I was born in North Memphis, right before the Sears Crosstown closed. My upbringing was marked by two decades of declining employment opportunities and home ownership. It was also marked by scenes of violence that I cannot forget—scenes that pushed me to pursue my dream at all costs.
Memphis police have taken a neighbor of the victim into custody in the fatal shooting of off-duty police officer Terence Olridge Sunday afternoon, reports the Associated Press.
Rookie police officer Terence Olridge was shot and killed while off duty this afternoon in Cordova, a Memphis, Tennessee suburb, reports NBC News.
Tremaine Wilbourn, the man accused of killing a Memphis police officer on Saturday, has surrendered to authorities, the AP reports. “I think he felt the walls closing in and thought it would be in his best interest to turn himself in,” said Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong.
Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for 29-year-old Tremaine Wilbourn, the man believed to have shot and killed a Memphis police officer this weekend, the Associated Press reports.
Officials said Sunday that a manhunt was underway after a Memphis police officer was shot and killed on Saturday night during a traffic stop, the Associated Press reports.
It's that time again: voting in round one of America's Ugliest Accent Tournament is about to begin. We can now give you the results of our prior days' matchups, which may serve to inform where your loyalties lie in today's rounds of voting. Nevertheless, please remember that city pride is important when it comes to…
Willis Earl Beale wore a Zorro-esque mask, probably the one you see in the picture above, throughout my discussion with him and director Tim Sutton (Pavilion) about their movie Memphis earlier this week. "Identity," he said, when I inquired about it. "We all wear masks anyway. It's a part of my whole thing." In…
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The statistical wizards at Men's Health have calculated the happiest and saddest cities in America. And, well, they are cities that no sane person has any business living in. But even so, their ten saddest seem a lot better?
When I clicked on Travel + Leisure's list of the America's Dirtiest Cities, I was hoping it would be ranked by which one had the most porn theaters. Instead, the magazine was referring to the places that are physically the dirtiest. The answer to that, well, it's not that surprising.
Those mathematicians at the New York Times got out their abacuses (abaci?) and figured out just how much a Tony win is worth for a Broadway musical. You'd think that the least watched of all awards shows wouldn't make a huge impact—-and you would be wrong.
Arriving in Memphis to give a commencement address today, the leader of the free world dropped his Blackberry. Then he picked it up again. No casualties reported, other than the poor sap at The Daily Mail forced to squeeze a 500-word article out of it. [Daily Mail, images via Getty, AP]
AOL's money website WalletPop composed a list of the worst American cities to live in based on the climate, unemployment and foreclosure figures, crime stats, etc. Naturally, Detroit and LA both made the cut. But there were some surprises, too.
Once upon a time, Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) dreamed of being the first white member of the Congressional Black Caucus. Now he's content to bob his head and hike up his khakis while black people rap at his rallies.
A Memphis church kicked a team out of its softball league for having a lesbian coach. They didn't want to appear to condone her "lifestyle." It's softball! Who doesn't expect lesbians? We hope Elena Kagan judges on the inevitable lawsuit.
Mitch Winehouse thinks Amy's rack was worth the rumored $56,000 cost of silicone. Salman Rushdie scores another PYT. Obama Girl is mauled by a light fixture at that one ubiquitous press junket in Jamaica. Welcome to Thursday's gossip!
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal posted on its website a publicly available list of citizens who have concealed weapons permits. Did this cause gun nuts to go crazy, terrifying the newspaper's editors? You bet!
