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Mom arrested for beating kids with brick

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Alisha Hike, who doesn't know the difference between discipline and child abuse, was arrested Sunday after she allegedly beat her four children with a wooden stick and a brick, her boyfriend told police.

The 27-year-old mother was charged with four counts relating to child abuse.

Two of the children just had

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Drug suspect arraigned involving slain officer

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Twenty-six-year-old Willie Braddock, who was arrested at the scene of Friday's fatal shooting of police officer MarToiya Woods-Lang, was arraigned on drug charges Monday.

Braddock, though, was given until Jan. 2 to hire an attorney to represent him on his third drug arrest this year. He was arrested during a drug

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Memphians donate generously to Officer Lang fund

GERMANTOWN, Tenn. (FOX13) -

When Memphis police Officer MarToiya Lang was killed in the line of duty Friday morning, four little girls lost their mother.

While nothing can be done to bring her back, the Memphis Police Department hosted a fundraiser Monday at Wolfchase Galleria in Germantown.

The money collected from Monday's fundraiser will

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Sandy Hook, Memphis tragedies shift gun debate

OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. (FOX13) -

Three days after one of the worst school shootings in American history, the Newtown, Conn., community started the heartbreaking task of saying goodbye to 20 first graders and six school administrators from Sandy Hook Elementary.

THe White House said President Barack Obama will be engaging the American people on

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Officer Lang's funeral Friday, Dec 21

CORDOVA, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Funeral arrangements were finalized Monday for Memphis police officer MarToiya Woods-Lang, who died Friday from a gunshot wound while she was serving a drug warrant with another officer.

FALLEN OFFICER: 2 officers shot, 1 killed serving drug warrant
FALLEN OFFICER: Remembering a fallen hero
FALLEN OFFICER: Neighbors

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