16+ hour, 46+ min ago (63+ words) Since late September, hundreds of federal, state and local officers assigned to the Memphis Safe Task Force have made more than 2,800 arrests and issued more than 28,000 traffic citations. The operation includes National Guard troops and aims to reduce violent crime in a city that saw nearly 300 homicides last year and nearly 400 in 2023. More in National News...

1+ week, 5+ day ago (35+ words) With federal job losses, government furloughs and reduced SNAP benefits affecting many families in the area, the season of giving takes on even greater meaning this year. Across the community, scho" More in Local News...

3+ week, 3+ day ago (459+ words) A federal judge in Maryland on Friday approved the transfer of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration detention in Pennsylvania to Nashville, Tennessee, for a multi-day hearing in his criminal case brought by the Trump administration after an erroneous deportation to El Salvador. The Trump administration previously planned as soon as Friday to again deport Abrego Garcia, this time to the West African country of Liberia. Abrego Garcia has protections from deportation to his home country of El Salvador after an immigration judge in 2019 ruled that he would face violence if removed there. Maryland District Judge Paula Xinis will allow for the transfer for his multi-day hearing Nov. 4 and 5, according to court documents. Xinis, who was nominated by former President Barack Obama, is overseeing Abrego Garcia's challenge to his detention, which is separate from the criminal case. His attorneys argue the…...