After about a one-year pilot phase, the City of Memphis says it's ready for more electric scooters. This week, the city announced an expansion of its Shared Mobility Program.
The Shelby County Commission recently approved a plan to buy 325 new SkyCop cameras for $1.6 million. That figure is more than twice what Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris asked for in his budget proposal.
Police on Tuesday were looking into two recent instances captured on video clips widely circulated on social media that show four on-duty officers — all sent to break up unruly gatherings around open fire hydrants during a recent heat wave — getting soaked themselves as onlookers jeer.
Brandon Theesfeld, 22, was captured on video recorded by Jake Thompson, a reporter with the Oxford Eagle, as deputies escorted Theesfeld from the courthouse in Oxford.
Tuesday, some of the world's top golfers took time out of their preparation for the tournament to visit the children at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court by former Shelby County Deputy Charles Eldridge, says he suffered two overdoses from Fentanyl exposure while working as a narcotics deputy.
