Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk Heidi Kuhn told KWAM no place is "safe" after she became the latest victim of a carjacking. She was pumping her gas off Germantown Parkway Sunday evening when four men in two cars pulled up beside her. Police were able to find her...
A Memphis musician is setting the record straight, accusing the police of treating him like a thug committing a crime and not the victim of one. In an exclusive interview with KWAM Wednesday, Raheem Morrison, co-founder of a Christian hip-hop label, shared his side...
DEVELOPING: MLGW crews are up early this morning working to restore power for thousands of its customers Nearly 31,000 customers have been affected by the severe weather. View MLGW Outage Map here:...
A lot of people are falling for a new scam targeting AT&T and DirecTV customers, Daniel Irwin, BBB of the Mid South’s communications director, told “Wake Up Memphis” Wednesday. Irwin noted they've been notified of fake calls from phony AT&T workers who have...
The weather is warming up and so are ticket sales for Memphis In May with the recent release of the top headliners for this year's Beale Street Music Festival. Earth, Wind and Fire, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, The Lumineers and Greta Van Fleet are just some of...
The Memphis Police Department will honor the life and service of fallen Officer Geoffrey Redd Monday evening. The MPD will be holding a 15-mile "Sea of Blue" commemoration route throughout the city, starting at the Greater Community Temple COGIC at 6:30 p.m. It...
"Sextortion" email scams, which use fear and shame to target younger people, are on the rise, Daniel Irwin, BBB of the Mid South’s communications director, told “Wake Up Memphis” Wednesday. The trending scam consists of fake and threatening emails to expose...
Shelby County is one step closer to a reparations plan for black citizens. County commissioners met Wednesday night to approve funds for a $5 million study to evaluate the most effective way to create and establish reparations. It resulted in a 8-3-2 vote. Those...
A Memphis Circle K gas station manager told local media her store gets hit with theft every day -- totaling 17,000 short on inventory. Store manager Melanie Jackson was responding to a media report on a man arrested for eating two bags of stolen chips earlier in...
Reverend Autora Eason-Williams' killer is out on bond and back on the streets. Court records show 16-year-old Miguel Andrade, who was charged as an adult, posted $200,000 bond last week. He was fifteen at the time of the murder last July when Williams was shot...
