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City of Memphis hires former NYPD chief as public safety consultant
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A former New York City Police (NYPD) patrol chief is now a consultant for Memphis Mayor Paul Young's public safety team. The contract on the city's website said that Pichardo will work for five months consulting with city officials and Interim Memphis Police Chief CJ Davis on their public safety strategy. It's a strategy Mayor Young wants to be holistic.
Family speaks out after double shooting leaves several injured in Mississippi
CLARKSDALE, Miss. — The Clarksdale Police Department is investigating after two homes were shot at on Monday, leaving four people injured including a six-month-old girl. “After the shooting stopped, my grandbaby wouldn’t stop crying, so I flipped her over and checked her out and she had been shot in the back,” one of the shooting […]
Paradise turns into uncertainty for Mississippians left stranded at airport for a week by global computer glitch
A group of 20 Mississippians was stranded in the Caribbean for nearly a week after a global computer glitch canceled their flight home. Delta will fly them home soon, and they will have quite the story to tell. Andrea Beeson Waldrop of Brookhaven has shared the saga in a series...
Marchello Moore Sentenced to 210 Years in Prison for Robbery Crime Spree
A Memphis man Marchello Moore was sentenced to 210 years in prison for a series of business robberies, according to the United States Department of Justice. The Department of Justice reported that 43-year-old Marchello Moore escaped from a halfway house and embarked on a robbery spree in March 2022. In February 2024, Moore was convicted of eight counts of robbery, eight counts of using a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and one count of attempted robbery. He had previously pled guilty to escaping from federal custody at the halfway house where he was serving a sentence for business and bank robberies committed in 2014.
Man accused of terrorizing family for months charged with attempted murder
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man accused of terrorizing his ex-girlfriend and her family for months was booked in the Shelby County jail Wednesday on nearly a dozen charges in at least six different incidents. Jakeel Perkins, 28, is facing charges of criminal attempted second-degree murder, reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, using a firearm to […]
Man accused of shooting ex at her job over break-up
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police say a man went to his ex-girlfriend’s workplace and shot her after she told him she no longer wanted to date him. Sherwon Newsom, 34, was booked in the Shelby County Jail Wednesday for attempted second-degree murder and is being held on a $500,000 bond. The shooting happened on June 8 […]
Timeline: Abortion amendment lawsuit in Arkansas
The group Arkansans for Limited Government has been fighting to get an abortion amendment on the November 2024 ballot, which has become a legal battle between it and Secretary of State John Thurston.
Arkansas secretary of agriculture asks attorney general to investigate possible Chinese ownership of Sebastian County business
Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Wes Ward is asking Attorney General Tim Griffin to investigate a Sebastian County business for Chinese government ties.
Martin Luther King Jr. Commission talks about home ownership
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Homebuying has been a constant problem and challenge for many, especially in today's economy. To remedy this, the Martin Luther King Jr. Commission has partnered with US Bank to assist Arkansans who may not have the best chances to buy a house. They work with...
ASP release details regarding 4-hour standoff in Prairie County
PRAIRIE COUNTY (KATV) — UPDATE: 1:50 p.m. (7/26/24) ASP held a press conference today at 1:30 p.m. about the shooting that took place July 25 in De Valls Bluff. The suspect was identified as 32 year-old Darrel Lawayne Esau II, who was wanted on warrants for first-degree and attempted murder, and had been wanted by law enforcement for over a year.
ASP: Tennessee men arrested in West Memphis after police chase in stolen car, guns and drugs found
Two Tennessee men are facing felony charges after Arkansas State Police said they were arrested in West Memphis following a police chase in a stolen car.
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