Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 10:07 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Memphis Tigers women’s basketball head coach Katrina Merriweather has announced that she is resigning from the team to take a position at another school.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 10:57 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
There’s a new effort to increase the age of those served by the Shelby County Juvenile Court system to 24.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 9:48 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
A man is in critical condition at Regional One Hospital after police say he was shot in the 1700 block of Prescott Road, near O’Brien Park.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 7:55 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Memphis Animal Services (MAS) is celebrating National Puppy Day by offering $5 adoptions for puppies under five months of age Friday through Monday.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 7:23 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Three women, including one juvenile, are in the hospital following a multi-vehicle crash in the Egypt area.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 5:54 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
The Memphis Police Department is investigating a shooting that took place between officers and a man who police say evaded a traffic stop in Frayser Thursday afternoon.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 10:47 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
A new procedure at the Memphis VA provides relief to veterans with COPD without surgery.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 9:50 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
A man is in critical condition at Regional One Hospital after police say he was shot in the Walker Homes neighborhood Wednesday night.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 6:56 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Tutonial “Toni” Williams, interim superintendent at Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS), has applied for the permanent position amid the nationwide search for a new superintendent.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 8:47 AM CDT
|By Myracle Evans and Lydian Kennin
A woman was killed Wednesday on East Parkway South after being struck by a car. Police say the driver stayed on the scene. He has since been charged.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 9:29 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant is talking for the first time since his eight-game suspension by the NBA.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 8:59 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin and Myracle Evans
The victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition but he did not survive his injuries.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 8:38 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
The second of three teenage boys who escaped from the Wilder Youth Development Center on March 11 has been apprehended in Cheatham County, according to the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 8:12 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
American Car Center has filed for bankruptcy nearly a month after the company went belly-up.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 5:14 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
A child is in the hospital after police say they were struck by a school bus in Cordova Tuesday afternoon.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 8:56 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Police say a man was shot and killed Monday night at a home in Westwood Shores.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 8:27 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
On March 8, a federal grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, returned an indictment charging a Memphis man with sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion. The indictment further charged that the defendant conspired with a Kentucky woman to commit that crime.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 8:19 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
A man was shot and killed Monday night while driving in South Memphis, police say.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 5:45 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Only one lane of traffic is open on I-55 Southbound near Goodman Road as MDOT crews work to repair a portion of the Horn Lake Creek bridge.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 4:51 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
A man has been charged after Memphis police say he, along with two others, carjacked a man and woman at gunpoint as they were pumping gas.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 3:52 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Memphis police have charged a man with the murder of his fiancé after police say he beat her to death while officers were at their home responding to a domestic disturbance call.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 11:06 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
The No. 8 seeded Memphis Tigers are now out of the NCAA Tournament after falling to No. 9 seed Florida Atlantic in the first round Friday night.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 3:53 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
A new, premium, intercity bus service that will provide routes from Memphis to Nashville has been announced following strong demand for an alternative to flying or driving.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 2:55 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Memphis Grizzlies guard-forward Dillon Brooks has been fined $35,000 by the NBA for shoving a cameraman in the second quarter of Wednesday’s game against the Miami Heat.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 7:31 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
On Friday, NBC’s Dateline will air a new report on the 2010 murder of former NBA star Lorenzen Wright.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 4:08 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin and Bria Bolden
Memphis police are investigating after they say people in two cars were shooting at each other at a busy intersection before one crashed Thursday afternoon.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 3:15 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
The Arkansas Supreme Court has reversed and dismissed Demarcus Donnell Parker’s conviction for the 2018 murder of an off-duty police officer in West Memphis after a ruling that his right to a speedy trial was violated.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 9:39 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Dyersburg police have apprehended 30-year-old Brenton Bell after police say he held his girlfriend captive inside a vacant house, locked inside a closet, for two months.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 6:16 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
A man was shot and killed Wednesday after he was carjacked in Whitehaven, according to Memphis police.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 4:28 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
A man has been arrested and charged after Memphis police say they found child pornography on his Google Drive.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 3:39 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Memphis police say a man was shot and killed and found in a trash can inside his roommate’s bedroom after the two allegedly argued over $10 while celebrating another roommate’s birthday.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 4:11 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
A high school football coach in St. Francis County, Arkansas, has been arrested on charges that stemmed from an alleged incident with one of his players in September.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 3:16 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
One of the three 17-year-olds who escaped from the Wilder Youth Development Center Saturday evening has been apprehended in Nashville, authorities with the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services reported Tuesday.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 4:48 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Memphis police are searching for two persons of interest they say are involved in a shooting that left one minor dead and another victim injured inside a South Memphis store.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 4:05 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
A man has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault after Memphis police say he attempted to shoot his girlfriend and her 16-year-old daughter.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 2:49 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Memphis police are searching for the suspect they say robbed a restaurant employee at gunpoint in the early hours of Friday morning.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 10:19 PM CST
|By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland, outraged by what he calls the “revolving door” at the Shelby County Jail, fired off a letter to the major players in the local criminal justice system on Wednesday.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 7:16 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
A Covington man is out on a $10,000 bond after facing multiple drug-related charges when a break-in call by his ex-girlfriend resulted in his arrest.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 4:22 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
The 50th annual Silky Sullivan St. Patrick’s Parade is returning to Beale Street on Saturday, and Action News 5′s Chief Meteorologist Ron Childers was selected to be this year’s parade king!
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 10:52 PM CST
|By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
On Thursday, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris enlisted the help of the faith community to explain to their flocks his pricey plan to renovate the Mid-South’s only Level 1 trauma center.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 10:18 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
A large swath of Memphis is suddenly in the dark.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 5:06 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
A man has been charged with aggravated assault and reckless endangerment after police say his gun accidentally discharged in a fight with a teenage car break-in suspect in the parking lot of Visible Music College in Downtown Memphis.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 10:42 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin and Walter Murphy
Police say that a 17-year-old, who was originally reported to be shot outside the Visible Music College in Downtown Memphis Wednesday afternoon, was not actually shot, and was in fact a vehicle break-in suspect.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 9:46 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
A woman is dead following a shooting in South Memphis Wednesday night, according to Memphis police.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 5:20 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
Memphis police have developed a suspect in the shooting death of a man who was killed at a South Memphis storefront in December.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 4:18 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
On Wednesday, Tennessee Shakespeare Company, a non-profit Memphis theater and education organization, was awarded a $10,000 grant by Theater League, Inc., a Kansas City-based contributor to the performing arts, and the Shakespeare Theatre Association (STA).
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 3:41 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
A Memphis mother has been charged after police say she threatened to shoot the principal of the elementary school her children attend.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 11:57 AM CST
|By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
Ja Morant is the big draw for the Memphis Grizzlies, but right now, the superstar is drawing all the wrong kind of attention for his moves off the court.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 9:43 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
The Memphis Zoo is hosting an art contest in the spirit of Earth Day next month.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 8:29 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
The Memphis Police Department is searching for suspects in a string of armed robberies they say target the Hispanic community.
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