Group to protest against Memphis in May BBQ contest
Please enable Javascript to watch this video MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Amid the smoke and celebration at the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, Keedran Franklin says it`s a "pig deal" and enough is enough. "The event is not really geared towards people of color, oppressed or poor people." He's worried about the dollars and who's keeping it, hence the title of Saturday's protest, "Stop Hogging The Bread." He and the Coalition of Concerned Citizens are taking action. He sa..>> view originalMemphis rapper Blac Youngsta released on bond after shooting
CLOSE A mix of rappers, sports stars and other entertainers including Snoop Dogg and Joe Montana teamed up in San Francisco to speak against gun violence. (May 30) APMemphis rapper Blac Youngsta(Photo: Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office)Memphis rapper Blac Youngsta has been released from a North Carolina jail after he turned himself in earlier this week on charges stemming from a shooting incident earlier this year involving another Memphis rapper, Young Dolph, authorities said.Blac You..>> view originalThief steals from couple passing through Memphis to see newborn
Please enable Javascript to watch this video MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Karen Clarke is trying to stay strong. Her vehicle, the motorcycle and the trailer they were towing carrying gifts for their newborn grandson, was stolen from the Northeast Memphis motel parking lot where she was staying. It was hard for her to talk about it Friday. "He`s six weeks old and we haven`t met him yet. So just had a lot of stuff and we were planning a big trip." The items in the trailer were personal. Among the ele..>> view original5 cocktails that are so Memphis
CLOSE The famous Rubber Ducky Cocktail is topped with a floating souvenir but what's really in the drink? Wayne Risher/The Commercial AppealThe Peabody lobby's dayside bartender Julie Grayson and the Rubber Ducky cocktail(Photo: Wayne Risher / Commercial Appeal)The Peabody's bar manager Anthony Petrina, fresh off a five-year stint as duckmaster, was looking for a cocktail to mark National Rubber Ducky Day on Jan. 13. Petrina, whose mother is from the Caribbean, came up with the Rubber Du..>> view originalWoman charged with defrauding Memphis law firm out of $400000
Woman charged with defrauding Memphis law firm out of $400,000 Updated: May 19, 2017 - 10:24 PM An Olive Branch woman is charged with defrauding a law firm and its owner of more than $400,000. DOWNLOAD THE FOX13 NEWS APP Trending Now: Misty West, 40, was the office manager, bookkeeper and paralegal at the Fowler Law Firm. The business is located on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in Memphis. Over an almost 5-year period, West was stealing from her place of work. Accord..>> view originalThe Beifuss File: Stop driving yourself crazy, Memphis, and walk this ...
CLOSE Memphis Zoo officials threatened to withhold their half of the $500,000 needed to design a parking lot expansion to end the controversial parking of cars on the Overton Park greensward during peak days. WochitBuy PhotoA visitor to Overton Park pushes a stroller to her car in the Memphis Zoo's overflow parking in 2013. The field, now known far and wide as the greensward, has become a battleground and the subject of tense public, private and social media gatherings.(Photo: Brandon Di..>> view originalMemphis Weather: Scattered showers and storms expected in the ...
by: Lindsey Monroe, Brittani Dubose, Joey Sulipeck Updated: May 19, 2017 - 10:25 PM Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms will remain active overnight tonight and into tomorrow. On and off rain cells will rumble through Saturday and Sunday morning before exiting by midday Sunday. A warmer Saturday, a cooler Sunday, a beautiful Monday. TONIGHT: Scattered showers – Low 73 TOMORROW: Scattered showers – High 86 EXTENDED FORECAST: Stray showers will be possible on Saturday mornin..>> view originalA "Sweet Kind of Blue" -- In Search of the Memphis Groove
When tourists visit Memphis, they might spend the day soaking in the music history. But when musicians make "the pilgrimage" to a famed recording studio, it's about finding the groove. Just ask U.K. recording artist Emily Barker. Though born in a small town in western Australia, Barker still had the Memphis blues. At least, once in a while. An annual hometown blues festival gave her a taste of that southern U.S. sound. When the singer-songwriter started her own musical journey, it was the fol..>> view originalWhen is the most dangerous time of the day in Memphis?
by: Jim Spiewak Updated: May 19, 2017 - 6:57 PM MEMPHIS, Tenn. - There’s one 3-hour stretch that is more violent than any other. There were more than 100,000 crimes reported to Memphis police in 2016. DOWNLOAD THE FOX13 NEWS APP Trending Now: We asked Memphians what three hour stretch they think sees the most rapes, murders, assaults, robberies, drug, gang and weapon related crimes? We got many answers like 10:00 p.m. -1:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. The answer is actually ..>> view originalEditorial: Addressing Memphis' Most Important Crime Issue
VOL. 10 | NO. 21 | Saturday, May 20, 2017 The Memphis News Editorial Editorial: Addressing Memphis' Most Important Crime Issue Updated 2:17PM If Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings could snap his fingers and suddenly have a police force of 2,500 officers, that in and of itself probably wouldn’t have stopped what happened the night of May 12 in Midtown or a day later in Whitehaven. A man described later by his family as bipolar and obsessed with stalking and harming a f..>> view original
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