Michaela Redmond
Senior Reporter/Anchor
Michaela was born and raised in Walpole, Massachusetts, where her love for journalism first started. She attended Walpole High School and anchored their morning news sharing the daily announcements with other students.
She went on to attend the University of Alabama. Michaela joined the advanced master's program and graduated with her undergraduate degree in 2021 and her graduate degree in 2022.
When Michaela is not at work, she is usually reading a book, playing piano, golfing, or hanging out with her two animals. Michaela has a dog named Kova and a cat named Simba who are best friends. You may even see her out for a run every morning!
Michaela loves telling meaningful stories that incorporate everyday people in the community.
The family of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley is pushing to have the Department of Justice open an investigation into his death.
The cause of death was revealed for two Ole Miss students in court proceedings.
The cause of death for two Ole Miss students was revealed in court proceedings Friday.
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy and the West Tennessee Violent Crime and Drug Task Force announced the results of a weeks-long undercover enforcement operation Thursday targeting the distribution of illegal, synthetic kratom across the region.
Five people were detained after a fight broke out at the Memphis Zoo and allegedly prompted a man to pull out a gun Tuesday afternoon.
A dirt-track racer in Arkansas has died after crashing during a racing event Saturday night.
Friends, fellow racers, and animal advocates in the Mid-South are remembering 58-year-old Scott Frazier, a fierce racing competitor whose h
‘Another day at the office:’ Rare Southaven bobcat sighting highlights growing research at Memphis Z
The Memphis Zoo has been tracking different species just across the state line in the City of Memphis, and researchers said they have documented bobcats at several locations.
A West Memphis community continues grieving the loss of two young lives after a double homicide Sunday.
An hours-long manhunt for a murder suspect is over after he was located in a wooded area of Marks, Mississippi.
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Board of Directors voted to approve a new rate structure for data centers during a board meeting in Memphis on Thursday.
The fate of two Shelby County jail deputies is now in the hands of a jury.
Opening statements began Friday morning in a highly anticipated second-degree murder trial of two Shelby County jail deputies.
A jury has returned guilty verdicts in the attempted murder trial of Austin Drummond and his codefendant Andre Brown on Friday.
A jury has returned guilty verdicts in the attempted murder trial of Austin Drummond and his codefendant Andre Brown on Friday.
Family and friends of three-year-old Joseph Martinez are holding a candlelight vigil to honor the toddler who was found dead in Downtown Memphis on Monday.
Police said the boy’s father was detained while officers continued to investigate what led up to the 3-year-old’s death.
The congresswomen met with residents who say they’ve been impacted by pollution from xAI’s use of methane gas turbines to power its data centers.
This close friend, who did not want to be identified out of fear of having jail phone calls revoked, said if Drummond had been pulled when he warned his cover was blown, the four victims would still be alive.
xAI and its subsidiary have filed a motion to dismiss the suit, citing that its operation is crucial to the nation’s economy.
A baby girl is fighting to stay alive at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis after being born at just 25 weeks.
The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a child drowned in a neighborhood lake in Walls, Mississippi.
Following the failed execution of death row inmate Tony Carruthers, attorneys are calling for Governor Bill Lee to pause all executions in the state until a decision can be reached in a lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s lethal injection protocol.
Following the failed execution of death row inmate Tony Carruthers, attorneys are calling for Governor Bill Lee to pause all executions in the state until a decision can be reached in a lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s lethal injection protocol.
Carruthers was set to be executed on Thursday, May 21, but the execution was canceled after a failed lethal injection.
