Here’s everything you need to know going on in the Mid-South:
- Thursday afternoon at least four people in Shelby County were shot. Three were shot in Binghampton, and one was shot in Whitehaven.
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Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announced a curfew for bars, private clubs and restaurants with “on-premise” permits through Jan. 3.
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Here in Memphis, the Shelby County Health Department might release new coronavirus restrictions in the next few days.
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The Memphis Zoo announced their addition of a new baby giraffe, who is named after Memphis Grizzlies player Ja Morant. The new member of the zoo is named Ja Raffe.
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Yesterday, traffic came to a standstill all over East Memphis after a pedestrian was hit by a semi-truck on I-40. He was allegedly running from Memphis Police. Authorities are still searching for the passenger that got into the driver’s seat of the same car and escaped.
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A multi-million dollar civic center opened officially Thursday in Raleigh, replacing the former Raleigh Springs Mall. The new facility includes a skate park, a library, a lake, walking trails and a police precinct.
