Memphis police responded to a “man-down” call Sunday evening at the intersection of East Brooks Road and Elvis Presley Boulevard, where a man’s body was found lying on the ground in front of a public bench.
The Shelby County Criminal Court deliberated for only about an hour on Sunday morning before convicting 25-year-old Keedrin Coppage for the brutal murder of his 18-year-old ex-girlfriend, whose body he left on a North Memphis street corner in 2020.
The Alcorn County Sheriff’s Office announced that three of the four inmates who escaped Alcorn County Jail Friday morning have been located and arrested in Baton Rouge, La.
Park rangers found a University of Tennessee student dead in a remote area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park after he was reported missing earlier this week.
The Board of Trustees of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art announced on Friday that it has chosen Dr. Zoe Kahr to lead the museum as its new executive director.