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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Despite two deadly shootings on Christmas, the Memphis Police Department’s initial numbers show a substantial drop-off in crime this Christmas compared to 2024. That’s especially the case for major property crimes. According to city data, calls for robberies, burglaries, larceny, and car thefts were...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - On this day in history, 1946, Myron Lowery, the Memphis city councilman who became interim mayor, famous for fist-bumping the Dalai Lama, was born. Raised in Columbus, Ohio, Lowery attended LeMoyne Owen College. He landed a job at Action News 5 as one of the first...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Memphis-Shelby County Schools earned higher marks overall on this year’s state report card, with more schools earning a C or higher and fewer earning Ds in the 2024-2025 school year. But the number of schools...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Construction of a new home, for a Memphis woman better known as “Mama,” made possible by the public’s donations is nearing completion. Its been five months since WREF first introduced Christine Marshall, better known as “Mama.” In July, the 81-year-old woman was living in a car outside her home on S....

Action News 5 went one-on-one with the Memphis mastermind behind a major Christmas Day film release, “Song Sung Blue,” written and directed by the Bluff City’s own Craig Brewer.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office issued a “Be On the Look Out” notice for suspects in the robbery of a UPS driver in southeast Shelby County. Deputies say around 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 23, multiple suspects robbed a UPS driver in the 7300 block of Topaz Cv. Surveillance video shows the […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Memphis police are investigating two deadly shootings that happened hours apart on Christmas Day, leaving two men dead and neighbors shaken by violence on a day meant for family and togetherness. The first shooting happened early Christmas morning at an Exxon gas station in the 4100 block...

A tragic incident unfolded this Christmas Eve as a motorcyclist met a fatal end in North Shelby County. The accident, which took place at approximately 4:20 p.m. near the Shelby-Tipton County line, occurred at the intersection of Herring Hill Road and River Bluff Road, a stone's throw from the verdant expanse of...

A man from Memphis, TN contacted the Kosciusko Police Department early Christmas morning after waking up in the parking lot of Glendale Apartments with no recollection of how he arrived there. According to scanner traffic, the man said he went to sleep—apparently in Memphis—and later “woke up in Kosciusko, of...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A new report from Yelp has named the top 100 coffee shops in the U.S. for 2025. for a cup of coffee, baked goods and more. The top ten of the list is dominated by locations in California, Hawaii and Nevada. Below are the Tennessee representatives...