Katie Riordan
Katie joined the WKNO team in 2019. She's always eager to hear your story ideas. You can email her at kriordan@wkno.org
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They helped the U.S. during the occupation of Afghanistan. Now, they watch an exodus unfold from their new home in the Midsouth with a growing sense of urgency.
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A Memphis refugee resettlement agency is advocating for the city to take in more Afghan nationals who aided the U.S. government during its two-decades long war in the country.
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Transmission of COVID-19 is on the rise in Shelby County as a more contagious strain of the virus, known as the Delta variant, spreads across the country.
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At the corner of Fourth and Beale Streets in Downtown Memphis, stands Ida B.Wells, proud and strong, with one hand gripping a pen resting on her hip and the other clutching a copy of the local newspaper she co-owned.
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Saturday's Juneteenth celebration in Memphis came with double the significance this year. It was the first time June 19th was recognized as a national holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S. And it was held in a park once defined by a controversial memorial to Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate Civil War general who also ran a local slave trading business and later helped form the Ku Klux Klan. After a decades-long fight to remove the monument, some of those involved reflect on how it was finally accomplished.
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The remains of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife were disinterred from Memphis’ Health Sciences Park on Monday. Officials...
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Representatives from local industries affected by the protracted shutdown of the Hernando de Soto Bridge had the ear of the White House this week.
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Authorities now consider it safe to re-open a mile-long stretch of the Mississippi River near Memphis after a multi-day closure of the maritime...
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UPDATE: May 14, 11:30 a.m.: River traffic under the Hernando de Soto Bridge resumed this morning. More than 60 stalled vessels and 1,000 barges are now...
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A bridge connecting Tennessee and Arkansas at Memphis has been shut down after a large crack was found. The indefinite closure affects all vehicles — as well as boat traffic on the Mississippi River.