A federal judge ruled to replace a private attorney who monitors the Memphis Police Department with two lawyers employed by the city.

East Shelby Drive has been shut down due to an accident involving a pedestrian, according to the Memphis Police Department.

A spokesperson for the department said that the 37-year veteran was found unresponsive in Downtown Memphis. He was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

President Trump is back in the Oval Office – and the room looks very similar to how it appeared in his first term. Chief Davis has served as the interim head of MPD for a little more than a year.

The Memphis City Council Tuesday reappointed Cerelyn "C.J." Davis as police chief. She spent the previous year as MPD's interim chief.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis City Council members voted to approve Cerelyn 'C.J.' Davis as the Memphis Police Department chief one year after being tagged as the interim. Davis was confirmed unanimously by the council after previously being moved to an interim tag when Mayor Paul Young assumed office in January 2024.

The U.S. Department of Justice is pausing all active litigation being done by its civil rights division. How could this freeze affect Memphis' cases?

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man is dead following a shooting in northeast Memphis, according to the Memphis Police Department. Officers said they responded to a shooting call at the 3900 block of Jackson Ave. around 6 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Memphis Police and law enforcement from around the region said goodbye to their fallen brother Wednesday night. Officer Charles Cathey, who died last week of an on-the-job medical emergency, was honored with a sea of blue procession around the city.

A year after the Memphis City Council wanted to remove C.J. Davis from her position, they voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve her as the permanent police chief. CJ Davis showed up to work on Wednesday no longer as interim,

A 17-year-old boy armed with a pistol, identified by authorities as Solomon Henderson, fired several shots in the cafeteria. A female student, 16-year-old Josselin Corea Escalante, was killed and a boy was grazed on his arm. Henderson then shot himself in the head and was fatally wounded.

Advocates say fear of deportation has made undocumented immigrants less likely to report crime and creates anxiety for blended families.