Memphis News

The 4th of July holiday weekend was a busy one for the Memphis Police Department.

Fireworks and bullets lit up the night sky on Beale Street during the 4th of July weekend.

Memphis Police are investigating two homicides that occured early in the morning on the Fourth of July holiday.

The father of a man shot to death by an off-duty sheriff's deputy last year in an East Memphis karaoke bar has filed a complaint in Shelby County Circuit Court seeking workers' compensation benefits for his son.

MEMPHIS, TN, July 03, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Remington College-Memphis Campus is now enrolling students for its new Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Diploma Program.

City Atty. Elbert Jefferson Jr. submitted his letter of resignation to outgoing Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton this morning, but the fifth-term mayor refused to accept it, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

Memphis Police have arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting of a young woman in South Memphis Tuesday night.

With no resolution to the funding impasse between the city and its public schools, Memphis City Schools is asking Chancery Court to force the city's hand.

Baker says he's learned to expect the unexpected after interviewing Herenton for some 20 years.

Workers who are now out of a job, spent their last hours directing people to a new office.

Sammons has dropped out as candidate for mayor in special election. Lowery will be sworn-in as Mayor Pro-Tem July 10th City Councilman Bill Boyd is tapped as head of Lowery Transition Team 6/30/09 His nickname is "Smilin' Jack.

In the resignation fallout, speculation lingers that Willie Herenton quit now to save his pension because he feared he would soon be indicted.

City Hall announced today that Public Services director Ken Moody, public services deputy director Yalanda McFadgon, and deputy library director Michael Gray will retire in July.

Recently hired University of Memphis men's basketball coach Josh Pastner and his wife, Kerri, have bought a Southwind home for $775,000, according to a notice that appears in today's edition of The Daily News.

Memphis police officers shot and killed a man in Whitehaven in the early morning hours of Sunday, June 21, 2009.

A recent online survey says the Bluff City is home to two of the top 25 most dangerous communities in the country.

Most visitors to Memphis, Tennessee, are aware that they are surrounded by the history of American popular music.

Friday, June 26, 2009 Memphis made a top 25 list, but unfortunately, it wasn't one we wanted to be on.

With Dr. Herenton soon to be out of the picture, the field of potential mayoral candidates is crowded.

One day after Mayor Herenton announces he is stepping down; the race to win the mayoral special election is heating up.