Judge Joe Brown told KWAM he will fire Memphis Police Chief CJ Davis if he's elected in October. "Yes," Brown replied to KWAM's Ben Deeter when asked if he would send Davis to the unemployment line. "Now why do we have [Davis] as a chief and we have a number of...
Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant has been benched until further notice. The star player facing all sorts of controversy for embracing the thug life. Most recently showing off a gun inside a nightclub. He's also been accused in other altercations that were...
A drag queen and a transgender activist were arrested for their bad behavior during Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's visit to Memphis Wednesday, Memphis police tell KWAM. Lee was speaking at a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new YMCA in Whitehaven when the two men started...
The Bluff City is the most dangerous city in America, according to a new study. Property Club, a property investment guide, ranked the top ten cities for most crime and found Memphis at the top of the list. The most dangerous city in the USA is Memphis, Tennessee....
Dr. Alveda King, the niece of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said her uncle’s message in 2022 would be the same one he shared 60 years ago: We are one blood. “He believed Acts 17:26 “From one blood, God made all the people,” she told KWAM morning...
One item on the legislative agenda for the 113th General Assembly is adding choice lanes to Nashville and Memphis. Drivers in Tennessee's major cities would pay to get around traffic by taking the toll lanes on the interstate. Leaders believe the toll lanes will...
If you heard loud pops into the wee hours of the New Year's Day celebrations, those were gunshots, not firecrackers. The Memphis Police Department told WMC-TV, they received 609 unconfirmed "shots fired" calls from between 9:00 p.m New Year's Eve until 6:00 a.m New...
KWAM host Todd Starnes criticized Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy's new review board investigating officer-involved shootings. Starnes told "Wake Up Memphis" it was "nonsense." "My question to Mulroy is 'What exactly is there to investigate here, are...
DEVELOPING STORY: A Memphis police officer was injured and a suspect shot following a bizarre incident Monday in North Memphis. Police said they received a call just before 11 a.m. about several armed people stealing a car in North Memphis, television station WREG...
Memphis Showboats football will be coming back to Memphis in 2023. The Tampa Bay Bandits football team is relocating to Memphis to become the Memphis Showboats, the United States Football League announced Tuesday morning....
