A man who live streamed himself on Facebook driving around Memphis shooting strangers was caught on camera smiling after being arrested by police. 19-year-old Ezekiel Kelly killed four people and injured three others during the rampage, which was spread across eight different crime scenes. One video shows Kelly walking into an AutoZone and firing on an older white man without warning. Another video... 

A man threatened his neighbors in an apartment complex with a knife because he didn’t want “white people or an old man” staying there, Memphis Police said. According to a report, officers responded to a burglary call in the 100 block of Simpson Street at 6:15 a.m. Sunday. A wooden door had been kicked in, and the victims told police 52-year-old Billy Brown was responsible. They say Brown kicked... 

Connoisseurs say that the taste of cheese improves with age – but what if it was left to age for 3,200 years? Archaeologists in Egypt now have the chance to find out, but it comes with an unexpected bonus: deadly ancient bacteria. A team from the University of Catania in Italy found the cheese at the tomb of Ptahmes, a 13th-century BC mayor of Memphis in Egypt. The cheese was found wrapped with... 

“They…come in with weapons, they seized a half-million dollars worth of property, they shut our factory down, and they have not charged us with anything,” says Gibson Guitars CEO Henry Juszkiewicz, referring to the August 2011 raid on his Nashville and Memphis factories by agents from the Departments of Homeland Security and Fish & Wildlife. The feds raided Gibson for using... 

Eight of the largest metropolitan regions in America have seen a decline in the percentage of white inhabitants over the last decade, signaling a majority of minorities in some of the USA’s biggest hubs, including New York and DC. New census data analyzed by the Washington Post reveal that non-Hispanic whites are now a minority in 22 of the 100 biggest urban areas in America. While metropolises... 

New census data confirm that some major metropolitan areas flipped from majority white to majority populations of minorities during the past decade. White people are now in the minority in 46 of the nation’s 366 metro areas, including New York, Washington, San Diego, Las Vegas and Memphis, said William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution. That number is up from 32 in 2000, 10 in... 

A judge takes two children who admitted raping a toddler away from their families. It was an emotional scene as the children, ages 7 and 9, appeared in Shelby County Juvenile Monday afternoon. The judge had some strong words for the parents. Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael says the boys admitted in court a month ago to raping a two-year-old girl in South Memphis. That happened in August. The boys... 

A pilot for ExpressJet Airlines refused to submit to a full-body scan in Memphis on Saturday, saying the technology amounts to “virtual strip searching.” Detained by airport security, he now may lose his job. Here’s his heroic first-hand account. Michael Roberts says he has been reporting for work in Memphis for 4 1/2 years without incident until Friday, the first time that the Transportation... 

Mississippi mayor: "Kiss my black ass!" "Be afraid, be very afraid!" A tiny Mississippi delta town has elected its first black mayor after the white incumbent, unopposed for 30 years, faced a young challenger inspired by President Barack Obama’s feat in winning the White House. In a shock result in Alligator (population 220), Tommie “Tomaso” Brown, 38, defeated Robert... 

Augustus Hudgins, we need air to grow! Memphis is tops in many things. Great BBQ, Live Music, Crazy Political Leaders and Bums. Parks are full of them tainting the wooden benches with a stench of stale body odor and urine to the point that tourist, families and pets can’t enjoy many of our parks without fear of catching some sort of illness. This city is so full of panhandlers that almost every street...