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Updated: 7 hours ago
|By Lydian Kennin
Overton Park’s road system is getting a much-needed facelift in the coming week.
Updated: 7 hours ago
|By The Associated Press
Fans make a pilgrimage every year to Memphis, Tennessee, to attend events during “Elvis Week."
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By Kelly Roberts
While the new technology could have some growing pains, it provides enhanced security and some conveniences to passengers.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By Sydney Hawkins
Will Drennan lost his life last week while saving a player on the opposing team who was being swept away in a drainage system amid heavy rainfall.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By Myracle Evans
Former Grizzlies player and two time NBA champion, Mike Miller, will open a restaurant in Southaven soon
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By Shyra Sherfield
Early Tuesday morning, Memphis Fire Department responded to an apartment fire on Bond Avenue in South Memphis.
5 Star Stories: ‘901 Student Passport’ takes Shelby County children to the museums of the Bluff City
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By Kym Clark
The “901 Student Passport” is in full swing providing free admission to all Shelby County school-aged children and their families to historic sites and cultural institutions.
Updated: 17 hours ago
|By Kelly Roberts
That ceiling collapse happened Monday morning just before noon; three adults were injured but no one was critically hurt.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 10:41 PM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
In an annual tribute to the King of Rock and Roll, fans gathered at Graceland on Monday night for the annual candlelight vigil.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 9:22 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art has issued a statement about the permitted demolition of the Memphis fire station at 65 South Front Street by the City of Memphis.
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Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 7:39 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
The Memphis Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System celebrated its 100-year anniversary on Monday morning.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 5:11 PM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff, Parker King and Walter Murphy
Memphis police are on the scene of a partial roof collapse at a Memphis-Shelby County Schools elementary school.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 3:27 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Congressman Steve Cohen, a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, announced on Friday that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will provide the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) with two grants totaling $76,378,905 to revitalize the city’s bus system.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 10:16 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Here’s our weekly list of the top five things to do in the Mid-South this weekend!
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 12:27 PM CDT
|By Kelly Roberts
For all the celebrities and amateurs who participated in the event, their main goal was to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 9:51 AM CDT
|By Shyra Sherfield
MFD identified the firefighter Thursday as David Pleasant who was driving Memphis Fire Truck 5 at the time of the crash.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 6:38 AM CDT
|By Sydney Hawkins
Dozens of golfers are ready to tee-off Thursday for the FedEx St. Jude Championship marking the 65th year professional golf has been played in Memphis.
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. 10, 2022 at 4:27 PM CDT
|By Kelly Roberts
This weekend’s FedEx St. Jude Championship isn’t just about sport. It’s also about business- a multi billion dollar a year business.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 2:50 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
The Bluff City is opening a new Chipotle Mexican Grill on Saturday, with the city’s first location featuring a drive-through pickup lane.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 11:46 AM CDT
|By Sydney Hawkins
An inaugural event described as one of the biggest events to take place on the PGA tour is now postponed.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 6:27 AM CDT
|By Joy Redmond
Andrew Ticer and Michael Hudman are the best friends behind some of the best restaurants in Memphis.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 1:07 PM CDT
|By Myracle Evans
If you are looking for a job, Mississippi Department of Employment Security and others will host Mid-South Area Job Fair Thursday.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 11:36 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Memphis Police Department Dispatch says it happened at the Verano Townhomes on Willow Creek Drive.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 10:17 AM CDT
|By Shyra Sherfield
Prater, a member of the Memphis State Eight, leaves a legacy behind as one of the eight Black men and women who were allowed to enroll at the university in 1959.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 9:15 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
The MLGW outage map showed about 4,032 customers affected by the outage at its peak, around 6:20 a.m.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 6:57 AM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
The state of Tennessee is to the rescue! Fed up with the problems in the Shelby County Clerk’s Office, the Shelby County Commission Monday night voted to ask state officials to send help.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 10:44 PM CDT
|By Matt Infield
On a special week for golf in Memphis and for St. Jude, one of the stars of the St. Jude Championship stopped by Overton Park to spend some time with patients from the hospital.
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 are back home.
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 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 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 12:26 PM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Here’s a list of 5 things to do in the Mid-South this weekend!
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 7:28 AM CDT
|By Kelly Roberts
Shelby County Administrator of Elections Linda Phillips says old voting equipment prevented that from happening.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 4:36 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Memphis’ only historically-Black college is hosting its second annual “807 Day of Giving” to help fund student scholarships, recruitment, and retention strategies.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 7:27 AM CDT
|By Sydney Hawkins
Tuesday, community members will begin memorial services to lay a Memphis-area pastor murdered in a carjacking to rest.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2022 at 3:22 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Family of the young boy who was struck while crossing East Parkway on Wednesday say he did not survive his injuries.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2022 at 10:25 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
Numbers from the Tennessee Secretary of State’s office show early voting in the Aug. 4 Shelby County election has already surpassed all the votes cast in the May election.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 5:15 PM CDT
|By Sydney Hawkins
The park, which stretches over a mile, will be split into four sections: the civic gateway, active core, community batture and habitat terraces.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 4:17 PM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
This month’s Mid-South hero is determined to change the lives of our city’s youth, using one of the most influential tools available – the arts.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 2:37 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
The Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) is offering free rides to voters on Friday during the early voting period in advance of the Aug. 4 election.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 3:19 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
The Shelby County Mayor’s Office has teamed up with local museums and galleries for the return of free admission and the “901 Student Passport” program.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 10:24 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Now, The Peabody is asking for your help to bring the win home.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 8:46 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare hosted four Ukrainian physicians as part of an international exchange program Monday.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 7:57 AM CDT
|By Sydney Hawkins
This is the second year Action News 5 is teaming up with YMCA for a backpack drive, after not having one during the pandemic.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 5:52 AM CDT
|By Sydney Hawkins
Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert is calling this the “no line, no waiting” plan where customers will be called in after registering onsite.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 9:02 PM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
On Monday, Congressman Steve Cohen hosted the renaming ceremony of the Memphis federal building for the late U.S. District Judge Odell Horton.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 7:47 PM CDT
|By Kelly Roberts
Parking at the FedEx St. Jude Championship is going digital this year, meaning you can get your parking passes early.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2022 at 4:01 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Citizens for Better Service (CBS) and the Memphis Bus Riders Union will be holding a ride-along meeting with Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) officials to discuss problems facing bus riders on July 29.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 3:26 PM CDT
|By Myracle Evans
Golden Gate Cathedral and STAR Academy Charter School will host STAR Day, a backpack and school supply giveaway and back-to-school celebration on Saturday, July 30 from 10 a.m. through 12 p.m.