FDA Removes 1,100 Dead Rodents From Arkansas Family Dollar Facility
Associated Press - Sat Feb 19, 2022
WEST MEMPHIS, Arkansas - More than 1,000 rodents were found inside a Family Dollar distribution facility in Arkansas, the US Food and Drug Administration said on Friday as the chain issued a voluntary recall on items purchased from hundreds of stores across the US south. More»
US border agents in Tennessee have seized thousands of counterfeit Covid-19 vaccination cards
CNN - Sat Aug 14, 2021
US Customs and Border Protection officers in Memphis, Tennessee, have seized thousands of fake Covid-19 vaccination cards so far this year. More»
Memphis woman, 56, still recovering from COVID-19 after a hospital stay is evicted from her home over her mother-in-law's medical debt
Daily Mail - Sun Aug 9, 2020
A Memphis woman who is recovering from COVID-19 was evicted from her home last week over medical debt belonging to her mother-in-law. More»
Cops At Wrong House Kill Undocumented Man, City Claims He Had No Constitutional Rights
Huffington Post - Mon Sep 30, 2019
SOUTHAVEN, Mississippi - While searching for a domestic violence suspect in the summer of 2017, police in Southaven, Mississippi, visited the wrong home and shot dead an innocent man. More»
White Arkansas woman charged with pulling gun on black teens fundraising for school
NBC News - Fri Aug 16, 2019
The wife of an Arkansas jail administrator was arrested allegedly pulling a gun on four African American student-athletes who had knocked on her door for an annual fundraising drive, authorities said Friday. More»
Tennessee megachurch pastor given standing ovation for admitting to past 'sexual incident' with teen
New York Daily News - Tue Jan 9, 2018
A Tennessee pastor admitting to and apologizing for a previous "sexual incident" with a high school student was met with raucous applause and a standing ovation from his Memphis congregation. More»
Cops kill innocent man by shooting him through a closed door - at the wrong house
Raw Story - Tue Jul 25, 2017
Police officers in Southaven, Mississippi, this week fatally shot a man who had no active warrants because they mistook his house for the house of a suspect. More»
Arkansas judge accused of coercing young men into sex in exchange for lighter sentences
Raw Story - Mon Nov 16, 2015
An Arkansas judge was accused of targeting "young Caucasian male litigants" and using his position to offer them lighter sentences in exchange for sex, the Arkansas Times reported. More»
Frozen vegetables recall: glass shards in Wal-Mart, Kroger veggies
Christian Science Monitor - Wed Oct 20, 2010
A Tennessee company is recalling 12 tons of frozen peas and other frozen vegetables marketed by Kroger and Wal-Mart because they may contain pieces of glass. More»
Large triangle UFO spotted by commercial airline pilot in Memphis, Tennessee
Examiner - Sun Nov 29, 2009
On 11/24/09 at 9:45 pm, a commercial airline pilot in the Cordova area was looking to the north at departing air-traffic from the Memphis airport, when he saw what he described as a diamond-shaped craft pass directly under a CRJ-200 [Canadair Regional Jetliner]. More»
Fire chief shot by cop in Arkansas court over tickets
Associated Press - Wed Sep 2, 2009
JERICHO, Arkansas - It was just too much, having to return to court twice on the same day to contest yet another traffic ticket, and Fire Chief Don Payne didn't hesitate to tell the judge what he thought of the police and their speed traps. More»
Car bomb critically injures head of Ark. medical board
Associated Press - Tue Feb 3, 2009
WEST MEMPHIS, Arkansas - A car bomb explosion critically injured the head of the Arkansas State Medical Board on Wednesday, detonating in his driveway as he was leaving for work, authorities said. More»
Report: Isaac Hayes Will Shafts Scientology
WSB-TV - Thu Oct 23, 2008
Even though he was a member, Isaac Hayes apparently decided to give the Church of Scientology the shaft in his last will and testament. More»