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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A house accidentally caught on fire early Friday morning in a Frayser neighborhood, according to the Memphis Fire Department (MFD). Minutes before 4:20 a.m., WREG captured photos of the home fire in the 2200 block of Kingsley Cove. 📡 See more breaking news, local news and...

Although sentenced in Shelby County, Jackson Hopper still faces charges in Tipton, Lauderdale and Dyer County after leading cops on a chase after the shooting

Three people were shot, one fatally, outside a strip mall near the intersection of Knight Arnold and Mendenhall roads in southeast Memphis on the evening of April 16, the Memphis Police Department confirmed. MPD Public Information Officer Theresa Carlson said officers responded to a shooting at 3193 Mendenhall Rd. at 4:37 p.m. Three men with gunshot wounds were located at the scene and...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Dyer County Sheriff’s Office announced the return of a 56-count indictment against an inmate and his girlfriend, accused of smuggling drugs into the jail. The investigation started months ago when contraband was intercepted at the jail. Deputies said that the incident prompted an investigation, which uncovered a scheme involving the smuggling […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Numerous law enforcement officers have gathered at an apartment complex off Getwell Road. Crime scene tape has Stribling Street blocked right outside Thompson Heights Apartments as of 5:45 p.m. Thursday. Action News 5 has crews at the scene. More information is pending from the Memphis Police...

A homicide suspect who bolted into the woods near Goodlett Farms Parkway and Whitten Road on Feb. 24 did not stay hidden for long. Shelby County deputies say it was one of their own drones, piloted by Deputy Joshua Keith, that finally picked the man out of the trees. Keith...

A Facebook Marketplace meet-up in Cordova turned terrifying when a routine watch sale allegedly became an armed ambush, leaving the seller without his merchandise and police hunting for multiple suspects. The Cordova man says he had already sold roughly 100 watches through the platform without trouble, but this time several people showed up, and the deal quickly spiraled into a gunpoint robbery. Investigators...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — One person is dead, and two others are injured, after a shooting at a gas station in Parkway Village, according to the Memphis Police. Officers responded to a shooting at a gas station on South Mendenhall Road near Knight Arnold Road at around 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Federal investigators say a freight train backed into a stopped Amtrak train—and then hit it a second time in February’s collision in southwest Memphis. According to the a preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board, the Amtrak train had already stopped after spotting the freight train ahead on the tracks. Investigators […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Three people were shot at a smoke shop in Memphis on Thursday afternoon. Police were called to the scene at Knight Arnold and Mendenhall Roads just after 4:30 p.m. All three men were rushed to the hospital in critical condition. One man later died from his...