Category Archives: Local
LOCAL | County Mayor Lee Harris Issues Local State Of Emergency In Memphis
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris has declared a local state of emergency for the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare of Memphis residents. According to Mayor Harris, law enforcement age...
Oct 17, 2025
LOCAL | DeSoto County District Attorney Files Motion To Resentence Former Youth Minister Facing Sexual Battery Charges
On Monday, the district attorney for DeSoto County filed a motion to resentence a former youth minister who had been found guilty of sexually abusing a juvenile. District Attorney Matthew Barton submi...
Oct 17, 2025
LOCAL | Child Endangerment Charges Set For MPD Officer Arrested In Oakland
According to authorities, a Memphis Police Department sergeant was detained in Oakland for various offenses, including child endangerment and evading arrest. Oakland Police are investigating MPD Serge...
Oct 16, 2025
LOCAL | City Of Millington Threatens Legal Action Against Shelby County Clerk's Office Over Past-Due Rent
If the Shelby County Clerk's office fails to pay almost $40,000 in past-due rent by Friday, the City of Millington is threating to sue However, County Clerk Wanda Halbert argues that she has no lease ...
Oct 16, 2025
LOCAL | Multiple Charges Set For Reckless Driver That Crashed Into Memphis High School Last Week
A number of charges are still pending against the man who crashed into KIPP Memphis Collegiate High School last Tuesday. Cameron Taylor Ross, 35, faces nine charges, including reckless endangerment, r...
Oct 16, 2025
LOCAL | TBI Arrest Former Home Healthcare Operator For TennCare Fraud
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation arrested a former home healthcare operator in Shelby County who was charged with theft of property and TennCare fraud. Elexis Braswell was arrested on October 14 ...
Oct 15, 2025
LOCAL | County Mayor Lee Harris Accuses Memphis Safe Task Force Of Racially Profiling Hispanics
On Tuesday, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris accused the Memphis Safe Task Force with racial profiling and illegal stops. The Memphis Safe Task Force has been making arrests for three weeks now, and Har...
Oct 15, 2025 Rear view of two multiracial police officers arresting a criminal suspect, a man with his hands handcuffed behind his back. One of the officers is an African-American man and the other is a policewoman, both in their 40s.
LOCAL | Arrest Warrant Issued For Second Suspect In August Cordova Shooting Murder
An arrest warrant has been issued by the Shelby County Sheriff's Office for a second suspect who is suspected of murdering an 18-year-old in Cordova in August. 18-year-old Antwain Carrick is wanted fo...
Oct 14, 2025
LOCAL | Former DeSoto County Youth Minister Pleads Guilty To Sexual Battery Of A Child
On Monday, a woman who was charged by a DeSoto County grand jury with child sexual assault entered a guilty plea. In December 2024, Lindsey Whiteside, a former youth minister and basketball coach at a...
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TASK FORCE | WATCH "These numbers are very encouraging" Gov. Lee
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee visited the Memphis Safe Task Force operations center to give an update. To date the task force agencies have made 850 arrests. This number included many violent gang membe...
Oct 14, 2025
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