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Adrian Sainz, AP

Missouri woman pleads guilty to federal charge in plot to sell Graceland

By Adrian Sainz, AP

February 25, 2025

A Missouri woman has pleaded guilty to a federal charge accusing her of concocting a brazen plot to defraud Elvis Presley’s family by trying to auction off his Graceland mansion and property before a judge halted the mysterious foreclosure sale. Lisa Jeanine Findley pleaded guilty in front of a federal judge Tuesday to a charge of mail fraud related to the scheme.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, Elvis Presley, Graceland, memphis

Stax Music Academy’s teen students mark 25th anniversary, Black History Month with concert

By Adrian Sainz, AP

February 21, 2025

The Memphis music studio where some of America’s most recognizable songs were recorded decades ago is now a museum. But next door, trumpets blare, drums boom, and singers craft the soulful sounds of Stax Records’ biggest hits.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: memphis, music, Stax Records

Mixed verdict for 3 Memphis officers convicted in Tyre Nichols’ fatal beating

By Adrian Sainz, AP, Kristin M. Hall, APandJonathan Mattise, AP

October 3, 2024

Three former Memphis police officers have been convicted in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, but were acquitted of the harshest charges they faced.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, memphis, police brutality, Tyre Nichols

A former officer texted a photo of the bloodied Tyre Nichols to his ex-girlfriend

By Adrian Sainz, AP

September 19, 2024

A former Memphis police officer charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols sent his ex-girlfriend a photo of the badly injured man on the night he was punched, kicked and hit with a police baton following a traffic stop, according to trial testimony Wednesday. Brittany Leake, a Memphis officer and Demetrius Haley’s former girlfriend, testified during the criminal […]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, memphis, police brutality, Tyre Nichols

Gun control initiatives to be left off Memphis ballot after GOP threat to withhold funds

By Kimberlee Kruesi, APandAdrian Sainz, AP

August 28, 2024

Election officials in Memphis have decided to leave three gun control questions off the November ballot after top Republican state leaders threatened to withhold tens of millions of dollars in state funding.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, Cameron Sexton, Elections 2024, General Assembly, memphis, Randy McNally, tnleg, Tyre Nichols

Holly Bobo murder case returns to court, 7 years after a Tennessee man’s conviction

By Adrian Sainz, AP

June 17, 2024

With Bobo’s parents sitting in the courtroom, a judge heard legal arguments Friday as part of an attempt by Zachary Adams to receive a new trial in the kidnapping, rape and killing of Bobo.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, Holly Bobo

Tennessee sheriff indicted for profiting from inmate labor, misusing funds

By Adrian Sainz, AP

June 15, 2024

Officials say the sheriff of a rural Tennessee county illegally profited from the work of jail and prison inmates under his care and housed dozens of them in a home outside of the prison without permission.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, police, rural Tennessee, sheriff, West Tennessee

The Rev. James Lawson Jr. has died at 95, civil rights leader’s family says

By Christopher Weber, AP, Travis Loller, APandAdrian Sainz, AP

June 10, 2024

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The Rev. James Lawson Jr., has died. His family said Monday that Lawson died peacefully on Sunday.

Filed Under: History, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, civil rights, civil rights movement, James Lawson, obituary

Tennessee nurse practitioner known as ‘Rock Doc’ gets 20 years for illegally prescribing opioids

By Adrian Sainz, AP

March 19, 2024

A Tennessee nurse practitioner who called himself the “Rock Doc” has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for illegally prescribing thousands of doses of opioids including oxycodone and fentanyl in return for money and sex, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Health Care Tagged With: fentanyl, nurses, opioids

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