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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. remembered him as “the apostle of nonviolence” as admirers marked the 50th anniversary of his assassination Wednesday with marches, speeches and quiet reflection. The Rev. Bernice A. King recalled her father as a civil rights leader and great orator whose message of […]

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — With an enthusiastic crowd filling Memphis’ Mason Temple Church of God in Christ, the atmosphere was heavy with nostalgia Tuesday for the evening 50 years ago that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his final speech. A gospel singer led a rousing rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” and […]

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Today marks a grim period in Black history, and also marked the a major shift in the aims of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On this day 50 years ago, Black Memphis, Tennessee sanitation workers Echol Cole and Robert Walker were tragically killed, prompting their Black co-workers to strike in protest of their low […]

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Crews removed two Confederate statues from Memphis parks after the city sold them to a private entity. The City Council had earlier voted unanimously Wednesday to sell two parks where Confederate statues were located and crews began working right away to remove a statue of Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. At the […]

A Memphis woman is in jail after admitting to choking and beating her 10-year-old son with an extension cord, but she claims that her son took his own life by stabbing himself in the chest with a kitchen knife. WMC Action News reports that officers were called to the apartment of Robin McKinzie October 30, […]

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R. Kelly’s After Party Tour limped toward its end Sunday night (Aug. 27) with a scheduled date at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee, canceled. The venue announced the decision on Friday (Aug. 25), citing “unforeseen circumstances.” Friday’s concert at Wolf Creek Amphitheater in Atlanta — where the singer has a home — went off […]

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While the doctor has apologized, Lexi Carter plans to file a formal complaint with the state medical board.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis mayor’s office is pitching in to help figure out the future of the dilapidated house where soul singer Aretha Franklin was born, a lawyer said Thursday. Alan Crone, special counsel to Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland, told a judge that a working group from the mayor’s office plans to assist […]

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The Memphis home where music icon Aretha Franklin was born may become the next overhaul project at the DIY Network, officials in charge of repairing the crumbling structure said Thursday. Jeffrey Higgs, president of the LeMoyne-Owen College Community Development Corporation, told a judge he has been in discussions with a producer at the remodeling and […]

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A Memphis dance coach allegedly had sex with his underage student and exposed him to HIV. Police arrested the suspect who faces multiple charges.

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  9/9/16-.The TJMS is in Memphis at the Southern Heritage Classic but so is…the glitter? Click the link above to hear who brought the most and why it isn’t so bad after all.