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Showers and thunderstorms are likely Saturday in Memphis with heavy downpours and gusty winds. Highs near 77°F and cooler, drier conditions return Sunday.
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Memphis police asked the public for help identifying an additional suspect after a March 20 Beale Street shooting that wounded a woman. Detectives say three people have already been charged in related downtown incidents.
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Chartis' 2026 analysis flags 417 rural hospitals as vulnerable to closure, and Delta towns near Memphis say long drives and slow ambulance times are already a reality.
Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke was booked in Cross County, Arkansas, on April 1 on both drug and traffic charges, according to jail records and local reports.
A Shelby County bomb squad used a countercharge to detonate an explosive found along the Wolf River Greenway at Germantown Parkway; authorities reported no injuries.
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Germantown aldermen approved a site plan for a roughly 2,975‑sq‑ft Hattie B’s at Germantown Village on Poplar Avenue. The build will include on‑site and bicycle parking, city records show.
A woman was struck and later died on Poplar Avenue near Aaron Brenner Drive Tuesday night. Police say the driver remained at the scene.
Delta Orthopaedics' Collierville and West Memphis offices appear to have closed abruptly, leaving patients and at least one scheduled surgery uncertain. Families are scrambling to get records and reschedule care.
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The Tennessee Supreme Court refused Wanda Halbert's appeal request, allowing an appeals-court reversal to stand and sending the ouster petition back to Shelby County court.
A Memphis man says he was jailed for about a month after police accused him of stealing cars he purchased from an impound; he’s now suing the city, two officers and Walmart.
A 9-year-old girl was shot on Glenroy Drive in Memphis' Richwood neighborhood and is in non-critical condition, police say. Deputies are investigating.
RowVaughn Wells' legal team asked a federal judge to remove five former Memphis officers from the civil‑rights lawsuit tied to Tyre Nichols' 2023 death, reshaping the long‑running case.
Sunny and unseasonably warm today with highs near 76°F; gusts and a warm spike Monday–Tuesday before storms arrive Wednesday.
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