Click here to download the free KWAM News APP for breaking news coverage, traffic reports and severe weather alerts. Ever since the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, online church has risen in popularity. It seems to offer a lot of benefits: staying in pajamas, cozying...
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...
DEVELOPING STORY: A woman was injured when she was carjacked in broad daylight at a Kroger gas station off Germantown Parkway in Cordova. The attack happened around 1:30 p.m. The carjackers stole a blue Nissan Maxima. The motorist was taken to a nearby hospital in...
Dr. Anthony Fauci announced his resignation Monday as chief medical advisor to President Biden and the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The following is Fauci’s statement: I am announcing today that I will be stepping down from...
Rep. Liz Cheney's loss was a referendum against establishment Republicans, conservative political contributor Scottie Hughes told Wake Up Memphis. Cheney, the vice-chair of the Jan. 6 committee, lost in a landslide to Trump-endorsed Harriet Hageman in the Wyoming...
UPDATE: A librarian was taken to Regional One in non-critical condition and two other adults were taken to the hospital as a precaution. A portion of the roof at a Memphis Elementary school collapsed Monday, injuring three adults. The Memphis Fire Department...
The House of Representatives will take a vote on the "Inflation Reduction Act" Friday, a controversial piece of legislation that Rep. David Kustoff (R-TN) is calling "the Democrats' Inflation Expansion Act." Kustoff joined Wake Up Memphis hours before the vote,...
UPDATE: Officials report there were "multiple shots fired by both suspect and officers" as the incident is ongoing. The suspect is wearing body armor and a gray shirt, the News Journal reports. Law enforcement are trying to get an armed man who allegedly tried to...
President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19, the White House announced Thursday morning. https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1550125959277228035?s=20&t=qhQjRLgALUnuXbTecX62bQ White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre released a statement following the...
A bomb explosion in a Germantown neighborhood last night has residents on edge this morning. Germantown police were called to the area of Farmington and Cordes after reports of an explosion Wednesday evening. One bomb detonated; the other bomb was defused by the...
