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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Serenity Towers, a senior living facility, was back in court on Friday due to a lack of air conditioning. Residents say that they have been without air and working elevators for weeks, despite the property management saying they have a plan in place. “These people keep saying corporate is aware of it. […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — WREG took home three awards from the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters Monday night. Zaneta Lowe and photographers Matt Brewer and Tyler Chow won the First Amendment Award of Excellence for their “The Problems Persist at Peppertree” series. Our Director of Creative Services Wes Pollard, Creative Services Producer Jesse Hearn, and former Digital […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Days after a fire broke out at the Peppertree Apartments, lawyers for the property owners were in Environmental Court Tuesday. Of the five units that caught fire Sunday, three were occupied. The Memphis Fire Department says it believes the fire was started in a vacant unit by someone who was not living […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A fire in Peppertree apartments damaged multiple vacant units on Sunday in Whitehaven. According to Memphis Fire Department, just before 2:00 p.m., they responded to a “second-alarm fire”, which is now under control. A firefighter was taken to the hospital due to heat exhaustion but is currently in stable condition. MFD says […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — HUD has terminated its contract with the Peppertree Apartments, and relocation of tenants is underway. However, one woman says her relocation seems to be at a standstill, and it’s jeopardizing her safety. A 55-year-old mother who asked not to be identified has lived at the Peppertree Apartments with her 17-year-old daughter for the […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The relocation of families at the Peppertree Apartments continues after federal housing regulators pulled funding from the owners and shifted it to residents to find new places to live. It’s been a slow process, but WREG Investigators have learned the city is now offering landlords cash incentives to lease to Peppertree residents. […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The problems continue and progress is slow for the relocation of families at the Peppertree Apartments. Lawyers for the Whitehaven complex were back in environmental court Tuesday. They provided an update on both the relocation of residents and current conditions. Only six out of roughly 200 families have been relocated. HUD canceled […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — We have an update on a Whitehaven family going on 12 days without power after an arson fire in a nearby apartment cut the power at their unit. WREG first told you Thursday about the family and the runaround they were getting to have their power restored. Friday, Problem Solver Stacy Jacobson […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis family is living without power after a fire was intentionally set near her home at the Peppertree Apartments. Cheryl Lott’s family, including her pregnant daughter, have been without power for 11 days after arson in her building on April 9. “Smoke started coming through the vents in my apartment, so […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man is dead after being stabbed at Peppertree Apartments Tuesday night, Memphis Police say. According to MPD, they responded to a shots fired call in Whitehaven a little before 10 p.m. Once on the scene, officers found a man with stab wounds. The victim was taken to Reginal One in critical […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The case against the Peppertree Apartments has been “administratively closed,” but only 10 of the 210 residents living there have received vouchers to relocate. Attorneys for Peppertree’s owners and the city appeared in federal court Tuesday. They said the process takes four months, from the time a resident receives a voucher to […]