivically if this snow was man made or real. ...
Ditch Jan 31, 2026 snow

LOCAL | MDOT: Too Early To Predict When I-22, I-55, & Highway 72 Will Be Clear
MDOT says it's too early to predict when all lanes will be cleared as workers continue to remove ice from I-22, I-55, and Highway 72. One of their major concerns is black ice forming on the roadways, ...
Josh Rivera Jan 30, 2026 Cars driving on a highway are stuck in traffic because of a snow storm.

LOCAL | MPD Searching For Missing Teenage Boy Diagnosed With Autism
A 15-year-old child with autism went missing on Friday morning while the Mid-South was still recovering from a winter storm, and police are searching for him. Dawayne Darden left his Briarcrest Lane h...
Josh Rivera Jan 30, 2026

TENNESSEE | Deputy shot and killed
A Weakley County sheriff deputy was shot and killed while repsonding to call in Martin, Tennessee. Martin police recieved a disturbance call about possible shots fired near the Days Inn on University ...
Ditch Jan 30, 2026

LOCAL | Mayor Paul Young Extends State Of Emergency For Memphis
Following a severe winter storm that dumped snow and ice throughout the area last weekend, Mayor Paul Young signed an extension of the city's State of Emergency Declaration, which went into effect on ...
Josh Rivera Jan 29, 2026

LOCAL | Mississippi Governor Reports 7 Total Weather-Related Deaths
Following a powerful winter storm in the Mid-South, three fatalities have been reported out of Tate County, Mississippi. Three males were found dead after a house fire, according to the Tate County Em...
Josh Rivera Jan 28, 2026 Ice covers part of a sidewalk downtown. Jan. 10, 2023.

POLITICS | Senator BIll Hagerty on storm recovery, shutdown & task force
US Senator from Tennessee, Bill Hagerty called in to Memphis Morning News to share the progress in winter recovery efforts, the National Guard in Memphis, the Memphis Safe Task Force and threats made ...
Ditch Jan 28, 2026

CLOSINGS | Local area schools remain closed
Announcemnets went out mid-day Tuesday, that most all public and private schools in the Memphis area will take another snow day on Thursday. The University of Memphis campus and events will be closed,...
Ditch Jan 27, 2026

LOCAL | Nike laying off 775 workers
NIKE, which in 2024 employed 6000 people in Memphis, says it will lay off 775 employees in their Tennessee and Mississippi distribution centers as the company works towards distribution consolodation....
Ditch Jan 27, 2026





