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1 week ago | 
wreg.com | Brian Didlake |Vivian Nguyen
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A $1.5 million donation has been given to Clayborn Temple to be rebuilt after it was destroyed by fire that was intentionally set. The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund kicked off the fundraising campaign with a $1.5 million grant. A news conference was held marking a month since the Clayborn Temple fire. “We have spent a month mourning, it’s been a month of tears,” said Anasa Troutman, Founder and Executive Director of Historic Clayborn Team.
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1 month ago | 
wreg.com | David Royer |Brian Didlake
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — RowVaughn Wells, the mother of Tyre Nichols, said Wednesday’s verdict acquitting three former Memphis Police officers of state charges in her son’s death was a “devastating blow” to her family. Wells spoke at a rally for her son Wednesday afternoon as rain poured outside the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. “What we heard was not what we wanted to hear. But was I shocked, surprised? No, I wasn’t,” she said.
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1 month ago | 
wreg.com | Megan Fayard |Brian Didlake
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — All three former Memphis Police officers charged in a state criminal trial after the death of Tyre Nichols were found “not guilty” on all charges Wednesday by an all-white jury brought in from the Chattanooga area. Memphis leaders are now reacting. Some are calling the verdict “heartbreaking.” Memphis Mayor Paul Young and Memphis Police Department Chief C. J.
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1 month ago | 
wreg.com | Vivian Nguyen |Melissa Moon |Brian Didlake
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police say three suspects wanted for several violent business robberies are in custody after crashing their vehicle in the Central Gardens area Tuesday night. MPD said that the silver 2017 Range Rover Discovery they were driving side-swiped a small MATA bus northbound on McLean Boulevard and hit the backside of a Nissan Rogue before overturning.
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1 month ago | 
wreg.com | David Royer |Brian Didlake |Courtney Anderson
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two people are dead after a shooting near a school in South Memphis. Memphis Police responded to a shooting on Mississippi Boulevard near South Lauderdale Street, steps away from Booker T. Washington High School, at 3 p.m. Thursday. According to Deputy Chief Webb Kirkdoffer, two males were pronounced dead on the scene. Booker T. Washington High School was placed on lockdown.
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1 month ago | 
wreg.com | Deja Davis |Brian Didlake
UPDATE: A 16-year-old has been charged with attempted first-degree murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony in the case. Police say the silver SUV used in the shooting was found in the 3000 block of Knightway Road, where the male suspect was found and taken into custody. ***MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A girl was shot in the head at a park in East Memphis on Thursday morning, according to police.
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1 month ago | 
wreg.com | Vivian Nguyen |Brian Didlake
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Five men were injured and another man is dead after a shooting in Southeast Memphis on Wednesday, according to the Memphis Police Department. Officers responded to a shooting in the 4000 block of South Mendenhall in Southeast Memphis at 3:29 p.m.The shooting occurred outside a non-profit organization, Memphis Allies site. In 2022, Youth Villages, along with community partners, launched the Memphis Allies initiative in response to the city’s escalating gun violence.
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2 months ago | 
wreg.com | Raven Moore |Brian Didlake
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Several families had to be evacuated Tuesday after stairs collapsed at a Medical District apartment, the Memphis Fire Department confirmed. Residents WREG spoke with said none of this is okay. “We ain’t got nothing now until they fix this,” resident Kenitha Smith said. “The fire department told us we can not go into that house until they fix all of this.”Smith said this was the final straw.
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
pix11.com | Brian Didlake |Melissa Moon
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — Police are looking for a suspect seen on video swinging an ax multiple times at a 76-year-old man’s SUV after a reported fender bender in East Memphis, Tennessee. The victim, who did not want to be identified by name, told Nexstar’s WREG that he and his girlfriend were out fabric shopping Saturday morning when he rear-ended a Chevy Impala. The victim said he pulled over and saw the other driver exit the Impala with something in his hand.
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
qcnews.com | Brian Didlake |Melissa Moon
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