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Severe storms possible on Friday
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Memphis Police have charged two men with taking a gun onto school property.
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Some school districts in the Mid-South are removing their mask requirements.
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The mother of a Memphis teen whose wheelchair was inside their van at the time it was stolen from their driveway says police found the wheelchair.
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Memphis Police have arrested Raymond Porterfield for a shooting incident that happened in June.
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Shelby County Health Department reports 167 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 6 deaths within the last 24 hours.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By John Fitzhugh and Gray News Staff
A family said they received a notice that their home was sold for $236 in a delinquent tax sale, but the sale was done by mistake.
Updated: 8 hours ago
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A criminal court jury convicted a 34-year-old man for the rape of his former girlfriend’s 6-year-old daughter in May 2017.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By Action News 5 Staff
Four men are behind bars following a firearm and drug bust Wednesday after police responded to a call about a narcotics violation.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By By ADRIAN SAINZ
The mother of a letter carrier who shot a supervisor and a manager before killing himself in a Tennessee postal facility says he was not a violent person and had been bullied at work.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Action News 5 traffic team is tracking multiple interstate crashes in the Memphis metro area.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Action News 5 Staff
Memphis fire paramedics say the call came in around 1:15 a.m.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By Action News 5 Staff
For months now we’ve been waiting for Pervis Payne’s mental evaluation to determine if he is intellectually disabled.
Updated: 20 hours ago
|By Joyce Peterson
One teen has been a victim of crime in Memphis not once, but twice.
Updated: 19 hours ago
|By Kelli Cook
Thursday night, the 30th National Civil Rights Museum’s Freedom Award ushered in a new class of freedom and justice fighters.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2021 at 4:39 PM CDT
|By Olivia Gunn
The victims and suspected shooter have been identified in double murder-suicide at a postal facility in Memphis.
Updated: 20 hours ago
|By Olivia Gunn
The new building incorporates state-of-the-art technology to better serve the needs of Shelby County residents.
Updated: 23 hours ago
|By Olivia Gunn
A man is in critical condition after a shooting in Memphis Thursday afternoon.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2021 at 6:29 PM CDT
|By Camille Connor
Aarya Sethi went through several rounds to become a winner in a national writing contest. Her story has now been turned into an animated video.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2021 at 5:01 PM CDT
|By Kelly Roberts
Shelby County is getting ready for some changes in vaccine eligibility. The FDA reviewed Moderna booster shots Thursday and Johnson and Johnson boosters are expected to be reviewed Friday
Updated: Oct. 14, 2021 at 4:35 PM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
The former Red Banks Volunteer Fire Department Chief Mark Hanna was taken into custody October 14 and charged with embezzlement, dating back to October of 2015.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2021 at 4:02 PM CDT
|By Olivia Gunn
Allen, his wife, and 14 other ex-NBA players are accused of cheating the NBA’s health and benefits plan out of $4 million.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2021 at 3:24 PM CDT
|By Olivia Gunn
Memphis police are searching for the suspect in a shooting that left a man critically injured.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2021 at 2:05 PM CDT
|By Tucker Robbins
The Le Bonheur Zoo Boo at the Memphis Zoo is back and is kicking off its festivities on Friday October 15.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2021 at 1:08 PM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Memphis Police have arrested Kenneth Upshaw after he reportedly set his girlfriend on fire on Monday.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2021 at 11:49 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Memphis-Shelby County COVID task force is giving an update on vaccination and COVID-19 numbers during a press conference Thursday afternoon.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2021 at 11:22 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County District Attorney’s Office says 43-year-old Frederick Leon Peat was convicted in less than an hour following a three-day trial.