Just before 10 p.m. on Thursday, a large fire closed off a portion of Interstate 55 near the Valero refinery.
An 18-wheeler carrying over 8 thousand gallons of gasoline was involved in a collision that led it to overturn and catch fire, according to the Memphis Fire Department.… MORE
Syndicated Columnist Ron Hart joined the Nation of Jake on Thursday to talk about his latest column on the latest political headlines. Read below for his full article.… MORE
After allegedly crashing his car while intoxicated, a Germantown Police officer was taken into custody and charged with driving under the influence, Tuesday afternoon. Lowell Young, an off-duty Germantown Police Officer, was found to be the driver of the vehicle. He has since been charged with DUI, open container, public intoxication, following too closely, refusal…… MORE
Special Assistant to Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent, Marie Feagins, has announced her resignation.… MORE
Several hundreds of Memphis employees at International Paper are expected to be laid off. Several other hundreds based in other cities will be laid off as well, the majority coming from Memphis. … MORE
In order to support the establishment of “Safe Tech and Rec Spaces powered by Amazon,” the City of Memphis announced that Amazon had provided $50,000 to the cause. … MORE
Early on Tuesday morning, two Shelby County Sheriff motorcycle deputies were hurt in separate collisions on US-64 in Lakeland. … MORE
Two men are in jail, including a murder suspect, who allegedly led police on a chase in a stolen vehicle in East Memphislast Friday.… MORE
Tennessee begins early voting this week.… MORE
Regarding the judge’s choice to keep one of the former Memphis Police officers incarcerated until his sentence in the Tyre Nichols federal trial, the officer has filed an appeal.… MORE
