As Memphis approaches summer, its residents eagerly await the warmer weather and inviting outdoors. Few people know how to enjoy nice weather quite like a Tennessean, as evidenced by our vibrant nightlife and booming tourism industry. However, there is a darker side...

If you’ve been charged with a DUI for the first time in your life, you might be extremely worried about how it will impact you in the future. You might be thinking of possible effects a conviction could have on your ability to get jobs or loans in the future, or how...

Only by devoting oneself wholeheartedly to a career in law enforcement can a person rise to the rank of captain in a modern police department. So when we read the news that a 52-year-old captain in a Tennessee police force about 200 miles northeast of Memphis had been...

Tennessee media outlets are carrying the news that a recent report shows that there has been a significant drop in drunk driving arrests in our state over the past decade. In 2009, there were 494 DUI arrests in Tennessee per 100,000 residents. By 2018, the rate had...

It’s the time of year when the Memphis Police Department and the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office put extra officers on the streets. The goal is to not only to find and arrest those who are driving drunk, but to deter others from driving under the influence...

It is about a 30-mile drive east of Memphis to get to Collierville. A 52-year-old man there has been arrested and charged with filing a false police report after he allegedly lied to Memphis police about his son’s involvement in a fatal DUI crash in October. Law...

Singer-songwriter Sam Hunt is one of the bright stars in the country music sky. His 2016 album “Montevallo” generated multiple hits in his signature blend of R&B and country, including “Leave the Night On,” “Take Your Time,”...

Although it has not garnered much attention, legislation recently introduced in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives could mark the beginning of the end of drunk driving. If the measure is adopted, it would require all new passenger vehicles to be equipped...

We have seen it here in Memphis and we have seen reports of it happening elsewhere in Tennessee: police officers who are sworn to uphold the law being charged with criminal offenses. The latest example is a veteran Chattanooga cop who has been arrested for driving...

Classes are back in session at the University of Memphis, which means students are back on campus trying to find that balance of study and recreation. Finding that homework-fun equation means they can enjoy their pursuit of degrees and career ambitions. Unfortunately,...