News Staff Tennessee Rep. Barbara Cooper, who served in the General Assembly for more than 25 years, has died. She was 93. House Minority Leader Karen Camper on Wednesday confirmed the death of the Memphis Democrat. Cooper was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1996. She was honored earlier this year as the oldest serving … Read more
John W. Winkle III, a longtime University of Mississippi political science professor who wrote a definitive reference book about the Mississippi Constitution, has died. He was 75. According to an obituary from his family, he died Sunday at a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, days after having a brain hemorrhage. Winkle was a native of Rome, … Read more
A former officer has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for giving police information and equipment to civilians who robbed drug dealers in Memphis, Tennessee, prosecutors said. Former Memphis Police Officer Sam Blue, 63, pleaded guilty in January 2020 to conspiracy to violate civil rights by using force, violence and intimidation, and conspiracy … Read more
The West Memphis Police Department has received a 1.7 million dollar federal grant to add more police officers. Police Chief Robin Campbell says the money will help public safety by allowing the department to become adequately staffed. He adds that he would like to add a real-time crime center to the West Memphis Police Department. … Read more
Memphis Police have identified two women as people of interest in a homicide case. On August 16th, Kenneth Sparks was killed. He was found slumped over the steering wheel of his car on Churchill Street. An autopsy revealed he’d been shot to death. Witnesses saw two people running south from the scene. Those two people … Read more
A Memphis-area business owner who scaled a wall outside the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Friday to four years in prison after he was convicted of five charges connected to the raid on Jan. 6, 2021, federal prosecutors said. Matthew Bledsoe, 38, of Olive Branch, Mississippi, was found guilty in July of one felony — obstruction … Read more
A man testified Tuesday that he saw an acquaintance shoot his friend and business partner, unprovoked, outside his Tennessee home in a killing that authorities said sparked a daylong crime rampage that paralyzed Memphis and led to an intense manhunt. Marcus Cash was one of four people at a gathering at his house who testified … Read more
Former NFL running back DeAngelo Williams and professional wrestler Jerry “The King” Lawler are among 27 athletes and coaches chosen for enshrinement in the Memphis sports hall of fame. An induction ceremony Thursday will mark the first for the hall since 2019, after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, said Kevin Kane, president … Read more
The National Parks Service has awarded grants for cultural heritage preservation projects in Tennessee, Kentucky and five other states in the service’s Lower Mississippi Delta Initiative region. In Tennessee, two Memphis-area projects also are receiving funds from the parks service. The No Tears Project is getting $25,000 for an outreach program that uses music and … Read more
Memphis Animal Services is enoucraging people to foster a dog if they can’t make a permenent commitment to adopt one. The shelter’s Fall Foster challenge runs through October 25th. For every week, someone fosters a dog. Participants are eligible to receive 25-dollar Kroger guft cards for up to four weeks and everyone who takes part … Read more