Singer’s 'final resting place’ will be at Memphis mansion she inherited from her father, Elvis Presley, family says
Lisa Marie Presley will be laid to rest at Graceland, the Memphis mansion she inherited from her father, Elvis Presley, a family representative said.
Presley died on Thursday at the age of 54 after being taken to a Los Angeles hospital following cardiac arrest at her home, according to reports.
Continue reading...Police arrest 19-year-old suspect in connection with multiple shootings after warning residents to take shelter
Tennessee law enforcement officials said a suspect had been arrested after a series of shootings in Memphis on Wednesday night.
Police had earlier warned residents to shelter in place as a man drove around the city shooting at people. Police said he was recording his actions on Facebook.
Continue reading...Pamela Moses, who has been in prison since December but is being released on Friday, says she had no idea she was inelegible
A Memphis judge ordered a new trial for Pamela Moses, a woman who was sentenced to six years in prison for trying to register to vote.
The case attracted national attention in recent weeks, following a Guardian report, because of the severity of the sentence. Moses said she had no idea she was ineligible.
Continue reading...As the variant tears its way through the US and vaccination rates plateau in the state, hospitals are experiencing a new wave of cases
Nurse Matt Robinson braced himself before pushing the heavy doors to the recently reopened Covid-19 ward at Methodist University hospital in downtown Memphis, Tennessee.
This hadn’t been in the script. After over a year of continuous work with Covid-19 patients throughout the pandemic, the burnout brought on by constant exposure to death and trauma, Robinson had hoped his job might return to normal.
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