Updated: 1 hour ago
|By Joyce Peterson, Lydian Kennin and Rose Johnson
Action News 5 has learned that the Memphis police officer shot at the White Station Library on Thursday is still in critical condition at Regional One Hospital after being shot in the head.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 5:36 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin and Bria Bolden
The Memphis Police Department has fired Officer Preston Hemphill for his involvement in Tyre Nichols’ death.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 3:21 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
Three teens have received a juvenile summons for violating curfew after police say they were involved in a shooting that left one man injured Friday morning. Police also say the vehicle they occupied was stolen overnight.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 6:22 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
Two emergency warming centers have opened in DeSoto County Thursday.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 1:05 PM CST
|By Myracle Evans, Lydian Kennin and Bria Bolden
A Memphis Police Department officer was shot Thursday afternoon. District Attorney General Steve Mulroy requested the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) to investigate the shooting.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 10:43 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
Wednesday night, two areas of I-40 are at a standstill, and a portion of I-240 is completely blocked, due to ice on the roads causing slippery conditions.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 10:47 PM CST
|By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
Action News 5 obtained the personnel files of the five Memphis police officers fired and charged with second-degree murder in the beating death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 5:09 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
The City of Memphis has released a statement in response to multiple requests for the full release of the audio and video recorded in Tyre Nichols’ deadly Jan. 7 traffic stop.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 3:19 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
On behalf of the City of Memphis, Mighty Lights will be illuminating the Big River Crossing and Hernando de Soto Bridges Wednesday night in honor of Tyre Nichols.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 2:33 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
The Memphis Police Department is now under its Inclement Weather Crash Policy.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 2:15 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
Vice President Kamala Harris will be traveling to Memphis to attend the funeral of Tyre Nichols Wednesday morning, NBC reporter Priscilla Thompson confirmed Tuesday.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 10:25 PM CST
|By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
Just one month after Memphis and Shelby County experienced historic rolling power outages and a boil water crisis, the community braces now for an ice storm.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 4:40 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
An emergency warming center is open in the Pinch District and will remain open until 8 a.m. Saturday, the City of Memphis announced.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 3:33 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland says that the Memphis Police Department’s SCORPION Unit has been inactive since the death of Tyre Nichols, according to a statement issued Friday afternoon.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 7:06 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin and Stephanie Douglas
The family of Tyre Nichols and members of the Memphis community will gather at Tobey Skatepark Thursday night to celebrate the life of the fallen 29-year-old after he was killed in an altercation with Memphis police.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 5:53 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
Funeral arrangements have been made for Tyler Patterson, a member of Harvest Church killed in the fatal Jan. 17 plane crash near Yoakum, Texas.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 10:20 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
Memphis Grizzlies center Steven Adams is expected to be sidelined between three to five weeks following an injury sustained during the Jan. 22 game against the Pheonix Suns.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 9:06 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
A man is in critical condition after a shooting Monday night in the Williamsburg Colony neighborhood, police say.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 6:45 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin and Bria Bolden
Five Memphis police officers have been terminated following the completion of an administrative investigation into the death of Tyre Nichols.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 6:29 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
Just hours after Kevin Watson was arrested for the murder of his ex-wife Britney Watson, missing out of Haywood County, a body was found, according to Haywood County Sheriff Billy Garrett Jr.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 4:35 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) has issued a warrant for a Cordova man accused of assaulting a deputy in November.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 10:58 PM CST
|By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
Shelby County is reforming its bail system, letting more defendants out of jail after their arrest, in order to ensure equity and have less disruption to the lives of the accused. Critics worry the move will jeopardize safety and further traumatize crime victims.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 8:50 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
A pedestrian is in critical condition after police say she was hit by a truck at the intersection of Winchester and Riverdale Roads Thursday evening. The responsible driver has since been detained.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 4:27 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
Funeral arrangements have been made for the executive pastor of Harvest Church in Germantown following Tuesday’s fatal plane crash near Yoakum, Texas.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 3:21 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
A shooting in Collierville has left one dead Thursday afternoon, police say.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 2:50 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
The U.S. Marshals Service of Memphis has issued a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Kevin Watson, the ex-husband of Britney Watson, missing out of Haywood County.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 4:42 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
Lead Pastor Dr. Kennon Vaughan of Harvest Church in Germantown has been extubated and is breathing on his own following Tuesday’s fatal plane crash in Texas, church officials say.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 4:07 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Tennessee airports discovered a total of 366 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2022, an increase of nearly 30% over the 2021 statewide total.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 3:29 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
Longtime Memphis gay rights activist and author Vincent Astor has died at the age of 69, the Commercial Appeal reported Wednesday.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 8:09 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
A Byhalia woman has been charged after police say she came over to her 97-year-old grandmother’s house drunk and attacked her.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 7:47 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
One man is dead and another is in critical condition following a shooting on Mount Moriah Road Extended, police say.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 5:05 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
Eight teenagers have been charged following a stolen vehicle incident in Midtown that took place Monday.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 3:32 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) is assisting in the search for a woman missing out of Haywood County.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 2:54 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
The Memphis Police Department is searching for a suspect they say is responsible for a shooting in the Hollywood area that left one man in critical condition Tuesday afternoon.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 10:13 PM CST
|By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland promises to get the city’s impound lot organized and functioning again.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 3:54 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
The Memphis Zoo announced the passing of one of its two timber wolves on Monday.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 3:25 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
A man has been charged after police say he burglarized a visitor’s car at Graceland in broad daylight.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 10:42 PM CST
|By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
The 6th Amendment of the United States Constitution says every American is entitled to a speedy trial. But in Memphis and Shelby County, it takes years for a case to get resolved.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 5:46 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
A woman in Crittenden County has been convicted and sentenced in the 2022 shooting death of an eight-year-old girl in Marion.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 5:09 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
The City of Memphis has announced that it is opening a warming center Friday night for those seeking shelter from the cold.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 4:05 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
Four men who participated in a string of carjackings, which resulted in the shooting of two federal agents in 2021, received significant federal prison sentences after being convicted, United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced Friday.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 10:57 PM CST
|By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
Lisa Marie Presley has died at the age of 54, four days after visiting Graceland to celebrate the life and legacy of her late father on his birthday.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 4:01 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
A Memphis woman has been charged after police say she had a quit claim deed filed and notarized of her ex-boyfriend’s property without his knowledge.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 11:07 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
During Wednesday night’s game against the San Antonio Spurs, Grizzlies star Ja Morant made things right for a young Grizzlies fan down on her luck.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 11:05 PM CST
|By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
Between an overcrowded lot, long wait times, and tow truck drivers waiting up to several years to get fully paid for their work, the City of Memphis impound lot has reached full crisis mode.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 9:51 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
A group of carjackers posing as Memphis police officers assaulted and carjacked a person outside a hotel Wednesday afternoon.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 5:59 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
Three people, including one minor, are in the hospital after a bad crash on Hickory Hill Road Wednesday afternoon.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 4:50 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
A Hernando High School student was detained after bringing an Airsoft pistol to school Wednesday afternoon.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 3:02 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
After serving eight faithful years with the Tipton County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO), K-9 officer Aryzain, also known as “Ole Boy,” has hung up his “boots” and will enjoy his time in the comfort of his home, Sheriff Shannon Beasley announced Tuesday.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 10:40 PM CST
|By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
There’s no room at the inn at the city’s impound lot in Frayser. It is packed to capacity, and customers and tow truck operators say wait times and fees are agonizing.
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