Daniel Wilkerson

Atlanta, Memphis

News Anchor at WHBQ-TV (Memphis, TN)

Articles

MPD searching for carjacker prowling Sea Isle neighborhood

1 week ago | fox13memphis.com | Daniel Wilkerson

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - FOX13 News obtained surveillance footage which police said identifies a man who carjacked an East Memphis woman, Wednesday, demanding she get in her car and leave with him. They said the surveillance footage shows the same man attempting to break into homes. “Never, ever, ever go to a second location. I'd rather him have shoot me in the parking lot than go to a second location,” said the carjacking victim, who did not want to be identified.
Memorial held for law enforcement lost in the line of duty

2 weeks ago | fox13memphis.com | Daniel Wilkerson

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Members of law enforcement in the Mid-South held a memorial ceremony remembering and honoring those who have died in the line of duty. “Well, you know, annually we always preserve time to celebrate the men and women who lost their lives in the line of duty for our community, for our department and so today is just one of those solemn, you know, kind of days we have an opportunity to embrace the families all over again.
Officials have not yet decided to rebuild Clayborn Temple

2 weeks ago | fox13memphis.com | Daniel Wilkerson

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The executive director over the restoration of a church which caught on fire early Monday morning says she is waiting on God to determine whether they will rebuild Clayborn Temple in Downtown Memphis. “I’m a very tenacious person, but this will happen if it’s God’s will. God speaks and I listen,” said Anasa Troutman of the Historic Clayborn Team. Troutman was overcome with emotions when FOX13 interviewed her Tuesday. “What we want most is to hear people's stories about the building.
Community members react to recent string of violence

2 weeks ago | fox13memphis.com | Daniel Wilkerson

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - FOX13 went in search of solutions, Friday, after a noticeable uptick in youth violence over the past week. We sat down with Frank Gottie, the head of the Put the Guns Down organization, and Carlos Miles, owner of Pullman’s Barbershop in South Memphis. Both men mentor young men in their communities. They said they came from the streets and started out on a rough path before turning their lives around. “When you have negative outweighing the positive then kids think that’s cool.
Mid-South police department creates 'Wall of Shame' to deter Walmart shoplifting

3 weeks ago | fox13memphis.com | Daniel Wilkerson

OAKLAND, Tenn. - A Mid-South police department is putting people on blast in an effort to deter shoplifting from their local Walmart. "Some people claim they are testing the system. We hear all kinds of excuses. Testing the system, like they're doing Walmart a favor," said Oakland Police Chief Chris Earl. Earle said, if you're caught shoplifting from the Oakland Walmart, he's going to make you famous.
Indicted officers in Dyer County court Tuesday

1 month ago | fox13memphis.com | Daniel Wilkerson

DYERSBURG, Tenn. - Six members of law enforcement indicted after police said they beat a man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend appeared in court Tuesday for a motions hearing. A Dyersburg judge did not rule on any motions, but prosecutors withdrew a motion for a gag order and one defense attorney withdrew a motion for a change of venue. A few defense attorneys requested their client's cases be severed from the other defendants. However, the judge did not rule on their requests.
Eye clinic changes perspective for Mid-South kids with vision challenges

2 months ago | fox13memphis.com | Daniel Wilkerson

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Doctors and fourth-year students at the Southern College of Optometry trained 15 children Wednesday on equipment that the kids will use to help with their eyesight. “It looks good to me,” said 8-year-old Amari Bee, who lives with challenges to his eyesight. The children were trained at the Southern College of Optometry. The children trained on electronic video magnifiers. The college partnered with Sight Savers America, a national nonprofit.
Porch pirate steals items meant for Thaddeus Matthews' funeral, daughter says

2 months ago | fox13memphis.com | Daniel Wilkerson

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The daughter of longtime radio host Thaddeus Matthews said a porch pirate stole items from her Parkway Village home that she planned to use for her father’s funeral on Saturday. “I guess once he saw the door was not opening, he chose to grab the package and ran down the street,” Domonique Matthews said. Thaddeus Matthews died February 24, after a long fight with heart failure.
Traffic on I-40 bridge comes to abrupt stop due to music video shoot

2 months ago | fox13memphis.com | Daniel Wilkerson

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Cell phone video obtained by FOX13 News from an anonymous source shows the moment a Memphis woman leaving Southland Casino was stopped on the I-40 bridge by a group of people who she said was shooting a music video. "I started using profanity," the woman who shot the footage. "I was like, 'What the (expletive) … is really going on?'"The driver said the incident happened around 7 p.m. Monday.
Massive drug bust highlights county's lack of resources to treat drug addiction

2 months ago | fox13memphis.com | Daniel Wilkerson

TRUMANN, Ark. - It's being called one of the biggest drug busts in the history of northeastern Arkansas: the FBI announced the indictment of twenty-one people, all accused of distributing methamphetamines. Agents said the large-scale bust went down in Trumann and Marked Tree in Poinsett County, about fifty miles northwest of Memphis. The size of the bust highlighted how Poinsett County suffers from a lack of resources to help drug addicts.