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A $1M City of Memphis pilot has housed 71 families and offers rental aid and case management to stabilize 80 households.
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A 33-year-old Memphis mother, Ashley Kimmons, was killed after her 4-year-old son accidentally fired a gun on her daughter's 16th birthday. Investigators are probing while family supporters have launched a fundraiser.
MPD says Operation HUSH — a two‑and‑a‑half‑year undercover probe — produced 45 indictments, 367 chargeable offenses and 19 arrests tied to drugs and guns.
A Memphis man accepted an eight-year sentence after pleading guilty to carjacking a WREG photographer last June; the deal includes in-patient treatment at Harbor House.
A Memphis man pleaded guilty to second‑degree murder and received 26 years at 100% for the 2023 Chelsea Avenue killing of Demarcus Wilbourn.
Memphis police say two men were arrested in a July Windsor Parkway robbery and a third was arrested in a Sept. 29 Watson Street homicide.
A shooting on the 2800 block of Yale Road in Raleigh left one man wounded; police say the suspect fled and was last seen in a red shirt. Investigators ask anyone with tips or video to call CrimeStoppers.
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The Overton Park Shell will celebrate 90 years with a Sept. 10–13 weekend. Booker T. Jones headlines a ticketed benefit to launch free public festivities.
A Friday-night blaze just outside Millington gutted a house and remains under investigation, officials say. No occupants were found and no injuries were reported.
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Bandos is relocating from Thomas Street to 260 Poplar Avenue in downtown Memphis and is already recruiting staff as permits are reviewed.
An 18‑year‑old in Memphis admitted to shooting a man after a family allegation. Police say the victim was found on Willowview and the suspect repainted and abandoned a van.
Hundreds of Central High students marched onto Bellevue Boulevard to protest ICE enforcement, joining a string of walkouts across Memphis schools.
A Memphis couple was arrested after a Valentine’s Day meet-up allegedly turned into a shooting that struck a man’s car. The suspected shooter was arrested March 3 and faces felony gun charges.
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