City of Memphis not ready to reveal pool safety changes three week before...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Pools like L.E. Brown have been locked up since last summer, but what happened here last July may change pool rules. Thirteen-year-old Cedric Walton climbed over the locked fence...
View Article“It’s 10:00. Do you know where your children are?”
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- At a time when there is growing concern about crime in Memphis, a little reminder can go a long way. It's 10:00; a time when parents should know where their children are. "He just...
View ArticleTalking Crime with Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Our first question for Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland was whether he has kept his campaign promise to crack down on crime. "Absolutely. We have done everything the city can do to...
View ArticleMayor to reveal list of Police Director candidates by Friday
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland made it clear on WREG's Live at 9, he's sticking with his August date of having a police Director. "What I said the whole time is I will have a police...
View ArticleDoes transparency exist at City Hall?
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland's administration began the week backtracking on a new policy of escorting reporters around City Hall for prearranged interviews. But by week's end, the...
View ArticleCity Council discusses panhandling ordinance
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Changes could soon be coming to Memphis' panhandling laws. City Councilman Philip Spinosa drafted an ordinance about panhandling because he says he saw a need. "It's designed to get...
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Black, white musicians united for racial harmony before and after turbulent...
MEMPHIS, Tenn-- In 1968, it was a time of racial strife and tension in Memphis and other segregated southern cities. Legendary songwriter and producer David Porter, along with Isaac Hayes, worked at...
View ArticleCrosstown Concourse opening set for Aug. 19
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Ninety years after it first opened as Sears Crosstown, the newly renovated Crosstown Concourse will officially reopen Aug. 19 with more than 20 musical acts and the screening of a...
View ArticleOpponents and supporters of Memphis’ Confederate statues plan to attend state...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — When Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland travels to Athens, Tennessee on Friday to talk to the Tennessee Historical Commission about taking down Confederate statues, he won't be the only...
View ArticleTennessee Historical Commission denies City of Memphis waiver to remove...
ATHENS, TN – The 29 members of the Tennessee Historical Commission got an earful at the Living Heritage Museum in Athens, Tennessee about Memphis statues, but it didn’t go quite go the way the City of...
View ArticleMemphis City Council presses for action plan on Confederate statues
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Members of the Memphis City Council say Confederate statues in the city are a nuisance and need to come down. Right now statues of Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest and...
View ArticleMayor Strickland on body found on MPD impound lot: ‘That was a violation, a...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Mayor Jim Strickland called for an immediate investigation after a van that was in the Memphis Police Department’s impound lot was found to have a body inside. Police didn't find it...
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Mayor Strickland responds to CNN pundit’s criticisms at ‘I Am Memphis’ event
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The mayor is responding to backlash he heard at the “I Am Memphis” commemoration this weekend. It came from one of the city’s own guest speakers, CNN Commentator Angela Rye. Angela...
View ArticleSanford: What the Rye, Strickland debate tells us about Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — This year's observance of Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination - known as MLK50 - will be full of speeches, panel discussions and rallies, but another important aspect of this...
View ArticleLive at 9: Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
On this day 50 years ago, civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Junior was shot and killed right here in Memphis. It’s now the site of the National Civil Rights Museum where a day of remembrance...
View ArticleLive at 9: Shelby County Elections, Watercooler Wednesday & Something Rotten
Mayor Jim Strickland Mayor Jim Strickland joins us in studio to talk about Willie Herenton’s recent announcement about running for mayor, pre-K funding and other hot topics right now in the city of...
View ArticleCity promises quick fix for trash piled up in Cordova
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Mayor Jim Strickland apologized Monday to residents in Cordova who complain they haven’t had trash picked up in weeks, and promised to solve the problem. Several viewers in the...
View ArticleCompany to invest $5.4 million in Whitehaven park revitalization project
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Whitehaven residents and visitors will soon have a new place to enjoy the great outdoors. On Monday, BlueCross Blue Shield of Tennessee announced a $5.4 million investment that will be...
View ArticleMemphis father says delayed 911 response time put his family at risk
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The shortage of Memphis police officers could put you in danger, just like the family of Michael Mosby. The father of four said a slow response from Memphis police left his family...
View ArticlePolice earn hefty overtime pay to protect Memphis mayor
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Police Department has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in overtime to provide 24 hour security for Mayor Jim Strickland. The Commercial Appeal reports the city...
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