MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The National Civil Rights Museum says it will bestow its annual Freedom Award on journalist Soledad O’Brien, civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump and three others. The Memphis-based museum gives its Freedom Award each year for work in the advancement of civil and human rights. Other winners announced Wednesday are U.S. Court […]
The Interim Police Chief in Memphis Michael Rallings talks to the Tom Joyner Morning show about the recent events involving law enforcement, and the process of hiring, screening and training new police officers. “As peace officers it’s important to remember of what our true role is. Without our black, white and Latino officers it would […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies found a large butcher knife with what appeared to be blood on it in an apartment where a Tennessee mother killed her four children by cutting their throats, court documents say. Shanynthia Gardner, 29, of Memphis, has been charged with four counts of first degree murder while committing aggravated […]
Tanneka Ragin talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about her 7-year-old daughter Marleigh, who has Leukemia. Marleigh is a St. Jude patient and both she and her mom have been at the hospital since December 2015. Known for their generosity and ground-breaking technology, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing […]
Frances Hooks, the widow of NAACP leader and civil rights champion Dr. Benjamin Hooks, died last Thursday. She was 88. Mrs. Hooks, a longtime educator and philanthropist, was also instrumental in her husband’s success. Hooks grew up in Memphis, Tennessee and attended the famed Booker T. Washington High School. Hooks attended Fisk University for […]
Tontrevion Campbell and his mother were victims of a burglary over Thanksgiving weekend. While the family attended church on Sunday, many of the mother's items were taken, in addition to Tontrevion's hand-me-down Xbox console and every game he owned.
Memphis police have reported that a Shelby County school teacher have been charged in connection with an illegal brothel. The Commercial Appeal reports: Walter McCrimmon, 44, has been charged with eight counts of promoting prostitution, unlawful sale of alcoholic beverages and money laundering. He has been released on $50,000 bond. McCrimmon, a teacher at Raleigh-Egypt High […]
Funny woman Adele Givins calls in to the Tom Joyner Morning Show to apologize to her fans in Memphis for cancelling her show at Chuckles Comedy Club this weekend. But even in mourning, the tell it like it is comedian didn’t hesitate to give her family some rules to follow regarding the funeral. “My brother passed away. […]
Moziah Bridges‘ star is on the rise again. The Memphis born entrepreneur launched his bow tie company Mo’s Bows at the young age of 9-years-old after being unable to find a cool bow tie. Now at the age of 13, the Shark Tank alum is running a successful business that grosses nearly $200,000 a year […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — An off-duty officer was not taking “official police action” when he was killed in a shootout with a neighbor, and there is not enough evidence to charge the neighbor with murder, a police chief said Tuesday. Police Director Toney Armstrong told reporters that witnesses gave authorities different stories about what happened […]
The neighborhood of Orange Mound in Southeast Memphis, Tennessee has a rich history that largely goes ignored due to high crime in the region in the ’80’s and ’90’s. What some might not know is that Orange Mound was one of the first communities established for African-Americans in the country and was once a thriving […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — An ex-convict charged with fatally shooting a Memphis police officer during a struggle has told a judge he is indigent. Twenty-nine-year-old Tremaine Wilbourn is being held on $10 million bond on a first-degree murder charge in the Aug. 1 death of Officer Sean Bolton. He did not enter a plea during […]
