Category Archives: Top Stories

LOCAL | Mid-South Balloon Festival To Start This Weekend In Rossville
With a new name and site, the Mid-South Balloon Festival will return to Rossville on September 20-21. The event, which was once known as the Collierville Balloon Festival, has changed its name to bett...
Josh Rivera Sep 18, 2025

LOCAL | MLGW Reports That Over 99% Of Customers Have Power After Massive Outage On Tuesday
After a substation fire caused extensive damage, MLGW reported that over 99% of customers now have power again. Following a fire at a substation breaker close to Rhodes College, more than 11,000 MLGW ...
Josh Rivera Sep 17, 2025

LOCAL | Family Of Dead Delta State University Student Hires Attorney Ben Crump
A national human rights lawyer has said that he is investigating a student's death at Delta State University. A day after De'Martravion Reed was discovered hanging from a tree on the school's campus, ...
Josh Rivera Sep 17, 2025

LOCAL | Hernando Aldermen To Vote On Renaming A Street In Charlie Kirk's Honor
A city alderman from Hernando wants to honor Charlie Kirk by renaming a roadway. Alderman Kit Kitchens announced that he would present a motion to rename a city street in Charlie Kirk's honor at the T...
Josh Rivera Sep 16, 2025

LOCAL | Shelby County Jail Without Air Conditioning Since Saturday
According to officials, the Shelby County Jail has not had air conditioning since the weekend. A representative for Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris' office also noted that the jail annex area is also b...
Josh Rivera Sep 16, 2025

BREAKING | President Trump Signs Memorandum To Establish The 'Memphis Safe Task Force'
As part of his broader effort to address nationwide crime, President Donald Trump announced plans on Monday to create a "Memphis Safe Task Force," based on the federal crime crackdown in the nation's ...
Josh Rivera Sep 15, 2025

LOCAL | MFD Reports Arson As The Cause For 2nd Tops BBQ Fire This Year
The Memphis fire department reported that a Tops Bar-B-Q in the East Memphis area caught fire on Sunday night. Earlier this year, a fire forced the closure of the same Tops Bar-B-Q on Rhodes Avenue an...
Josh Rivera Sep 15, 2025

LOCAL | Hundreds Gather In Germantown For Vigil Honoring Charlie Kirk
To mourn and celebrate the life of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was killed this week on a college campus in Utah, several hundred people flocked to the Germantown Municipal Park Pavilion on...
Josh Rivera Sep 12, 2025

LOCAL | Shooting After Police Execute Warrant In Frayser Leaves One Suspect Dead
According to authorities, a suspect was killed when police executed a warrant at a residence in Frayser on Thursday morning, injuring a Bartlett Police officer in the process. Gunfire broke out while ...
Josh Rivera Sep 11, 2025

BREAKING | Conservative Activist, Charlie Kirk, Dead At 31 After Being Shot At Utah Valley University
Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist, was shot and killed on Wednesday at a Utah Valley University event, according to investigators. According to a statement from UVU, Kirk, 31, was shot at least on...
Josh Rivera Sep 10, 2025





