Memphis TN

A new lawsuit accuses Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company of illegally spewing toxic pollutants into the Black neighborhoods on the border of Tennessee and Mississippi. The suit, filed on Tuesday in Mississippi federal court, alleges xAI is violating the Clean Air Act due to emissions from its makeshift power...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Big Bad Breakfast, an upscale diner with locations in East Memphis, Oxford and across the South, is coming to Memphis’ Cooper-Young neighborhood. Applications were filed Tuesday indicating plans for the restaurant at 2149 Young Ave., formerly Mulan Asian Bistro, which closed after a fire in September. Crews have been working for several […]

Memphis police are once again pressing the public for help as they try to crack a nearly two-year-old Binghampton homicide, renewing their search on April 13, 2026, for suspects in a June 23, 2024, shooting that left Andre Page dead. Investigators say unknown assailants opened fire on a black Audi...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man was found dead after a shooting in Castalia Heights on Monday afternoon, according to Memphis Police. At around 4:40 p.m., MPD said that they responded to a shooting in the 2100 block of Lowell Avenue, and a man was located and pronounced dead on the scene. Police did not say […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A local nonprofit aims to reduce gun violence following two recent senior skip day events in Memphis. On Friday, Marico Moore, 18, and Marco Moore, 19, were both arrested for carrying illegal and stolen guns at Overton Park during senior skip day. With summer approaching, WREG spoke to Memphis Allies about its […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A Memphis man will spend more than 22 years in prison for selling meth. Michael Wilson was indicted in March 2025. Law enforcement officers used recorded phone calls, traffic stops, physical surveillance and search warrants to determine that Wilson was distributing felony amounts of methamphetamine for more than one year before his federal indictment.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The Memphis Police Department is investigating after a vehicle crashed into a utility pole during the early morning hours of April 14. When Action News 5 arrived on the scene in the 400 block of Kirby Parkway near Kirby High School at around 4 a.m., we learned that a utility pole was struck by a single vehicle.

Ten years later, Zedric Owens is still in jail and the case hasn't gone to trial.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The Memphis Fire Department is investigating after a house caught fire during the early morning hours of April 14. According to the Memphis Fire Department, crews responded to a house fire on Highland Park Place in the High Point Terrace neighborhood. No word yet on whether...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - On the eve of Memphis Mayor Paul Young presenting his annual budget to city council, a budget that was nearly $900 million for fiscal year 2026, the Moral Budget Coalition said everyone should demand more from their elected leaders. Nonprofit leaders presented their own “Moral Budget”...