Category Archives: Memphis Morning News
LOCAL | Bolton Football Player Passes Away After Collapsing From Heat Weeks Ago
According to his family, a student-athlete from Bolton High School passed away after collapsing during football practice earlier this month. 16-year-old Joshua Henderson arrived at Le Bonheur Children...
Jul 28, 2025
LOCAL | Tax-Free Weekend Begins In Tennessee
Tennessee's back-to-school tax-free weekend is here. The holiday started at 12:01 a.m. this morning and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday. Tax-free items include clothing priced at $100 or less per item, s...
Jul 25, 2025 Orange school backpack full of school supplies and a supermarket basket with office supplies on a blue background. The concept of gathering children for the beginning of the school year.
LOCAL POLITICS | Mick Wright addresses the push to run for county mayor
Shelby County Commissioner Mick Wright addressed constituents who have been pushing for him to run for county mayor. Wright also gave insight to the commission's "test vote" on placing all of the Memp...
Jul 25, 2025
ECONOMY | EJ Antoni - "The Fed pays almost half a billion dollars a day in interest"
Economist at The Heritage Foundation and Unleash Prosperity, EJ Antoni says auto loan rejections have gone down from 41.2% in February to just 14% in June. Lenders are positioned much better and showi...
Jul 25, 2025
LOCAL | West TN Drug Task Force Bust Rental With 254 Pounds Of Promethazine
During a traffic stop on Interstate 40 in Haywood County on Wednesday, drugs, money, and firearms were discovered in a rental car, resulting in the arrest of four individuals. Agents from the West Ten...
Jul 25, 2025
NATIONAL | Jazz Legend Chuck Mangione Passes Away At 84
Chuck Mangione, a Grammy Award-winning jazz legend, passed away at home on Tuesday. According to several reports, the musician, who gained notoriety for his 1977 album Feels so Good, passed away in hi...
Jul 24, 2025
LOCAL | Memphis Rap Artist GloRilla Arrested For Felony Drug Possession In Georgia
A day before GloRilla was scheduled to perform as the main act at FedExForum in Memphis, the Forsyth County Sheriff's Department announced on Thursday that she was arrested this week in Georgia on dru...
Jul 24, 2025
BREAKING | WWE Hall Of Famer Hulk Hogan Dies At 71
According to the WWE, Terry "Hulk Hogan" Bollea passed away on Thursday. He was 71 years old. Hogan was treated by fire and rescue personnel after being taken to a nearby hospital, where he was declar...
Jul 24, 2025
LOCAL | Memphis Showboats Rumored To Be Leaving, Not Confirmed
After three disappointing seasons, the Memphis Showboats could be leaving Memphis....again. The United Football League is reportedly finding new homes for the Birmingham Stallions, Houston Roughnecks,...
Jul 23, 2025
LOCAL | Search Teams Identify Three Missing Men In The Mississippi River
On Wednesday morning, the search at Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park resumed after three men were reported missing on the Mississippi River north of Memphis on Tuesday evening. The men were swimming an...
Jul 23, 2025
