A Tipton County preschool assistant pleaded guilty to assaulting a non‑verbal student and was given six months of probation, court records show.

A Lexington man wanted in Arkansas on child‑sex‑related charges was arrested in Henderson County after task‑force officers tracked him to Wildersville. Officials tied the capture to Operation Trident.

A Memphis man says an MLGW investigator fired six shots and injured his pit bull in a Treadwell Street backyard; the dog was later euthanized and the owner says he may sue.

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.

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.

A West Memphis officer was arrested in Memphis on misdemeanor domestic battery charges and placed off duty as investigations proceed.

Shots rang out on Washington Avenue in Midtown; neighbors say a confrontation over alleged car break‑ins turned into gunfire. Police detained one person and reported no injuries.

A 37-year-old former DeSoto County elementary teacher was sentenced to nine years in federal prison after prosecutors say child sexual-abuse images were found on his devices.

Three people were arrested after a Covington shooting that left one man hospitalized and multiple vehicles damaged. Two suspects are being held without bond.

A man remains in critical condition after an early-morning shooting near Prescott Road and Sharpe Avenue. Police describe a male suspect and are seeking tips.

Officers responded to the 300 block of East Brooks Road after an overnight shooting; the victim was later pronounced dead at a hospital, authorities say.

A Sikeston man was arrested after police say searches turned up about 13 pounds of meth, hundreds of grams of cocaine, guns and drug paraphernalia during a multiagency probe.

A pedestrian was seriously injured in a hit-and-run in Memphis' Medical District Monday night. Police are asking witnesses to call CrimeStoppers at 901‑528‑CASH.