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Updated: Aug. 6, 2022 at 6:22 PM CDT
|By WAFB Staff
Four Mississippi escapees are back in the custody of law enforcement. The last escapee was captured earlier Saturday morning.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2022 at 12:47 PM CDT
|By Isabelle Taft
Mississippi once again has the country’s highest rate of fetal death, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Parker King
Retired teacher coming back to the classroom.
Updated: 16 hours ago
|By Lydian Kennin
Memphis police responded to a “man-down” call Sunday evening at the intersection of East Brooks Road and Elvis Presley Boulevard, where a man’s body was found lying on the ground in front of a public bench.
Updated: 17 hours ago
|By The Associated Press
The package touches on deep-rooted party dreams of slowing global warming, moderating pharmaceutical costs and taxing immense corporations.
Updated: 20 hours ago
|By Lydian Kennin
The Shelby County Criminal Court deliberated for only about an hour on Sunday morning before convicting 25-year-old Keedrin Coppage for the brutal murder of his 18-year-old ex-girlfriend, whose body he left on a North Memphis street corner in 2020.
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Updated: Aug. 6, 2022 at 10:29 PM CDT
|By Parker King
Inflation reduction act is misleading for Americans Mid-South lawmakers believe.
Updated: 18 hours ago
|By Chuck Morris
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officers are investigating a fatal boating incident on the Tennessee River in Decatur County on Saturday night.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2022 at 8:34 AM CDT
|By Myracle Evans
Memphis police are investigating a shooting that happened on B-B King and Beale around 3:24 Sunday morning.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2022 at 9:59 PM CDT
|By KIMBERLEE KRUESI
A three-judge panel says Tennessee will be able to implement a contentious school voucher program while opponents continue challenging the initiative.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2022 at 7:32 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
A man is in critical condition after Memphis police say they were flagged down by a shooting victim downtown at 5:26 p.m. Saturday evening.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2022 at 6:19 PM CDT
|By Walter Murphy
Health fair for Shelby County schools.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2022 at 5:40 PM CDT
|By Danica Sauter
Former Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director, Colonel of the Tennessee Highway Patrol Larry Wallace has died.
Updated: 5 hours ago
|By Action News 5 Staff
Seven suspects are wanted after $2 million worth of jewelry was stolen from a Macy’s, last month.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2022 at 4:18 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
The Alcorn County Sheriff’s Office has located and arrested Landon Braudway early Saturday morning.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2022 at 3:10 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Members of the Memphis task force that responded to the floodwaters of eastern Kentucky say they don’t know when they will come home.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2022 at 12:33 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
Biden will continue his isolation out of “an abundance of caution” until he receives a second negative test result.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2022 at 8:50 AM CDT
|By KHOU Staff
Police say four people were in the car when the truck landed on it, two adults and 22-month-old twins.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 4:27 PM CDT
|By Jacob Gallant
Be sure to also join us on air and online at 10 p.m. for a wrap-up of the night’s big races.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 10:33 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
The City of Memphis is about to score an economic hole in one.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 9:44 PM CDT
|By Christopher Cheatham
Woman hit by vehicle.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 9:41 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
The Alcorn County Sheriff’s Office announced that three of the four inmates who escaped Alcorn County Jail Friday morning have been located and arrested in Baton Rouge, La.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 11:16 AM CDT
|By Paige Hill
Park rangers found a University of Tennessee student dead in a remote area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park after he was reported missing earlier this week.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 6:54 PM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
It’s been a year since the kickoff for the Slow Down Memphis campaign.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 6:42 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
NAACP's impact in elections.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 5:56 PM CDT
|By Parker King
Fresh off the Shelby County election results, Shelby County District Attorney-elect Steve Mulroy says he’s relieved that the campaign is finally over.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 5:22 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
The Board of Trustees of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art announced on Friday that it has chosen Dr. Zoe Kahr to lead the museum as its new executive director.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 4:28 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
A motion for a new trial was held on Friday for Billy Ray Turner, the man who was found guilty of the 2017 murder of NBA star Lorenzen Wright.