The Memphis Area Association of Governments or (MAAG) was awarded the International Communicator Award of Distinction for the regional marketing campaign Day Trippin’. The campaign promotes unique attractions within a day car drive from Memphis.  The Communicator Award is presented annually by the International Academy of Visual Arts.

MEMPHIS, TN- (WMC-TV) - Past the family goats and around a rickety old barn is where prosecutors shut down a massive illegal dumping operation.

The investigation opened 18 months ago with an anonymous tip clamming contractors were dropping dump trucks full of refuse on a Frayser lot.

One neighbor said she has complained for three years.

"And they're dumping stuff in my neighborhood that could be harmful to me and the rest of us around here. And something should've been done about it long ago," said the neighbor who wished to remain unidentified.

Retired Memphis Animal shelter employee Larry Brunson has been indicted along with Mable Sutton and Debra Nesbit. Prosecutors said they charged a fee to allow their property to be used as a dumping ground.

MEMPHIS, TN- (WMC-TV) - A stepson who is charged with killing his stepfather at a family cookout on Mother's Day remains in jail on a $1 million bond.

DeAndre Lax, 29, is accused of murdering William Jones, 35, in the 3000 block of Townes Avenue.

Investigators said the family company turned bad during a Mother's day family gathering.

"It just made me sick to the stomach that somebody that I know on my street is gone," said Townes Avenue resident Dominique Lee. "And it's just one day you're here. Next day you're gone. That's just how it is."

Police said Jones was arguing with his three stepsons in the driveway. One had Jones on the ground. Lax allegedly shot Jones in the head.