Updated: 7 hours ago
|By Parker King
A man who paved the way for officers and deputies in Memphis and Shelby County, Williams Hughes, passed away Sunday, May 15.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 5:51 PM CDT
|By Parker King
Overdose numbers in Mid-South states are down from last year.
Updated: May. 19, 2022 at 6:08 PM CDT
|By Parker King
A new Mississippi law is strengthening animal rights advocates’ fight against animal cruelty in the Magnolia State.
Updated: May. 16, 2022 at 9:55 PM CDT
|By Parker King
Gov. Reeves addresses Roe v. Wade
Updated: May. 15, 2022 at 9:21 PM CDT
|By Parker King
Each player, coach and executive who sat down before the media Sunday said what Grizzlies fans have known all year, that this has been a fun team to watch this season.
Updated: May. 14, 2022 at 11:51 PM CDT
|By Parker King
Two Brazilians, Bruno Panhoca and Adriano Pedro, are revolutionizing the world of American-style barbecue in their home country, Brazil, and their using their experience in the U.S. to help them.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 3:15 PM CDT
|By Parker King
Brent Little and his team the Pig Diamonds sit at Liberty Park this week, looking to take the top prize in the whole hog category of the Memphis in May World Championship Barbeque Cooking Contest.
Updated: May. 12, 2022 at 6:07 PM CDT
|By Parker King
This renovation will, in-part, make UofM a major competitor when it comes to future NCAA conference realignments.
Updated: May. 8, 2022 at 9:22 PM CDT
|By Parker King
Many say it’s not great for the Grizzlies, but fans don’t believe it’s the end of the team’s playoff run.
Updated: May. 7, 2022 at 9:55 PM CDT
|By Parker King
Walking around the park, one word remained consistent with fans.
Updated: May. 6, 2022 at 9:15 PM CDT
|By Parker King
A Memphis mother who lost her teenage son just over a year ago is taking strides to protect families from that same fate.
Updated: May. 2, 2022 at 6:04 PM CDT
|By Parker King
Memphis In May officials call BSMF a success
Updated: May. 1, 2022 at 9:53 PM CDT
|By Parker King
Sunday was curtain call for Beale Street Music Festival, but just the beginning for Memphis in May 2022.
Updated: May. 1, 2022 at 4:08 PM CDT
|By Parker King
Round 1 of the NBA Playoff series between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Minnesota Timberwolves may have ended with the Grizzlies moving on, but a lasting connection between the city is being forged, post-series.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2022 at 5:28 AM CDT
|By Parker King
The last day to vote early in the upcoming Shelby County primary is Thursday.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2022 at 4:52 AM CDT
|By Parker King
The Memphis Grizzlies beat the Minnesota Timberwolves Tuesday night 111-109
Updated: Apr. 23, 2022 at 9:53 PM CDT
|By Parker King
Grizzlies fans excitement grows after Thursday night's big comeback
Updated: Apr. 22, 2022 at 9:07 PM CDT
|By Parker King
Whether it’s the regular season or playoffs, for the last two season, Tim Whalen has been cheering for the Grizzlies from Minneapolis.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2022 at 9:39 PM CDT
|By Parker King
From Thursday morning to right before the 6:30p.m. tipoff, a small group of Grizzlies fans made their way into the Target Center in Downtown Minneapolis to watch the Memphis Grizzlies take on the Minnesota Timberwolves for Game 3 of the NBA Playoffs.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2022 at 4:53 AM CDT
|By Parker King
Grizz win 124-96 over T’wolves, fans have high hopes for more playoff victories
Updated: Apr. 16, 2022 at 9:45 PM CDT
|By Parker King
Spirits are still high in Memphis after losing the first game of round 1 of the NBA Playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2022 at 5:02 PM CDT
|By Parker King
A wallaby at the Memphis Zoo that went missing Wednesday night after heavy rain flooded a zoo exhibit was found alive on zoo grounds Friday.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2022 at 6:05 PM CDT
|By Parker King
It may just be a part of the Spring season; everyone is working on their yard.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2022 at 5:26 PM CDT
|By Parker King
A Shelby County judge ruled Monday that three groups lacked sufficient evidence to support their allegations that the Shelby County Election Commission violated the Tennessee Constitution, the Tennessee Open Meetings Act, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2022 at 9:49 PM CDT
|By Parker King
Grizzlies fans cheer on the team despite the loss against the Boston Celtics.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2022 at 9:26 PM CDT
|By Parker King
Two different panels discussed the same issue in Memphis, violent crime.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2022 at 5:53 PM CDT
|By Parker King
It seems that everyone may be getting used to things taking a little bit longer to get ahold of, at least that’s how Chris Brown feels.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2022 at 4:46 PM CDT
|By Parker King
After 2 years and roughly $50 million in investment, the old Gibson Guitar factory in downtown Memphis is now the latest FedEx office space.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2022 at 4:49 PM CDT
|By Parker King
All these years later and still King’s impact is strong in Memphis and the Mid-South.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2022 at 5:26 PM CDT
|By Parker King
As the Russian invasion into Ukraine persists, an Arkansas pastor who has done mission work exclusively in Ukraine for the last 18 years is using his connections to grant safe passage to refugees into Poland.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2022 at 5:23 PM CDT
|By Parker King
Monday was the first day back at class for University of Memphis students since the news broke of the school’s men’s basketball program being charged with several allegations by the NCAA’s Independent Accountability Resolution Process (IARP).
Updated: Mar. 27, 2022 at 10:39 PM CDT
|By Parker King
Two Memphis organizations, the South Memphis Alliance (SMA) and Freedom From Unnecessary Negatives (FFUN), teamed up to address juvenile crime and provide families a safe environment in South Memphis.
Updated: Mar. 26, 2022 at 9:56 PM CDT
|By Parker King
It’s not necessarily a tax cut or suspension these mayors are looking for but a tax return, so to say.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2022 at 5:25 PM CDT
|By Parker King
With only ten days left in the 2022 Mississippi General Assembly, Senate and House lawmakers have still yet to push a unified tax reform proposal before the desk of Governor Tate Reeves.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2022 at 3:40 PM CDT
|By Parker King
Damonta Morgan, now in his third year at Columbia Law School, reflects on his educational journey to reaching this milestone.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2022 at 9:49 PM CDT
|By Parker King
Residents in DeSoto County found plastic bags in their driveways. Inside were rocks, to keep it weighed down, and a flyer for the Ku Klux Klan, reading “Save our land. Join the Old Glory.”
Updated: Mar. 18, 2022 at 5:49 PM CDT
|By Parker King
March Madness in full swing, with Mid-South teams like the Arkansas Razorbacks, the Tennessee Volunteers, and of course the Memphis Tigers to soon take part in the big dance’s second round of tournament play.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2022 at 5:41 PM CDT
|By Parker King
It’s been a long-awaited entry back into March Madness for the Memphis Tigers, and Thursday’s game against Boise State did not disappoint fans.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2022 at 6:09 PM CDT
|By Parker King
When it comes to violent crime, particularly homicides caused by gun violence, the problem is seen nationwide, but Memphis has seen an 81% increase in the last two years, according to Richard Shaw, Chief Development Officer for Youth Villages.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2022 at 9:50 PM CDT
|By Parker King
Ambiguity in the newly signed Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act doesn’t specify if greenhouses are considered indoor or outdoor grow.
Updated: Mar. 12, 2022 at 8:36 PM CST
|By Parker King
The 49th annual Silky O’Sullivan’s St. Patrick Day Parade returned to Beale Street, where hundreds of Mid-Southerners braved the cold weather dressed in green and some kilts.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2022 at 4:55 PM CST
|By Parker King
Memphis’s minority community says Senate Bill 2440 would send the state back decades in the path for racial equality.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2022 at 6:22 PM CST
|By Parker King
If it is implemented, drivers who fill up at Tennessee gas stations would save $0.27 a gallon, bringing the state average back below $4.00 a gallon.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2022 at 5:33 PM CST
|By Parker King
Several federal Mid-South lawmakers issued statements Monday on social media on the matter, saying the U.S. should sever their ties with the Russian oil industry, but that would almost certainly result in even higher gas prices.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2022 at 9:38 PM CST
|By Parker King
This year’s Memphis Black Restaurant Week is set to be a big one.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2022 at 9:22 PM CST
|By Parker King
You’re seeing it at every gas station when you drive down the street, a higher gas price than you saw the day before.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2022 at 6:41 PM CST
|By Parker King
You may get lucky in Memphis and find a pump that reads $3.50, $3.60 maybe, but when the total hits you’re going to be feeling it in your wallet.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2022 at 4:46 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff and Parker King
Memphis Police have arrested a man accused of shooting three children outside of a Whitehaven library on Thursday.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2022 at 6:05 PM CST
|By Parker King
It’s still a new concept for West Tennessee, but business leaders are beginning to see the promise that comes from hosting career expos for 8th grade students.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2022 at 4:48 PM CST
|By Parker King
The electric vehicle (EV) company Envirotech recently announced it will be moving to Osceola, headquarters and all.