Memphis-based Waddell & Associates merged with Coastal Bridge Advisors and One Charles Private Wealth to form a combined firm with more than $10 billion under management.

A Shelby County judge sentenced Joshua Gossett to 150 years after his conviction in the 2022 killings of Shunish Baggett and Lyft driver Richard Skelskey.

The City of Memphis awarded nearly $6 million in FY27 grants for housing and neighborhood projects; Hope House was among the largest recipients with major HOPWA funding.

A DeSoto County judge revoked a suspended sentence for a Memphis man, ordering 19 years and 223 days after prosecutors moved to reactivate a term tied to a 2008 child‑sex conviction.

Coletta's said its Appling Road restaurant will close this Friday after 28 years; catering continues and the South Parkway location will remain open.

Collierville’s Independence Day plans land at H.W. Cox Park this Thursday with live music, food vendors and an 18‑minute fireworks finale. Library and town hours are set for the holiday weekend.

A woman was found stabbed early Monday at a Fox Meadows apartment complex in southeast Memphis; police say the investigation is active.

A midday shooting at a Whitehaven apartment complex left a man dead and a woman hospitalized in critical condition. Police are searching for a suspect and asking for tips.

A man was critically injured in a Whitehaven shooting; four people were detained and police have a crime scene on Shayne Lane.

A Memphis man received a combined 946‑month federal sentence after a jury convicted him in December for robbing three phone stores in October 2024.

A federal judge rejected a legal bid to redraw DeSoto County’s supervisor districts into majority‑Black seats, saying plaintiffs failed to meet the Voting Rights Act standard. Civil‑rights groups called the decision disappointing and tied it to recent Supreme Court changes to Section 2.

A Memphis motorcycle officer was struck during a Midtown traffic stop; a woman was detained after a pursuit and police say no injuries were reported. Investigation is ongoing.

A Memphis man was arrested after a 13-year-old's mother found messages arranging a meeting; police charged him with attempted statutory rape.