Friday, July 8, 2016

Even some Memphis Police Officers say they're hesitant to live in the ... and other top stories.

  • Even some Memphis Police Officers say they're hesitant to live in the ...

    Please enable Javascript to watch this video MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- It's a hot button topic. Should new Memphis employees, including police officers and fighters, be required to live in the city limits? Right now, new hires can live anywhere in Shelby County. WREG found out why employees, even police officers, are hesitant to live where they work. Mike Williams with the Memphis Police Association said although he lives in the city, even he is having second thoughts. "I live a little further o..
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  • Former 2017 Tigers commitment Khalil Garland still considering ...

    Former 2017 Tigers commitment Khalil Garland still considering ...
    By Jason Smith of The Commercial Appeal Posted: Yesterday 8:17 p.m. 6 NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. — When Team Penny guard Khalil Garland committed to the University of Memphis in March after an official visit, much of the Little Rock Parkview High star's decision was based on the close relationships he'd forged with then-Tigers coaches Josh Pastner and Robert Kirby. So it was no surprise when Garland decommitted from Memphis in April after Pastner became head coach at Georgia Tech and K..
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  • Corps of Engineers sets change of command in Memphis

    Corps of Engineers sets change of command in Memphis
    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The Army Corps of Engineers in Memphis is holding a change of command ceremony next week. The Memphis District says Col. Jeffery A. Anderson will transfer command of the district to Col. Michael A. Ellicott Jr. The ceremony is set for 10 a.m. Thursday at the Columns at One Commerce Square in Memphis and is open to the public. The district says it has been in service since 1882 and has 450 employees who work to minimize flood risk, keep the Mississippi River open for naviga..
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  • Memphis police identify two officers who shot suspects

    Memphis police identify two officers who shot suspects
    By Jody Callahan of The Commercial Appeal Posted: Yesterday 6:57 p.m. 0 Memphis police officials have identified the two officers who shot and critically wounded a pair of suspects during an attempted robbery June 25. Around 11:10 that night, Guy Hendree, 42, and Fredrick Martin, 41, shot and wounded two suspects in a robbery at the Pizza Hut at 5376 Knight Arnold Road, police said. Martez Brisco, 25, and Robert Miller, 20, were both hit by gunfire. They both survived, and have ..
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  • NAACP in Memphis reacts to officer involved shootings across the ...

    NAACP in Memphis reacts to officer involved shootings across the ...
    Please enable Javascript to watch this video MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The governor of Minnesota says he doesn't think Philando Castile would be dead if he'd been a white man. Local mothers and fathers said due to the recent violence, they're forced to have a conversation with their young black children. The NAACP in Memphis also spoke out Thursday releasing the following statement: Again we view the senseless killing of African Americans by police officers in Baton Rouge, LA and St. Paul MN. W..
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  • Memphis' eyes in the sky

    Memphis' eyes in the sky
    The Memphis Police Department and City Council are considering a change that will impact the fortunes of local businesses and the future of policing.
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  • Richardson Towers 'part of our past' for many former University of ...

    Richardson Towers 'part of our past' for many former University of ...
    By Jennifer Pignolet of The Commercial Appeal Posted: Yesterday 6:15 p.m. 1 Brad McCollum remembers throwing water balloons out his ninth-story window and into the room of a friend on the 10th floor. Jennifer Weaver remembers the peculiar after-party smell in the elevators, and finding ways to sneak into the boys-only sections. Stephen Hackett remembers having to choose between a middle-of-the-night trip for doughnuts or sleeping in his car after the fire alarm went off at 2 a.m..
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  • Annual MEM passenger numbers projected to surpass Delta hub days

    Annual MEM passenger numbers projected to surpass Delta hub days
    As the final month of the 2016 fiscal year is analyzed, Memphis International Airport is projected to achieve annual boarded passenger numbers that rival the ...
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  • Memphis man gets maximum sentence for molesting young girl

    Memphis man gets maximum sentence for molesting young girl
    Dwight Gossett × Memphis man gets maximum sentence for molesting young girl MEMPHIS, Tenn — A Memphis man has been given the maximum sentence for molesting a young girl. Dwight Gossett, 70, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison without parole. In February, Gossett was convicted of molesting a young girl at his home. In 2012, he was convicted of two counts of aggravated sexual battery for that girl and her sister. The Court of Criminal Appeals, however, overturned that conviction. Pr..
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  • TBI: Deputies shot man with knife in Cordova industrial park | VIDEO

    TBI: Deputies shot man with knife in Cordova industrial park | VIDEO
    By Katie Fretland and Jody Callahan of The Commercial Appeal Updated: Yesterday 5:35 p.m. 13 Two Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies opened fire on a man with a knife Thursday afternoon after an incident in Cordova. The man, identified as Edmond Studdard, survived the shooting and was taken to the Regional Medical Center. His condition was unknown Thursday afternoon. This marks at least the third non-fatal shooting by area law enforcement in recent weeks; the other two were by offi..
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