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Hickory Hill residents upset about trash piling up along streets

MEMPHIS, TN- (WMC-TV) - Some neighborhoods are now in the second full week of the Teamsters garbage strike in Memphis. Many residents said they are sick and tired of the trash – that's now piling up along city streets.

Hickory Hill residents like George Garrison have been working for days, cleaning up outside their homes.

But Garrison feels his work is for naught when he looks across the street.

"No, I don't like it. I don't imagine nobody likes it. Open the door, walk out and see the street filled with junk. Don't nobody like it," he said.

From mattresses to furniture, even tires and other debris – residents living just off Ross Road said some of this stuff has been piled up for two weeks now.

"Our community and neighborhood look so destroyed and disgusting," continued Hickory Hill resident Anthony Maxwell.

Teamsters Union members are striking against Republic Waste Services.

Police: Woman threatens to kill mayor over phone

(WMC-TV) - A Memphis woman threatened to kill the City of Memphis mayor while on the phone with a legal advisor. She is now behind bars, as police have to take every threat seriously.

Based on Hattie King's mug shot where she is smiling, you would not know she was arrested for threatening to kill the mayor.

According the affidavit, King called a City of Memphis legal advisor on Monday. In that call, the 49-year-old told the advisor if she had to kill the mayor to get her money she would.

No one was home at the address listed for King, but neighbors recall seeing police at the house Tuesday.

"They were just looking around. They went in the backyard but I don't know why," said neighbor Jane Fisher Mills.

According to the report, King had called City Hall several times to complain about an ongoing dispute with the city.

Memphians to attempt in breaking 'cloth diaper change' world record

Memphians to attempt in breaking 'cloth diaper change' world record

Cloth diapers have come a long way in the past decade. Now, Memphians and other people worldwide will participate The Great Cloth Diaper Change event serves to raise awareness of cloth diapering.

Over the Moon Diapers, the Memphis area’s first and only dedicated cloth diaper store, has joined forces with the nonprofit Real Diaper Association to organize in the third annual Great Cloth Diaper Change international event taking place two days before Earth Day on Saturday, April 20, 2013. 

This event is being held at Germantown Presbyterian Church in Warren Hall, 2363 Germantown Road South, Germantown TN 38138.  The event is from 10 a.m. until noon and the official world record diaper change is happening at exactly 11 a.m.

20-year-old killed in street race

MEMPHIS, TN- (WMC-TV) - An investigation is underway in Memphis after 20-year-old Jessie Moore was reportedly killed in a three vehicle accident early Sunday morning while street racing. Police say four cars were involved in the race, but one fled the scene.

According to the police report, Moore was racing his Honda Civic against three Ford Mustangs on Air Park Street south of Premier Avenue.

The red Mustang, going 75 miles per hour with driver Ontario Brown, Jr., struck Moore's Honda on its driver's side door. The red mustang also hit the left front of the orange Mustang with driver Christopher Loftis.

Brown and Loftis were taken to the hospital in non-critical condition. They are both charged with vehicular homicide, reckless driving, and drag racing.

Moore's father says those charges will not bring his son back.