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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The Memphis Fire Department is investigating a multi-car fire in Frayser, deemed arson, late Monday night. Fire crews responded to a vehicle fire at Gruber Drive near Schoolfield Road just before 11:25 p.m. Action News 5 received footage from a viewer that showed fire crews, with...

WALLS, Miss. — DeSoto County is mourning after a 13-year-old boy fell into a neighborhood lake and died Monday. The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office says there was a tragic accident in the Ranch Meadows subdivision, where a 13-year-old boy fell into a neighborhood lake Monday and was rushed to the hospital. He later died

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Owners who purchased and saved a decades-old Cooper-Young coffeehouse two years ago are asking for the community’s help to repair major structural damage to the business. Employees serving coffee to customers outside Java Cabana on Young Avenue on Tuesday wouldn’t say what happened inside, but on their

The man accused of helping abduct three children at gunpoint in Memphis has been extradited to Shelby County after being apprehended in Mississippi. Jeremiah Jackson, 18, is one of two suspects accused in the May 29 kidnapping of his three siblings, according to MPD. DeSoto County records show that Jackson...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A Memphis woman is doing everything she can to honor the dozens of people buried in an overgrown and neglected historic Black cemetery in Cordova — including her own family. Carrie Louise Pinson moved back to Memphis from Atlanta two years ago. When she visited...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis juvenile was sentenced to 15 years after pleading guilty to a Southaven armed carjacking, the DeSoto County District Attorney’s Office said. Memphis teen, Larry Scruggs, will serve 15 years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections, followed by 15 years of post-release supervision and five

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two former school superintendents and a school teacher were sentenced to prison after being convicted of stealing nearly $400,000 from the Department of Education. Mario Willis, 58, of Southaven, Mississippi, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to embezzle federal program funds. He was sentenced to

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Memphis Police are still searching for leads in a 2023 drive-by shooting that killed a toddler just days before Christmas in Frayser. Investigators say the shooting happened Dec. 16 on Wellons Avenue, when suspects in a passing vehicle fired multiple rounds into a home. A 1-year-old child — ident

DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. — Hail and lots of it came down in north Mississippi Monday night after storms. The big ice chunks came down as storms passed through the Mid-South. WREG weather experts were tracking it all, and on Tuesday, at least one autobody repair shop is now tracking calls for service. As the chunks […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — There will be a special town hall meeting to discuss redistricting across Tennessee. This impacts so many people here across the Mid-South, and still, many people have questions. State Representative Joe Towns Jr. is hosting the special town hall meeting on Tuesday to discuss what this means for the ci