Former Memphis Mayor and current 9th District Congressional Candidate Willie W. Herenton will speak before and answer questions from the Voice of Raleigh and Frayser Community Action Network.

The meeting is free to the public and complimentary pizza will be served while it lasts.

MEMPHIS, TN- By Jamel Major - bio | email

MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) - Friday night, a Mid-South neighborhood came together in a rally for peace.

Kristy Clark and her family were ecstatic about the 2010 Block Party for Peace.

A Memphis teen has been charged in a fatal shooting that happened as he and two other youths handled a shotgun in a home.

The incident occurred shortly before 7:00 p.m. Wednesday when no adults were in the home, locate din the 4200 block of Argonne.  According to police, when officers arrived at the scene, Andrew Fleming, 14, was suffering from a gunshot wound.

He was pronounced dead a short time later.

Police said investigators found that Fleming, Octavious Brooks, 14, and another boy were handling a shotgun without the knowledge of an adult when Brooks fired the shot that killed Fleming.

Police arrested Brooks, charging him with reckless homicide.

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