Tennessee Tech University is under fire after its theatre department put on a drag show for children. Landon Starbuck, the wife of former Tennessee's 5th Congressional District candidate Robby Starbuck, posted the disturbing video to social media, slamming the...
Memphis mayor Jim Strickland is calling for tougher juvenile crime laws following violent weeks of crime across the city. "We all know 201 Poplar and are adult prisons are a revolving door, juvenile crime is a revolving door on steroids," Strickland told "Wake Up...
Thousands of people put on their running shoes early Friday morning and finished Eliza Fletcher's run that ended abruptly one week ago today. "The run this morning gave Memphians a reason to stay here," said State Senate Candidate Brent Taylor said on Wake Up...
NEW: A West Memphis nurse has been identified as one of the victims of Wednesday's rampage shooting. Allison Parker was one of the four people killed after 19-year-old Ezekiel Kelly terrorized Memphis. "Our office is grieving the loss of our medical assistant,...
The running community will honor the memory of 34-year-old Liza Fletcher by finishing her routine run that ended tragically. Organizers say they created the run to cope with the fear they felt after the Memphis runner was snatched during her early morning run near...
DEVELOPING: A Command Center has been moved and set up near the house where witnesses say Cleotha Abston cleaned out a car used in the kidnapping of Eliza Fletcher. https://twitter.com/BriaJonesTV/status/1566927912049287168?s=20&t=wEWsErRvWP6Rdv8Oj6TLfA...
DEVELOPING: TBI Investigators are asking residents near the McDonald's on Perkins for any video footage to help find the kidnapped jogger. A resident in the area told KWAM exclusively they got a knock on their door this evening asking them to turn over video...
University of Memphis students recieved a disturbing email Friday morning from school officials, alerting them of a kidnapping that occurred near campus. Memphis police say Eliza Fletcher, 34, was jogging in the area of Central and Zach Curlin near the university...
Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich (R) passed the torch to progressive DA-elect Steve Mulroy Wednesday. Weirich gave some parting advice to her successor on Wake Up Memphis this morning. "When I met with him, one of the pieces of advice I gave to him......
Hundreds of Shelby County drivers are waiting in long lines at after the clerk's office reopened Monday following a week-long closure. County Clerk Wanda Halbert is under fire for shutting down the offices last week while vacationing in Jamaica. AWOL: Wanda Halbert...
