A Memphis Councilwoman ripped parents of teenagers causing chaos across the city. Yolanda Cooper-Sutton described the lawless children as being on “demon time.” That phrase is used to describe what happens after 10 p.m. “These children do not mind dying because they...

DEVELOPING STORY: There's been a mass shooting at a block party in Orange Mound. The shooting happened at an unauthorized block party in Orange Mound. At least 16 people were shot and two people were killed. Video below shows the moment gunfire broke out. This page...

Big news dropped Friday morning for University of Memphis athletics that impacts the present and the future of the school. FedEx announced it's committing $5 million a year for U of M athletes to contribute to their name, image and likeness fund (NIL) over the next...

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) didn't mince words when it came to his fellow congress members' actions this week with foreign aid bills. "Somebody's getting rich off of it," he told KWAM. While many folks call Congress "the Swamp," Burchett said it's more accurately "an...

A fundraising effort has been launched to raise money for the family of Officer Joseph McKinney, the Memphis Police officer who was gunned down by an 18-year-old suspect early Friday morning. The Memphis Police Association Charitable Foundation is raising money for...

DEVELOPING: Following a shootout with two suspects at 2 AM Friday morning, one Memphis police officer has been pronounced deceased, as well as one of the suspects. Two other officers were also shot. One was treated at the scene, and the other is at Regional One in...

George Washington has triggered Memphis lawmakers. Shelby County Commissioner Henri Brooks declared President's Day as racist, sponsoring a resolution which would rename Presidents Day to “Friends and Employee Holiday.” The resolutional was titled “Racial Exclusion...

DOWNLOAD THE FREE KWAM APP - WHERE MEMPHIS GOES FOR BREAKING NEWS JUST IN: OJ Simpson Dead at 76 “On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer,” the family wrote on social media Thursday morning. — KWAM News Radio 990 AM...

Grand Ole Opry Hall of Famer T. Graham Brown, Ron and Leona Williams and Stevie Lee Woods are set to take the stage in Memphis, performing one night only to support the Madonna Learning Center. The Circle of Love Concert is Tuesday, April 16th at 7 p.m at The Great...

A Memphis pastor called for reparations for descendants of slaves in the Volunteer State. Rev. Earle Fisher, a far-left pastor at Abyssinian Baptist Church, is leading the charge --  filing a petition against a bill that would ban the study of reparations in...