Tennessee State Rep. Mark White (R) announced Thursday he's writing a new law that would make it easier to remove Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert from office. According to a press release from White's office, the "legislation would reduce the number of signatures...
Two more high-profile Memphis leaders want to sit in the city's highest office. Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner and Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education Chair Michelle McKissack are considering a run for Memphis mayor. "I'm seriously considering it....
A nurse is gaining national attention for her heroic action after a baby stopped breathing aboard her flight from Pittsburgh to Orlando. Tamara Panzino was a passenger on Spirit Airlines when the baby became unresponsive around a half hour after takeoff, according...
Memphis mayor Jim Strickland is calling for tougher juvenile crime laws following violent weeks of crime across the city. "We all know 201 Poplar and are adult prisons are a revolving door, juvenile crime is a revolving door on steroids," Strickland told "Wake Up...
DEVELOPING: A Command Center has been moved and set up near the house where witnesses say Cleotha Abston cleaned out a car used in the kidnapping of Eliza Fletcher. https://twitter.com/BriaJonesTV/status/1566927912049287168?s=20&t=wEWsErRvWP6Rdv8Oj6TLfA...
DEVELOPING: TBI Investigators are asking residents near the McDonald's on Perkins for any video footage to help find the kidnapped jogger. A resident in the area told KWAM exclusively they got a knock on their door this evening asking them to turn over video...
Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert pointed to her race and gender for the intense, bipartisan backlash the office has received following her vacation to Jamaica. The clerk's office reopened Monday morning with hundreds of Memphis drivers demanding answers. It was...
Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn (R) landed in Taipei, Taiwan Thursday for a surprise visit to send a message to China. The member of the Senate Armed Services Committee was greeted by Minister of Foreign Affairs Director-General for North American Affairs...
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...
