MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Two children were being treated at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, due to complications attributed to the baby formula shortage. >> Read more trending news Dr. Mark Corkins, a pediatric gastroenterologist, treated both of the children, according to WHBQ-TV. Both children have special medical needs that require them to use […]
Antonio First, 35, the boy’s biological father, was arrested and charged with murder in the first degree in preparation of aggravated child abuse and child neglect, according to police.
Officials in Tennessee issued a statewide Amber Alert on Friday for a 9-month-old girl who was “forcibly taken” Thursday night in Lawrence County.
The Memphis Zoo can now start selling alcohol during regular business hours.
On Friday, detectives obtained a warrant through the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office on a first-degree human trafficking charge for Marlette Lychelle Smith, 26, of Rome, Georgia.
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. – A church in North Mississippi was destroyed after an explosion caught the building on fire. What was left of the First Pentecostal Church was still smoldering five hours after the fire started. Investigators said they picked up multiple spray paint cans that may have been used for graffiti and that there […]
Gregory Allen Briggs, 29, was arrested last week by the Blytheville Police Department.
According to an online stimulus check impact index, Mississippians will be receiving the largest stimulus checks in the country, an average of $2,659 per family.
JONESBORO, Ark. – A tornado tore through Jonesboro, Arkansas, causing damages through the area Saturday afternoon. Several vehicles are damaged and overturned, according to officials. 1244026762901647361 Some buildings were flattened by the tornado. Jonesboro E-911 Director Jeff Presley told KAIT the Mall at Turtle Creek received damage and authorities were doing search and rescue in the area. 1244042536857014274 […]
CRITTENDEN COUNTY, Ark. – An Arkansas mother and daughter were killed by the same man 23 years apart, authorities said. Martha McKay, of Crittenden County, was killed Wednesday by the same man who killed her mother in November 1996, investigators said. According to officials, Travis Lewis tried to run away from the crime scene. He could not […]
The University of Memphis is mourning a criminal justice professor who died from the coronavirus. A university spokesperson said Dr. Lenard Wells died Saturday. He died from the coronavirus at a hospital in Wisconsin, WITI reported. Wells had worked at the University of Memphis for around seven years and spent 30 years with the Milwaukee Police Department before […]
CORDOVA, Tenn. – The late Fred Rogers once said, “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’” A group of friends in Memphis must have taken that quote to heart when they […]