Joel Moore
Digital Content Producer

Joel Moore is a news producer, writer, and professor who was born and raised in Memphis. A graduate of Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications, Joel has dedicated his life to journalism, storytelling, and using writing to cultivate community. Aside from his career in news, he is an educator, enriching young minds as a professor of communications and journalism.
Updated: Oct. 29, 2026 at 10:30 AM EDT
|By Joel Moore, Gray News staff and Amanda Alvarado
The search continues for escaped Tennessee inmate Jacob Allen Morley after a Wisconsin bank robbery. Authorities have not confirmed a connection.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2026 at 11:02 AM EDT
|By Joel Moore, Kaitlyn Miller and Debra Worley
Jacob Morley escaped Northwest Correctional Complex in Lake County, Tenn. Authorities search for stolen Ford F-350 with plate 138BBQV. Call 911 with tips.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2026 at 6:59 PM EDT
|By Joel Moore and Jordan Gartner
Authorities in Mississippi have secured a record-setting prison sentence in a voyeurism case.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2026 at 1:55 PM EDT
|By Joel Moore and Emily Van de Riet
A police officer’s use of force that resulted in the death of a 1-year-old child was justified, the Mississippi Office of the Attorney General announced Monday.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2026 at 2:24 PM EDT
|By Joel Moore, Jared Thomas and Gray News staff
Three daycare workers face charges after 6-year-old Winter Jones was found dead inside a parked van at Kid University in Cordova, Tennessee.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2026 at 2:02 PM EDT
|By Joel Moore, Jared Thomas and Gray News staff
Three Kid University daycare workers pleaded not guilty in the death of 6-year-old Winter Jones, who was found inside a hot van in Memphis.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2026 at 11:53 AM EDT
|By Joel Moore and Gray News staff
A man is dead after police say he and an accomplice broke into a home, triggering a violent fight.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2026 at 7:35 PM EDT
|By Joel Moore, Kaitlyn Miller and Jordan Gartner
Memphis police have arrested a pet groomer who is accused of killing several dogs.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2026 at 6:05 PM EDT
|By Joel Moore and Jordan Gartner
A Memphis-area bank teller has been arrested following accusations of stealing thousands of dollars.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2026 at 4:03 PM EDT
|By Joel Moore and Jordan Gartner
Tennessee authorities say a man has been arrested after leading troopers on a high-speed pursuit thanks to social media.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2026 at 4:42 PM EDT
|By Joel Moore, Lydian Coombs and Gray News staff
A Taco Bell employee was arrested after allegedly throwing boiling water on a co-worker.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2026 at 2:51 PM EDT
|By Joel Moore, Shayna Norwood and Jordan Gartner
A Memphis father has been charged with murder in connection with the death of his 3-year-old son.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2026 at 12:34 PM EDT
|By Shayna Norwood, Joel Moore and Emily Van de Riet
A woman is accused of shooting and killing a man she found in her child’s bedroom, saying she “did what she had to do.”
Updated: May 26, 2026 at 6:02 PM EDT
|By Joel Moore and Jordan Gartner
Tennessee authorities are investigating after a homeowner held a suspected home intruder at gunpoint.
Updated: May 21, 2026 at 3:04 PM EDT
|By Joel Moore and Jordan Gartner
A Memphis man was not executed on Thursday morning after staff had to call off the procedure.
Updated: May 14, 2026 at 6:23 PM EDT
|By Joel Moore and Gray News staff
A mother in Tennessee is accused of attempting to run over high school students during a school fight.
Updated: Apr. 23, 2026 at 8:48 PM EDT
|By Joel Moore, Hannah Kozlowski and Jordan Gartner
A school employee accused of dragging a nonverbal student at an elementary school has been arrested.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2026 at 1:03 PM EDT
|By Joel Moore and Gray News staff
A church employee is accused of abusing a 15-year-old boy.
Updated: Oct. 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM EDT
|By Joel Moore and Debra Worley
A man with HIV accused of raping children was arrested by the Memphis Safe Task Force Thursday, the U.S. Marshals Service confirmed.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM EDT
|By Joel Moore, Lydian Coombs and Dorothy Sedovic
The accused mastermind behind the death of rapper Young Dolph was acquitted on Thursday.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM EDT
|By Joel Moore and Gray News staff
Law enforcement in Tennessee continues a search for a man accused of murdering four people.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM EDT
|By Imani Williams, Lydian Coombs, Joel Moore and Emily Van de Riet
Officials have now identified the four people who were found dead Tuesday after a baby was abandoned in a stranger’s front yard in Tennessee.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM EDT
|By Joel Moore and Emily Van de Riet
A man in Tennessee is accused of killing his roommate’s boyfriend who was allegedly abusing her.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM EDT
|By Joel Moore and Emily Van de Riet
A dog who was beaten for eating her owner’s pizza is now being celebrated with a pizza party of her own.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM EDT
|By Joel Moore and Akim Powell
On June 5, officers arrested 23-year-old Kerrien Dates in connection with the death of 58-year-old Sonya Dates.


































