Big news dropped Friday morning for University of Memphis athletics that impacts the present and the future of the school. FedEx announced it's committing $5 million a year for U of M athletes to contribute to their name, image and likeness fund (NIL) over the next...

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) didn't mince words when it came to his fellow congress members' actions this week with foreign aid bills. "Somebody's getting rich off of it," he told KWAM. While many folks call Congress "the Swamp," Burchett said it's more accurately "an...

A fundraising effort has been launched to raise money for the family of Officer Joseph McKinney, the Memphis Police officer who was gunned down by an 18-year-old suspect early Friday morning. The Memphis Police Association Charitable Foundation is raising money for...

DEVELOPING: Following a shootout with two suspects at 2 AM Friday morning, one Memphis police officer has been pronounced deceased, as well as one of the suspects. Two other officers were also shot. One was treated at the scene, and the other is at Regional One in...

George Washington has triggered Memphis lawmakers. Shelby County Commissioner Henri Brooks declared President's Day as racist, sponsoring a resolution which would rename Presidents Day to “Friends and Employee Holiday.” The resolutional was titled “Racial Exclusion...

DOWNLOAD THE FREE KWAM APP - WHERE MEMPHIS GOES FOR BREAKING NEWS JUST IN: OJ Simpson Dead at 76 “On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer,” the family wrote on social media Thursday morning. — KWAM News Radio 990 AM...

Grand Ole Opry Hall of Famer T. Graham Brown, Ron and Leona Williams and Stevie Lee Woods are set to take the stage in Memphis, performing one night only to support the Madonna Learning Center. The Circle of Love Concert is Tuesday, April 16th at 7 p.m at The Great...

A Memphis pastor called for reparations for descendants of slaves in the Volunteer State. Rev. Earle Fisher, a far-left pastor at Abyssinian Baptist Church, is leading the charge --  filing a petition against a bill that would ban the study of reparations in...

Many news outlets are claiming that crime is down in Memphis. However, KWAM's news team researched all the reported shootings in just the past month, and the results are shocking: WAR ZONE: At Least 75 Shot, 22 Killed in Shootings Across Memphis in March 2024 Female...

UPDATE: MLGW has restored power to thousands of its customers; Only 2K remain without it. BULLETIN: Over 37,000 MLGW customers lost power as severe storms, damaging winds and hail roll across Mid-South Tuesday. MLGW released the following statement: We are aware of...