Mother Charged With Fatally Stabbing Four Children in Memphis
A mother has been charged with stabbing to death her four children in a Memphis suburb on Friday afternoon.
St. Jude Brain Tumor Patient Is Injured And Arrested After TSA Encounter
A nineteen-year-old brain tumor patient was returning home on June 30, after her last treatment at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, when a bloody encounter at Memphis International Airport turned celebration into disaster. After setting off the metal detector, the disabled young woman was confused by the demands…
Are You Wearing Demonic Weave? Maybe You Should Pray Over It.
Memphis has a new crime trend: thieves have been stealing hair weave bundles, and these “hair heists” have resulted in at least four people being killed. According to a report by local station WMC Action News 5, though, some Tennesseans think they’ve identified the source of the problem: cursed hair.
Girl Slays Girl: An Excerpt From Alice + Freda Forever
In 1892, America was obsessed with a teenage murderess, but it wasn't her crime that shocked the nation—it was her motivation. Nineteen-year-old Alice Mitchell had planned to pass as a man to support her seventeen-year-old fiancée, Freda Ward.
Cop Robs Family of Make-A-Wish Foundation Donations
A police officer is accused of attempting to rob money given to a family by the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Princes William and Harry Reportedly Bearing Down on America
Heads up, Royals watchers: Princes William and (more importantly for the single ladies) Harry will very likely be in Memphis, Tennessee this weekend, attending the wedding of a friend.
Memphis Gets Sued Over 15,000 Lost Rape Kits. Oopsie-Daisy!
The city of Memphis is being sued for allegedly discarding (or otherwise losing) thousands and thousands (more than a dozen of thousands) of rape kits that they allowed to accumulate untested for decades. Happy Boxing Day, everyone!
Teen Girl Forced to Stand on Busy Corner Holding an 'I Steal From My Family' Sign
Kids usually don't think before they steal, but you can bet 13-year-old Natia Wade never thought she'd end up standing on the corner of a busy intersection holding up a hand-written sign that read, "I steal from my family." Wade, who lives in Memphis, ended up there after she racked up a record of taking things—mostly…
Memphis Belle: Aspiring "Kid Reporter" Wants Ann Curry's Cushy Job
This morning, Today informed 12-year-old Deidra Shores—live, via satellite—that she made the finals in the show's "Kid Reporter" contest. Deidra exploded with joy, and then got real about why she wants to work in broadcast journalism.
Poverty Drives The Tragic Infant Death Rate In Tennessee
The U.S. has the highest infant mortality rate of the world's 23 richest nations, and within the country, black babies die at three times the rate of white babies. On Friday, the
20/20 report "Babyland" focused on Memphis, the city with the highest infant death rate. Dr. Sheldon Korones, seen in the clip above, was…
Norway Catches CokeHead Under Wig • Trans Woman Beaten By Cops In Memphis
A British woman was arrested in Norway after the police discovered coke under her wig. It seems the Norwegian police have learned to check hair for drugs after that whole Amy WInehouse debacle. • Conservative Virginians are nervous about the popularity of gay marriage, because if it can happen in a conservative…
40 years ago today, Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was shot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis. (The picture here was taken the day before his assassination.) Dr. King was in Memphis to speak about poverty, and, in yesterday's Atlanta Journal-Constitution, King's son, Martin Luther King…
