Bria Jones, WREG News Channel 3

Bria Jones

WREG News Channel 3

Memphis, TN, United States

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Clothing store targeted in Southland Mall smash and grab

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police say brazen burglars targeted a clothing store inside Southland Mall in Whitehaven early Sunday morning. Surveillance video shows five unknown people wear dark clothes and face coverings breaking into ICON, a popular store inside the mall. The five suspects could be seen running into ICON. Moments later, it shows one person […] → Read More

Nursing shortage closing some hospital units down in Mississippi

DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. — A hospital crisis is looming in Mississippi as the state sees its highest vacancy rate for nurses in a decade. Officials believe the labor shortage coupled with stress during the pandemic is a major factor. Another issue that reports show is that hundreds of potential students are being turned away amid […] → Read More

Family wants justice after woman accused of killing Galen Young gets no jail time

The family of professional basketball player Galen Young is still processing what happened in court this week after the woman accused of killing him didn't get jail time. → Read More

Woman accused of killing basketball star Galen Young gets no jail time

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A woman accused of crashing into a home and killing a former professional basketball player has been granted judicial diversion. Galen Young was killed in June 2021 after someone drove into his mother’s home on Horn Lake Road. He was a former basketball standout at Hillcrest High. He went on to play […] → Read More

MSCS considers building new Cordova high school near Shelby Farms

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis-Shelby County Schools is considering land near Shelby Farms for its new state-of-the-art high school. MSCS is re-imagining the wooded area as the potential home of its new highly anticipated high school in the Cordova area. The school is being built for the thousands of MSCS families impacted by the decision to […] → Read More

Rare fungus may have sickened 74-year-old doing yard work

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The owner of a lawncare business is sending out a warning after he says he got a fungal disease while doing yard work. He’s lucky it didn’t kill him. Now, 74-year-old Luther King is alerting the public to be mindful of fungal infections while doing yard work. “It’s a hazard,” King said in a […] → Read More

Mom hopes for answers, police search for Altima after teen daughter’s death

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — New video footage has been released in a deadly shooting that killed two teen girls and injured two others, including a baby, at a Whitehaven gas station. The mother of one of the girls who lost her life the night of Dec. 3, 2021 says she won’t be at peace until the […] → Read More

Man shot dead at Broadway Pizza in Binghampton

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man is dead after a shooting at Broadway Pizza in Binghampton Tuesday afternoon. Police say officers responded to the shooting at the Broad Avenue location just before 2 p.m. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say the victim was killed by a relative inside the restaurant. The Broad […] → Read More

Security guard accused of assaulting LeMoyne-Owen student

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A security guard is accused of assaulting a LeMoyne-Owen College student during a confrontation inside the dorms. This incident happened on February 2. The student, 24-year-old Destinie Jones, says the security guard, 30-year-old Darius Brown, was involved in a confrontation with another student when she voiced concern about an inappropriate comment. She […] → Read More

NAACP praises DA’s decision to review cases handled by five officers in Nichols case

The Memphis branch of the NAACP is praising the Shelby County District Attorney's Office's decision to review all prior closed and pending cases involving the five officers accused of beating Tyre Nichols to death. → Read More

Memphis mom, child without home after apartment fire

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis mother says she no longer has a home after smoke consumed most of her apartment during a large fire. Screams sounded the alarm for 28-year-old Evelyn Amro as she was rocking her 7-month-old baby to sleep Friday evening. “I just heard people screaming, screaming, screaming,” Amro said. “I just started […] → Read More

‘The spirit led me to go’: Officer reflects after saving teen father on I-40 bridge

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — A Memphis police officer is being hailed a hero after her comforting words stopped a teenage father from jumping off the I-40 bridge Thursday. It’s been said a picture is worth a thousand words, but for Officer Tina Shaw this image brings one word to mind. “Joy, joy,” she said. It’s […] → Read More

Woman stabbed at downtown Memphis apartments

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Residents in a downtown apartment complex are on high alert following a stabbing Monday night. According to a police report, a woman was stabbed multiple times while getting groceries out of her car outside the Crescent Bluff Apartments at Virginia Avenue and Florida Street near Crump Boulevard. The woman told officers that on her […] → Read More

Memphis restaurants show support for Tyre Nichols’ family after funeral

In the South, food is love, and there was plenty to go around at Tyre Nichols' repast as family, friends, and supporters greeted his parents with comforting hugs and warm embraces following his funeral. → Read More

Memphians across the city honor Tyre Nichols

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — Memphians gathered in two different locations Monday to honor the life of Tyre Nichols. The makeshift memorial at Castlegate Lane and Bear Creek Cove in Hickory Hill sits at the spot where the world watched Tyre Nichols be beaten at the hands of Memphis police officers. His neighbors held a prayer […] → Read More

Two former officers charged in Tyre Nichols death out on bond

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — Two former Memphis police officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols were released on bond Thursday. Records show Justin Smith and Desmond Mills Jr., who were fired along with three other officers after Nichols’ death, were released on bond after they were booked into the Shelby County Jail Thursday morning. […] → Read More

Race, fear relevant in most excessive use of force cases, expert says

While we wait for the release of police video showing the events that led to the death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, WREG spoke with an expert about how this could have happened. → Read More

Four Germantown church members killed in Texas plane crash

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Four members of a Germantown church died in a plane crash Tuesday morning near Yoakum, Texas. In a statement posted on Facebook, Harvest Church identified those killed as executive pastor Bill Garner, Steve Tucker, Tyler Patterson, and Tyler Springer. Kennon Vaughan, the church’s lead pastor, was also on the plane and is […] → Read More

Victim speeds away from would-be carjackers in Lakeland

The Shelby County Sheriff's Office is investigating a rash of crimes in Lakeland following a homicide over the weekend. One of the incidents was an alleged carjacking that was caught on camera. → Read More

City leaders, residents fed up with reckless driving, drag racing

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Dozens of Memphians sounded off about reckless driving and drag racing at Wednesday night’s town hall meeting. Frustrating boiled over at the community meeting. High Point Terrace resident Lauren Giovannetti is upset about drag racing on Highland Street near the Green Line. “About a year ago, we had two drag racers hanging […] → Read More