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Residents claim Pepper Tree Apartments evicting them after complaining about shooting

WHITEHAVEN, Tenn. -- Police said they are looking for whoever shot at a Memphis police squad car Tuesday morning in Whitehaven. No one was hurt, but you may recognize where this crime happened. Memphis Police has responded to dozens of calls at Pepper Tree Apartments over the years. The District Attorney almost declared it a public nuisance more than 5-years ago, but the complex owners promised to make changes. WREG went to Pepper Tree Tuesday afternoon and uncovered even more problems and residents who said they do not feel safe. "If you stay here, get the f*** away from here," tenant Whitney Carpenter said. Carpenter was furious because she said Pepper Tree Apartments told her she and her infant son have three days to get out. They told her she was loitering by standing outside her own apartment. However, her friend said wasn't the truth. "It all came from us talking to you," she told a News Channel 3 crew . Carpenter spoke briefly with WREG off camer...

Around 100 Indian River residents protest for 2 hours over proposed natural gas pipeline in Chesapeake | Local News

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CHESAPEAKE The message from some Indian River residents on Wednesday morning was unequivocal and clear: “No pipeline in our neighborhood! No pipeline in our neighborhood!” For two hours, around 100 protesters of a proposed natural gas pipeline chanted a similar refrain, holding homemade signs that elicited honks from passing cars on Providence Road in front of the Holly Point Shopping Center . It was one of three protest locations in Indian River and South Norfolk . Susan Lambert waved a large American flag . She’s heard about pipelines elsewhere “(but) when it hits your backyard, that’s hard. That’s why we’re out here.” Dubbed the Southside Connector Distribution Project , Virginia Natural Gas wants to build a roughly 9-mile pipeline from Norfolk to Chesapeake that company officials said will fill a gap between two main supply lines . A 24-inch pipe will be installed at least 3 feet deep and cross under the Elizabeth River . Construction is set to start in Octob...