Here’s everything you need to know going on in the Mid-South:
- It was another violent weekend in Memphis with at least five shootings. The latest victim included a woman found gunned down in a Motel 6 in Whitehaven. So far there have been over 245 shootings this year, breaking the all-time record and making Memphis one of the most dangerous cities in America.
- As the winter approaches, we’re having a coronavirus spike here in Shelby County. The health department says we surpassed 36,000 cases total Sunday. The country as a whole just recorded its highest number in a day, over 83,000.
- Rhodes College graduate Amy Coney Barrett is expected to become a Supreme Court justice today. The full Senate is scheduled to confirm the mother of seven this afternoon. Barrett will fill the seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
- ‘Wake Up Memphis’ welcomed its new host, Tim Van Horn. Listen to the action-packed podcast here!
