Memphis Police Association Vice President John Covington joined KWAM's "Wake Up Memphis" to discuss the current state of the local police department, as well as the issue of crime facing the city as a whole. "This is a really tough time, morale is not good,"...
Shelby County Commissioner Mick Wright joined "Wake Up Memphis" with Ben Deeter to talk about his calls for General Sessions Judge Bill Anderson to step down. The judge has already been reprimanded by the state once for his soft-on-crime rulings. "He's on the wrong...
The Memphis Police Association has filed a counterclaim against the City of Memphis, claiming the rank and file within the Memphis Police Department violated hiring policy. The controversy started over the creation of a second lieutenant rank. MPA officials claim...
Judge Joe Brown pushed back on Memphis Mayor Paul Young's proposal to raise taxes to help get crime under control. "Go downtown and see the hundreds of millions of dollars that are being spent that belong to the people of this city," Brown told KWAM. DOWNLOAD THE...
A Memphis Councilwoman ripped parents of teenagers causing chaos across the city. Yolanda Cooper-Sutton described the lawless children as being on “demon time.” That phrase is used to describe what happens after 10 p.m. “These children do not mind dying because...
DEVELOPING STORY: There's been a mass shooting at a block party in Orange Mound. The shooting happened at an unauthorized block party in Orange Mound. At least 16 people were shot and two people were killed. Video below shows the moment gunfire broke out. This page...
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) didn't mince words when it came to his fellow congress members' actions this week with foreign aid bills. "Somebody's getting rich off of it," he told KWAM. While many folks call Congress "the Swamp," Burchett said it's more accurately "an...
A fundraising effort has been launched to raise money for the family of Officer Joseph McKinney, the Memphis Police officer who was gunned down by an 18-year-old suspect early Friday morning. The Memphis Police Association Charitable Foundation is raising money for...
George Washington has triggered Memphis lawmakers. Shelby County Commissioner Henri Brooks declared President's Day as racist, sponsoring a resolution which would rename Presidents Day to “Friends and Employee Holiday.” The resolutional was titled “Racial Exclusion...
DOWNLOAD THE FREE KWAM APP - WHERE MEMPHIS GOES FOR BREAKING NEWS JUST IN: OJ Simpson Dead at 76 “On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer,” the family wrote on social media Thursday morning. — KWAM News Radio 990 AM...
