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Updated: Jan. 5, 2022 at 11:41 AM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
Hyatt Centric Beale Street Memphis was named one of the best new hotels of 2021 placing seventh a USA Today poll.
Updated: Dec. 25, 2021 at 10:04 PM CST
|By Parker King
For the 4th year, actresses Carrie Bernans and Candace Rice hosted their Operation: Holiday Give Back.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2021 at 11:31 PM CST
|By Olivia Gunn
Two Crittenden County sheriff’s deputies are being honored for their life-saving efforts.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2021 at 5:10 AM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Memphis Fire Department hosted a “Brick Dedication Service” at the Fire Museum of Memphis Friday.
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Updated: Dec. 18, 2021 at 10:50 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
Heal The Hood Foundation of Memphis delivered gifts of love and joy today.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2021 at 6:54 PM CST
|By Griffin DeMarrais
A young Paragould girl is fighting her own battle with cancer while making sure that the people around her are having a happy holiday.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2021 at 3:05 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office will be making special deliveries on Saturday, December 18.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2021 at 11:28 PM CST
|By Olivia Gunn
This week, Avron Fogelman surprised nearly 180 customers by paying off their Burlington store layaway balance.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2021 at 12:24 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
Tickets for Young Dolph’s memorial are all sold out and it’s no surprise. When the news broke about his death, crowds of people gathered where the rapper was shot and killed.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2021 at 5:23 PM CST
|By Parker King
Mid-South flyers who use the Memphis International Airport will soon experience what’s taken over 3 years to accomplish, a brand-new concourse.
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Updated: Dec. 10, 2021 at 9:12 AM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The goal is to collect over 2,500 toys for Mid-South children under the age of five to help make their holidays a little brighter.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2021 at 8:20 AM CST
|By Justina Latimer
“Just to help in such an extreme situation was one of the most amazing things,” Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Aaron Ranker said.
Journey Community Schools receives $30,000 grant from International Paper to boost literacy programs
Updated: Dec. 3, 2021 at 2:14 PM CST
|By Camille Connor
Journey Community Schools says their goal is to get every student to read at or above grade level.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2021 at 1:52 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Coahoma County Sheriff’s Office is spreading some holiday cheer, giving out unexpected surprises.
Updated: Nov. 24, 2021 at 7:08 PM CST
|By Theresa Schmidt
Tina Vesey of Hathaway made a decision 15 years ago that forever changed the life of a small child and those who now call him part of the family.
Updated: Nov. 24, 2021 at 10:24 AM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
A heartfelt gesture for a young man that captured all our hearts in the hours after Memphis rapper Young Dolph was killed.
Updated: Nov. 20, 2021 at 8:55 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
For the second year in a row, Antonio Cowan is giving back to his community.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2021 at 9:29 PM CST
|By Patrice Clark
One Jackson church is canceling the medical debt for the poor and uninsured.
Updated: Nov. 12, 2021 at 9:59 AM CST
|By Tucker Robbins
The Memphis Zoo recently teamed up with U.S. Fish and Wildlife to rescue four orphaned puma kittens.
Updated: Nov. 12, 2021 at 8:16 AM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
Brittney shared exciting news on Action News 5 this morning -- she and her husband, Andy, are expecting their second child!
Updated: Nov. 11, 2021 at 12:15 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
Tunica Humane Society stepped in to help Buddy recover slowly but surely and now he’s ready for a home.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2021 at 7:33 PM CST
|By Camille Connor
Today kicks off Action News 5′s Holiday Food Drive with the Mid-South Food Bank.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2021 at 10:55 AM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
With support from AutoZone, hundreds of people received foot and nail care as well as news shoes Tuesday.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2021 at 1:40 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
St. Jude named its 625,000 square-foot research facility after the all-civilian space crew that made history this year -- Inspiration4.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2021 at 5:39 PM CST
|By Parker King
The national unemployment rate is down to a pandemic low of 4.6 percent, and the Mid-South states are seeing similar numbers.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2021 at 9:25 AM CST
|By Amanda Hanson
Set up is underway for the Enchanted Forest Festival of Trees benefiting Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2021 at 6:14 PM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, also known as The Blvd, will be celebrating 100 years of impacting the Memphis community on Sunday.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2021 at 5:47 PM CDT
|By Parker King
Wednesday’s State of Downtown meeting was a welcome insight into the Bluff City’s future.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2021 at 10:52 PM CDT
|By Region 8 Newsdesk
The Northeast Arkansas boy who won a nationwide mullet contest has donated his winnings.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2021 at 9:42 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Dollar General is awarding thousands of dollars to the Mid-South Food Bank for its commitment to fighting food insecurity in the region.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2021 at 6:44 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Masks by Memphis’ own Patrick Henry has been chosen as one of Oprah’s favorite things for 2021.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2021 at 3:30 PM CDT
|By Amanda Hanson
Luke Bryan is paying tribute to Memphis based professional angler Bill Dance with a newly released song titled “Bill Dance”.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2021 at 8:42 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
In the Mid-South, kiddos across the area and kids at heart had a good night trick or treating.
Updated: Oct. 31, 2021 at 9:43 PM CDT
|By Parker King
In South Memphis, trunk or treat was all the rage this Halloween.
Updated: Oct. 30, 2021 at 9:44 PM CDT
|By Parker King
For over a year, the Liberty Bowl has missed the sights and sounds of the Bandmaster’s Championship due to COVID-19.
Updated: Oct. 29, 2021 at 5:17 PM CDT
|By Briseida Holguin
Collierville Associate Resource Center opens for Kroger shooting victims
Updated: Oct. 29, 2021 at 11:14 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Captain Tahira Brown and First Officer Diana Lugemwa became the first Black female crew to fly one of the shipping giant’s aircrafts this year.
Updated: Oct. 29, 2021 at 10:59 AM CDT
|By Shyra Sherfield
NICU babies over at Methodist Le Bonheur are getting into the Halloween spirit with some pretty cute costumes.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2021 at 5:38 PM CDT
|By Parker King
A crowd of people packed out the foyer of the Laurie-Walton Family Basketball Center on the University of Memphis’s Park Avenue Campus.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2021 at 12:48 PM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
A Memphis Tigers basketball legend is being honored Thursday with a plaza memorializing his life and legacy.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2021 at 7:49 PM CDT
|By Anne Brock
School makes a positive difference by focusing on inspiring interactions at the beginning of each school day.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2021 at 10:30 AM CDT
|By Joe Birch
This success story is just the latest chapter in fast-growing connections between some of the top institutions in Memphis medicine and the central Asian country.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2021 at 10:01 AM CDT
|By Amanda Hanson
Action News 5′s Joy Redmond and Commercial Appeal’s food writer Jennifer Chandler got together at the Digital Desk to talk about 11 spots in the bluff city to find decadent pumpkin spice treats.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2021 at 5:55 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Wendy channeled the Queen of Soul and fellow Memphis native Aretha Franklin for her showdown in Monday night’s Knockout Round.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2021 at 9:07 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Germantown Police Department is teaming up with COP STOP to help a fellow officer’s family.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2021 at 5:22 AM CDT
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Big River Crossing is celebrating its 5th anniversary Friday and it’s receiving a big gift.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2021 at 5:14 PM CDT
|By Briseida Holguin
The shooting which took place at the Collierville Kroger off Byhalia Road last month shook the community and rallied them together.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2021 at 1:33 PM CDT
|By Amanda Hanson
Richard Shaw, Chief Development Officer for Youth Villages, talks about what the donation means to the non-profit and how the money will be used.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2021 at 8:45 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Hart donated her total winnings to Youth Villages started right here in Memphis in 1986.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2021 at 7:14 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
He is moving in with a family from Starkville who has agreed to foster him as he undergoes heartworm treatment.