Scientists have found there are holes in that confining layer called breaches, where our aquifer is less protected. Scientists have confirmed at least five breaches in… Read moreFOX13 Investigates uncovers threats to Memphis water supply
Trucks have been making 120 trips per day since August, hauling coal ash away from the plant, enough to cover 21 football fields. Read moreFOX13 Investigates: Transporting truckloads of toxic materials through Memphis neighborhoods
People in South Memphis are taking action in hopes of gaining access to millions of dollars earned from the sale of the Memphis Defense Depot which was spent in other … Read moreCommunity seeks reparations for Memphis Defense Depot sale
In the Depot’s heyday, it helped the U.S. Army win World War II and built an ecosystem in South Memphis. Families found work and the economy thrived. Read moreFOX13 Investigates: Millions of dollars meant for families after defense depot closed have vanished
Cancer stole their friends and family. Now one neighborhood is speaking up.FOX13 uncovers the long history of contamination that could be infecting an entire community… Read moreFOX13 Investigates: South Memphis residents say old defense depot is making them sick
Families in some Memphis neighborhoods have lived under smokestacks and hazy skies for generations. Read more'People are dying': Neighbors in some of Memphis... oldest communities plagued by pollution
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Environmental Protection Agency told the City of Memphis Sterilization Services of Tennessee on Florida St. could be putting out hazardous fumes i… Read moreHazardous fumes are filling up the Memphis air, EPA warns
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Shelby County Health Department shut down a Memphis cotton gin on Wednesday. Read moreHealth department shuts down Memphis cotton gin for permit violations
