Content Tagged 'The Truth'

A Frayser woman is fed up with the City of Memphis and the owner of the blighted property next door. The home has been condemned not once, not twice, but three times in the last five years, and it's still standing. Watch Video

Nobody's talking about an attempt to reorganize Shelby County schools. The federal judge who will decide if municipal schools can be created ordered everyone to mediation. He put everyone involved from the city, county, state and six municipalities under a gag order. Watch Video

Memphis residents, get ready to pay up. This time we're not talking about a tax hike or some new fee, we're talking about paying the former Memphis Animal Shelter veterinarian.

Is a former Shelby County court clerk now an anti-government extremist? Otis Jackson is facing corruption charges stemming from his time as Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk; now he's claims he is a "sovereign citizen". Watch Video

The feds are investigating what's believed to be a tax scam operating in northern Mississippi. It's all about people claiming they bought fuel efficient cars to get bigger income tax refunds. Those under investigation may never have bought a fuel efficient car, or even a car. Watch Video

Memphis City Schools could have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines in connection to a botched demolition of the abandoned Florida Street school.

You've heard the saying a picture is worth a thousand words. If it's a portrait of Memphis Mayor A C Wharton, it's worth thousands of dollars and you're picking up the tab. Watch Video

Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong is finally responding to an officer ABC24 News cameras caught sleeping on the job. Watch Video

Is a Horn Lake police officer, who is sworn to uphold the law, directing city employees to break the law? A former shelter employee says the officer ordered a dog at the city's animal shelter to be purposely starved for days. When she refused, the employee says she was forced to resign. Watch Video

A state investigation found Tennessee probation and parole officers who were supposed to be keeping tabs on convicted criminals were doing anything but. Truth is sometimes probation officers claimed to have face to face meetings with the offenders, when in reality the criminal had been dead for almost two decades. Watch Video

Three years after a raid at the Memphis Animal Shelter, the trial of the former veterinarian is finally underway. Watch Video

Two Memphis Animal Shelter employees are still on the job, despite watching animals being tortured and doing nothing. An undercover police officer testified they were in the euthanasia room at the shelter when the abuse was taking place. Watch Video

A brand new Memphis police precinct has been sitting empty for months, all over a dispute over furniture. Watch Video

Weeks after Memphis Mayor A C Wharton promised he would name a committee to look into police practices, we're still waiting. In the meantime, ABC24 News has uncovered a classic example of how police can get fired, get their job back and end up climbing the ranks of the MPD. Watch Video

The Shelby County Commission is considering cleaning up how and when workers can take time off. Watch Video

Think businesses getting tax breaks would voluntarily pay Memphis more money to help the city's budget crunch? What about a non-profit group or a church? Memphis City Council members say it could happen. Watch Video

He's the city's highest paid employee, holding two full-time positions - and salaries - as the man in charge of long-term financial planning for Memphis. So why is city CFO Robert Lipscomb listing his Harbor Town home as a short sale? Watch Video

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton is rolling out a new initiative hoping to make the city more efficient. Instead of looking at the city's money woes one year at a time, he wants to look long term. Surprise, surprise, he's hired a pricey consultant to help do it.

Federal investigators say the people responsible for educating your child may have cheated on their teacher exams. Their accused ringleader is a former MCS administrator. Watch Video  |   Read the Indictment against Clarence Mumford (1.3MB)

There are big questions about why a Memphis Animal Control officer left two starving dogs in the yard of a house in Highland Heights. Three days later one dog was so hungry it ate one of its pups. It's just one more example of ongoing problems at the Memphis Animal Shelter. Watch Video

After years of talk, Memphis is moving forward with modernizing its outdated parking meters. The hope is it will bring in more money and make it easier to park on the street. Watch Video

Memphis is broke, but that didn't stop Mayor A C Wharton from hiring a former Shelby County Commissioner and paying him $90,000. Mike Carpenter is the controversial commissioner who led the charge to cut vacation and sick days for county employees. Now he's working across the street at city hall.

The City of Memphis is finally going public about the hiring of a controversial former Shelby County commissioner. The announcement comes just one business day after ABC 24 News told you The Truth about it.

Fingers are pointing at the Republican-run Shelby County Election Commission for thousands of voting errors but truth is, the finger-pointing should go both ways. Watch Video

Former Shelby County Mayor Joe Ford is looking at a fine for working as a funeral director without a license. Truth is this isn't the first time Joe Ford has been in trouble for working without a license at his funeral home, it's just the latest. Watch Video

Will a new tool help the Memphis Fire Department better respond to medical emergencies and save the city money, or will it slow response times? When it comes to this issue, the answer you get depends on who you ask. Watch Video

Former Tennessee state senator John Ford is expected to walk out of a Mississippi prison after serving four years for extortion. Ford was just one of long list of politicians indicted in the Tennessee Waltz corruption investigation. Watch Video

The nightclub where a controversial sex video was recorded will remain closed for at least a few more days. Truth is if the video hadn't gone viral, the District Attorney may not have taken any action. Watch Video

A convicted armed robber on parole turned tax preparer is accused of scamming a Mid-South woman out of big bucks. Watch Video

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton finally answers questions about a plan to force disabled retired city employees to prove they are still disabled. Watch Video

Edmund Ford, Jr. wants to monitor traffic by using cameras that read license plates placed around Memphis to catch non-residents coming into the city. Is it realistic, and is it too much of "Big Brother" watching? Watch Video

Memphis is broke, but that isn't stopping those in charge from letting big money slip away. No one is pushing to collect the more than a million dollars owed for extra police patrols at special events. Watch Video

One Memphis City Council member has found a way to shrink city government, or at least part of it. Eliminate the controversial Memphis Music Commission. Watch Video

We now know what happened to the latest dog that disappeared from the Memphis Animal Shelter. Nola is dead. Also, a manager at the shelter has been fired. Watch Video

A merged Memphis and Shelby County Schools could be $60 million short the first year in operation. The big question is how to pay for it. Truth is the group working on the merger hopes Memphis will belly up almost half that amount.

Is it another example of a double standard in the Memphis Fire Department? Some employees were kicked off a blood donation bus while others were allowed to stay. Watch Video

Leaders down at Memphis City Hall are passing the blame when it comes to who's responsible for a run-down public housing complex.

Memphis police are now investigating how another dog vanished from the Memphis Animal Shelter. Just a year ago it was a pit bull named Kapone, now it's a lab mix named Nola. Watch Video

With news of the sale of the Memphis Grizzlies, skeptical fans are worried the team will pick up and move. Is it just fear or could it be reality? Watch Video

Two Shelby County judges have an easy summer schedule. They don't hold afternoon court when the weather's hot. Meanwhile, other judges face huge back logs of cases. The not-so-busy judges could step in and help, so why don't they? Watch Video

Is a battle over body parts getting in the way of saving lives? Doctors at Methodist Hospital's Transplant Center say a change in federal policy will limit where they can get organs and reduce the number of transplants they can perform. Watch Video

Another dog vanishes from the Memphis Animal Shelter. Just a year ago it was a pit bill named Kapone, now it's a lab mix named Nola. Watch Video

If you're poor, get in legal trouble in Mississippi and need a public defender, you may be out of luck. It's one of a handful of states without a state wide system of public defenders. The result is innocent people end up in prison or spend years in jail waiting to go to trial. Watch Video

The battle over body parts is heating up in the Mid-South. Supporters of Mid-South Transplant Foundation are pointing fingers at Methodist Hospital doctors, saying they are misleading the public.

To help solve the city's budget crunch, at least three Memphis City Council members propose borrowing $20 million from a fund meant to guarantee retired city workers' healthcare. Watch Video

If you get arrested in Mississippi and can't afford a lawyer, don't expect your court appointed lawyer to do much to clear your name. Watch Video

How would you like to work half days all summer and still get your regular pay? Two Shelby County judges get to do it and you won't believe the reason why they can get away with it. Watch Video

A Senatobia man is free after spending two years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. A court of appeals found big problems with his public defender. Instead of defending his client, he did anything but. Watch Video

A Shelby County Probate Court judge is opening up about his controversial, and easy, summer schedule.

The Memphis Fire Director says a plan to take fire equipment off the streets this year won't affect your safety. Truth is firefighters are already having a hard time making it to fires on time. Watch Video