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|By Kelli Cook
Wanda Halbert Predicts Long Lines At Shelby County Clerk Locations Until January 2023.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2022 at 11:10 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
We are nearly one month away from heading back to the polls for the November 4 mid-terms.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2022 at 6:08 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
Biking, running, and swimming is the ultimate endurance competition.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2022 at 6:43 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee wants to hire 100 new highway troopers, and he’s now increasing how many are planned to be committed to Shelby County.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 6:14 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
After nearly five years of leading the nation’s largest three-service municipal utility, President JT Young says he’s leaving Memphis Light Gas and Water.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 7:32 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
Students at Frayser’s Martin Luther King College Prep got quite the surprise Thursday afternoon.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2022 at 4:35 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
The Memphis Fire Department developed a person of interest in arson fires in the 38109 area.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 6:41 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
Memphis-based FedEx is announcing several cost-cutting initiatives to offset a declining volume of packages.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 5:45 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
The man accused of posting portions of a shooting spree live on Facebook last week will be back before a judge Friday morning.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 6:21 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
A museum that honors one of the most influential music companies in Memphis and American history will turn 20 next year.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2022 at 11:17 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
Over 51,000 fans packed Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium last night to watch what may be the last Southern Heritage Classic.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 7:24 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
The Southern Heritage Classic Weekend is in full swing!
Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 8:26 AM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
Memphis Police say during a conversation with Dewayne “Amir” Tunstall, Ezekiel Kelly pulled out a gun and shot him in the head.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 7:03 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
On day one, Steve Mulroy already has hundreds of pending trials.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2022 at 10:20 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
One Trezevant High School administrator says 11 of his students have been murdered in the past five years.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 6:17 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
One former Memphis Police officer is using football to fight juvenile crime in the Bluff City.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 5:57 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
Criminal justice reform advocates say this is a time to celebrate, a new bail process is now in place in the Shelby County Court system, and thousands of people enter the doors at 201 Poplar every year.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2022 at 5:56 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
Memphis-Shelby County Schools’ top educator has been under review since last month, but the board accepted his resignation last night.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 5:15 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook and Christopher Cheatham
26-year-old Darielle Sparks is being held on a quarter of a million-dollar bond after a Desoto County Sheriff’s Deputy says he tried to run him or her over Thursday in Olive Branch.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 6:55 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
Shelby County schools are in need of an update as some of the buildings are 50 years old.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 6:56 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
Thursday morning Memphis Police issued an arrest warrant for 32-year-old Tifanee Wright.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 6:31 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
ELvis Week kicking off
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 10:04 AM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
Although he was wrapping up his career, loved ones say the man they affectionally called “Plez” was very passionate about his job, specifically being the driver of the fire trucks.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 6:49 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
The FedEx St. Jude Championship isn’t just about crowning a winner, it’s also about battling childhood cancer.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 6:42 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
NAACP's impact in elections.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 7:36 AM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
The plane is named after former St. Jude patient, Riley, who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia three years ago when he was just 18 months old.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 6:04 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
Shelby County leaders say they hope a “fresh set of eyes” can help them fight one of the biggest issues in the area.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 5:48 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
The family of the well-known Memphis pastor who was killed in front of her home during a carjacking is speaking out against the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office’s decision to try the juveniles connected to the case as adults.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 2:46 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin, Joyce Peterson and Kelli Cook
Police records show that the 15-year-old charged with the murder of Rev. Dr. Autura Eason-Williams had prior charges.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 6:28 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
The weekly average vaccinations per day now stands at 400. Last week, the county averaged at just 245 vaccines per day.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 8:52 AM CDT
|By Amanda Hanson, Jacob Gallant and Kelli Cook
Four Horn Lake police officers are on paid leave after a woman was shot and killed in the early morning hours of Wednesday.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 9:04 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
Friday was the first day of early voting, and by 4 p.m., just over 3,800 voters had already cast their ballot.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 4:57 AM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
Thursday marks the first full day of paid leave for Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Dr. Joris Ray as outside counsel digs into allegations of extra marital affairs with district employees.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2022 at 5:58 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
Newly released TCAP scores show the district is trending up in nearly every subject.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 10:28 AM CDT
|By Kelli Cook and Jacob Gallant
Memphis Light, Gas and Water is warning customers that bills could go up substantially this summer.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 5:31 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
One of the biggest weekends on Beale Street will come with new security measures that look to put even more eyes on the famous street.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 5:28 PM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff and Kelli Cook
The request came after what was thought to be lost evidence was found last year.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 6:07 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
A call on Congress from President Joe Biden to temporarily suspend the federal gas tax is part of a series of steps the president has outlined to try and lower gas prices nationwide.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2022 at 9:46 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
A special celebration at a Memphis church was all about cars and dads.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2022 at 6:21 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
The CDC reports that more than half of fatal and non-fatal drownings among people 15 years and older occur in natural waters.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2022 at 5:54 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
If Shelby County commissioners approve funding for new voting machines, voters will get the chance to decide whether they want a paper or electronic ballot.
Updated: May. 27, 2022 at 6:39 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
A big sigh of relief for many parents and students at White Station High School after yesterday’s gun scare.
Updated: May. 26, 2022 at 5:28 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
Many parents may be struggling with how to talk to their children about the mass shooting in Texas that left 21 people dead at an elementary school.
Updated: May. 25, 2022 at 10:29 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook and Bria Bolden
Memphis Shelby County schools has spent more than $1 million over the past school year to improve campus security with a request to spend millions more still awaiting approval.
Updated: May. 22, 2022 at 3:43 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
She doesn’t defy gravity on the court, but she does defy the odds every day.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 6:02 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
No arrests have been made in a case involving a 1-year-old child that died after being left in the back seat of a car.
Updated: May. 18, 2022 at 5:51 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
A recurring issue is the focus of a big financial ask to the county commission from Memphis-Shelby County school leaders.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 6:42 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
It’s a project that has been in the works since the early 2000′s.
Updated: May. 12, 2022 at 6:15 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
The Shelby County Health Department is reporting nearly 200 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, a far cry from the zero new cases in early April.
Updated: May. 11, 2022 at 8:39 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook and Bria Bolden
A little less than 3 years after Sherra Wright took a plea deal in the case involving her ex-husband Lorenzen Wright, this was her first attempt to gain parole.
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