Thursday, January 21, 2016

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  • Ruthless Drug Lord El Chapo helped Craig Petties move drugs onto ...

    Ruthless Drug Lord El Chapo helped Craig Petties move drugs onto ...
    Please enable Javascript to watch this video MEMPHIS, Tenn. --  One of the world's most notorious drug kingpins is linked to Memphis. Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, better known as just El Chapo, is now behind bars in Mexico. However, that's not where his story or crimes end. WREG uncovered how El Chapo helped Memphis' most infamous gangster. El Chapo is the most powerful drug lord in the world and his ties to the Mid-South are rooted in South Memphis. WREG found a branch of his cartel was bl..
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  • Fight Between Overton Park Advocates and Memphis Zoo Heats Up

    Fight Between Overton Park Advocates and Memphis Zoo Heats Up
    The cold war between Memphis Zoo officials and Overton Park advocates sparked last week, igniting a blaze that roared all over social media and culminated in a Saturday protest even as Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland called for calm. The Zoo uses the park's Greensward, a large field next to Rainbow Lake, for overflow parking about 65 days a year. A group called Get Off Our Lawn (GOOL) called for the practice to end when they formed in 2014 and staged a number of sit-in style protests on ..
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  • East Memphis neighborhood has had 150 home break-ins since ...

    East Memphis neighborhood has had 150 home break-ins since ...
    Please enable Javascript to watch this video EAST MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- People in an East Memphis neighborhood said they are at war with burglars, and the criminals are winning. Hannah Harrison lost almost everything she owned when thieves broke into her home on Woodston. "We were out for the night. We got home late, and when I got to the back side door into the carport it was busted out, the windows were busted out. The door was open." WREG learned there have been around 150 break-ins and r..
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  • Man on the run after robbing 2 southeast Memphis businesses

    Man on the run after robbing 2 southeast Memphis businesses
    Man on the run after robbing 2 southeast Memphis businesses Updated: Jan 20, 2016 - 9:45 PM Two southeast Memphis businesses were robbed within less than an hour, and police believe the same suspect committed both crimes. At 6:25 p.m., police were called to a robbery at Metro PCS in the 1500 block of Getwell. The suspect came in armed with a black handgun and took cash from the register. At 7:20 p.m., the Texaco in the 1200 block of Getwell was robbed. The armed suspect ente..
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  • Drugs and stolen guns found at Memphis business, owner's home

    Drugs and stolen guns found at Memphis business, owner's home
    Updated: Jan 20, 2016 - 10:09 PM The owner of a Harley Davidson bike shop in Memphis is behind bars after guns and drugs were found in the business. On January 19, police executed a warrant at Cali Harley Davidson in the 3600 block of Goodlett. The owner, Kenneth Gammage, was the target of the investigation. According to the arrest affidavit, Gammage was taken into custody when officers entered the business. As a result of the search, officer found three pounds of marijuana ins..
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  • Strickland announces Rallings as interim Memphis police director

    Strickland announces Rallings as interim Memphis police director
      Memphis Police Deputy Chief Michael “Mike” Rallings will serve as interim police director beginning Feb. 1, replacing Toney Armstrong, Mayor Jim Strickland announced Thursday. Rallings, who was appointed deputy chief in 2009, joined the academy in 1990 and served as a patrolman after graduation.  Strickland said he hopes to hire a permanent replacement in four to eight months, but hasn’t hired a firm yet to conduct the national job search. Armstrong, who stood beside Rallings and Strickland ..
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  • Winter Storm Heads for Memphis

    Winter Storm Heads for Memphis
    click to enlarge A winter storm warning has been issued for Shelby County by the National Weather Service and the storm has the "potential to cause lots of problems," according to local emergency management officials. The warning begins at 12 a.m. Friday and ends at 9 a.m. Friday. “We’re expecting snow and strong winds, which will make driving hazardous," said Dale Lane, Director of the Shelby County Office of Preparedness. "Our staff will be coordinating the response efforts with the Me..
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  • Helmsman roundtable: Memphis basketball

    Helmsman roundtable: Memphis basketball
    The Tigers men’s basketball team is 17 games into their 2015-16 season and have complied a 12-5 record. The Daily Helmsman asked its three sports reporters Austin Reynolds, J.T. Mullen and our newest addition Chip Williams on their thoughts of what’s been an interesting season for Josh Pastner’s squad and their predictions for Thursday’s game against Cincinnati.Has Memphis basketball (12-5) exceeded, underperformed or been where you expected them to be 17 games into the season?AR: Slightly exce..
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  • Memphis representative files legislation to abolish Achievement ...

    Memphis representative files legislation to abolish Achievement ...
    Please enable Javascript to watch this video NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- State Representative Antonio Parkinson, a Memphis democrat, is teaming up with Republican Senator Frank Niceley to abolish the Achievement School District. The ASD is the state-run turnaround system that aims to get schools out of the bottom five percent. Parkinson told WREG he believes the ASD is not accomplishing what it set out to do. The ASD's website lists 29 schools.Twenty-seven of those are in Shelby County. Parkinso..
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  • Study shows poor Memphis roadways cost drivers

    Study shows poor Memphis roadways cost drivers
    by: Sarah Bleau Updated: Jan 19, 2016 - 6:30 PM The poor conditions of Memphis’ roads and bridges is costing each driver $1,800 a year, according to TRIP, a Washington, D.C. based transportation organization. The study reached that amount by measuring accelerated vehicle depreciation, repair costs, increased fuel consumption and tire wear. The group also found 40 percent of Tennessee’s major local- and state-maintained urban roads are in poor, mediocre or fair condition; in Memphis, ..
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At a glance: University of Memphis vs. Cincinnati .Accounting firm moving to E. Memphis from Germantown .
Memphis marks Martin Luther King holiday with services, parade .One person critical after stabbing in North Memphis .

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