Joel Moore
Digital Content Producer
Joel Moore is a news producer, writer, and professor who was born and raised in Memphis. A graduate of Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications, Joel has dedicated his life to journalism, storytelling, and using writing to cultivate community. Aside from his career in news, he is an educator, enriching young minds as a professor of communications and journalism.
The search continues for escaped Tennessee inmate Jacob Allen Morley after a Wisconsin bank robbery. Authorities have not confirmed a connection.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says it is aware of a report from Wisconsin, where a man robbed a Deerfield bank at gunpoint Tuesday, as the manhunt continues for escaped inmate Jacob Allen Morley.
Jacob Morley escaped Northwest Correctional Complex in Lake County, Tenn. Authorities search for stolen Ford F-350 with plate 138BBQV. Call 911 with tips.
Authorities in Mississippi have secured a record-setting prison sentence in a voyeurism case.
A police officer’s use of force that resulted in the death of a 1-year-old child was justified, the Mississippi Office of the Attorney General announced Monday.
Three daycare workers face charges after 6-year-old Winter Jones was found dead inside a parked van at Kid University in Cordova, Tennessee.
Three Kid University daycare workers pleaded not guilty in the death of 6-year-old Winter Jones, who was found inside a hot van in Memphis.
A man is dead after police say he and an accomplice broke into a home, triggering a violent fight.
Memphis police have arrested a pet groomer who is accused of killing several dogs.
A Memphis-area bank teller has been arrested following accusations of stealing thousands of dollars.
Tennessee authorities say a man has been arrested after leading troopers on a high-speed pursuit thanks to social media.
A jury has returned guilty verdicts in the attempted murder trial of Austin Drummond and his codefendant Andre Brown on Friday.
Austin Drummond, who faces charges in a Lake County quadruple homicide, is on trial in Carroll County on an attempted murder charge stemming from a 2023 prison fight that predates the homicide case.
A Taco Bell employee was arrested after allegedly throwing boiling water on a co-worker.
A Memphis father has been charged with murder in connection with the death of his 3-year-old son.
A woman is accused of shooting and killing a man she found in her child’s bedroom, saying she “did what she had to do.”
Two teen suspects are in custody in connection to a deputy’s shooting in Covington County.
Several drugs were found during an apartment raid by the West Tennessee Drug Task Force in Dyersburg, Tenn.
An 18-year-old is in custody after he allegedly kidnapped his three younger siblings at gunpoint overnight.
Dequarius “DQ” Lax, 18, faces a murder charge in connection with the shooting death of Saturah Hayes, 17, a Haywood High student. Hayes was killed during a pre-prom event at Webb F. Banks Passive Park in Brownsville in early May.
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.
Tennessee authorities are investigating after a homeowner held a suspected home intruder at gunpoint.
A Memphis man was not executed on Thursday morning after staff had to call off the procedure.
A mother in Tennessee is accused of attempting to run over high school students during a school fight.
Train traffic has resumed, and a section of a highway has reopened after a railway bridge collapsed in Piperton.
