Updated: Feb. 5, 2023 at 3:11 PM EST
|By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
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: Jan. 31, 2023 at 11:47 PM EST
|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 3:15 PM EST
|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. 20, 2023 at 7:45 PM EST
|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 7:29 PM EST
|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. 18, 2023 at 1:58 PM EST
|By Lydian Kennin and Debra Worley
A 40-year-old woman is facing charges after being accused of attacking her 97-year-old grandmother, according to police.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 4:54 PM EST
|By Lydian Kennin
The Memphis Zoo announced the passing of one of its two timber wolves on Monday.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 11:57 PM EST
|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 12:07 AM EST
|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 4:02 PM EST
|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. 5, 2023 at 10:35 AM EST
|By Myracle Evans, Stephanie Douglas and Lydian Kennin
State Senator London Lamar proposed an approach to tackling Tennessee’s backlog of untested rape kits.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2023 at 10:26 PM EST
|By Lydian Kennin
The longtime residence and private getaway of rock ‘n’ roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis in Nesbit, Mississippi, is now up for sale.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2022 at 5:30 AM EST
|By Lydian Kennin and Gray News staff
She allegedly told police her boyfriend was fatally shot after they lured a drug dealer with plans to rob him at gunpoint.
Updated: Dec. 26, 2022 at 7:17 PM EST
|By Lydian Kennin
Christmas has come and gone, and three Memphis children are still without answers after their mother disappeared in November.
Updated: Dec. 26, 2022 at 4:57 PM EST
|By Lydian Kennin and Gray News staff
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a home on Piermont Street at around 6:45 p.m. after they say Najja Simmons called 911 to report that he had just shot his stepfather.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2022 at 11:22 PM EST
|By Lydian Kennin
As police were wrapping up a homicide scene in the New Chicago area Wednesday afternoon, another man was shot and killed by a person in the onlooking crowd.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 at 11:20 PM EST
|By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) office in Memphis just held an open house for potential candidates as a part of a statewide hiring blitz.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 8:38 PM EST
|By Lydian Kennin
A 22-year-old Forrest City police officer has been charged with the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 4:12 PM EST
|By Lydian Kennin and Jordan Gartner
A FedEx employee has died at a facility in Tennessee this week.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2022 at 6:46 PM EST
|By Lydian Kennin
A FedEx employee was accidentally killed Wednesday afternoon while on the clock.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 10:11 PM EST
|By Lydian Kennin
On Tuesday, the Senate passed bipartisan legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages, and among 12 Republican senators who supported the bill, none were from the Mid-South area.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2022 at 4:45 PM EST
|By Lydian Kennin
Staff at one hospital brought the festivities to their tiniest patients so the little ones wouldn’t miss out on their very first Thanksgiving.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 11:39 PM EST
|By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
Candlelight, tears, and calls for action poured from Memphis Monday night as the local LGTBQ+ community came together to honor and remember those impacted by the Colorado Springs nightclub shooting.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 4:34 PM EST
|By Lydian Kennin
Police found multiple rounds of ammunition in the car of a reckless driving suspect who told police he would commit a Uvalde-type mass shooting once out of jail.
Updated: Oct. 30, 2022 at 10:06 PM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Funeral arrangements have been set for “The Killer” Jerry Lee Lewis, who passed away on Friday morning at 87.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 5:28 PM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin
A routine inspection performed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) revealed numerous violations inside a University of Memphis laboratory, where dozens of research animals were reported to have died from signs of neglect within the campus lab.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 12:14 AM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin and Gray News Staff
Police arrested one suspect after a hostage situation in which a family was followed home from a gas station, forced inside and robbed at gunpoint, police say.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2022 at 10:55 PM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Tennessee Representative Ron Gant was airlifted to a Memphis hospital Wednesday night after surviving a head-on collision with a driver in Hardeman County, according to the county sheriff.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 11:28 PM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin and Gray News Staff
A man with several active warrants was charged with assaulting an officer and evading arrest, among other charges, after police initiated a traffic stop in the early hours of Monday morning.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 8:51 PM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin
The Memphis Museum of Science and History’s (MoSH) Memphis Proud Drag Show & Dance Party was canceled Friday night, right after it was scheduled to begin at 7 p.m., police say.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2022 at 8:15 PM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin
A Kroger employee who was shot last September when a gunman opened fire inside the grocery chain’s Collierville location has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the company alleging that gross negligence allowed the deadly mass shooting.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 6:57 PM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin, Joyce Peterson and Bria Bolden
The victim who says she was raped by Eliza Fletcher’s alleged killer 11 months ago filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the City of Memphis for failing to investigate the 2021 case and subsequently failing to prevent Fletcher’s death.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 11:32 PM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin and Gray News Staff
Collierville police are looking for four suspects accused of stealing a new car from a Mercedes-Benz dealership on Thursday after two held an employee at gunpoint.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 9:31 PM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin
A state veterinarian has issued a statewide emergency response and an immediate halt to poultry shows, exhibitions, and sales due to a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu reported in a West Tennessee flock.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 6:25 AM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Ezekiel Kelly, 19, is in custody after a frightening several hours across the city of Memphis.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 7:07 PM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin
In a coordinated effort with Memphis officers of Homeland Security, Memphis FBI, and the Shelby County Multi-Agency Gang Unit, police have arrested and charged 18-year-old Reginald Williams for terrorist threats made on social media.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 11:31 AM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Mid-South police departments are looking into a video circulating in the community of a group of men making threats to shoot citizens.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2022 at 9:32 PM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin and Gray News Staff
Authorities confirmed a body was found in South Memphis, but no confirmation of the crime scene being related to Eliza Fletcher’s disappearance.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2022 at 7:57 PM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin
A large police presence has emerged at Chestnut Avenue and Victor Street where police confirmed a body has been found.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 10:05 PM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Two defendants named in a federal lawsuit against Rockstar Cheer are companies based in Memphis.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 8:26 PM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee says the state’s controversial Education Savings Account (ESA) trial program has been a success so far.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 3:36 PM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin
A Fox Meadows man was convicted on Friday of raping an 81-year-old woman who lived in the same neighborhood and had previously hired him to do yard work and other chores, said Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 11:47 PM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin and Gray News Staff
Bartlett police have charged a man with aggravated assault after being able to identify him after he left his wallet in a stolen car that he abandoned after wrecking into a field.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 6:57 PM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin
The canine burn victim “Riona” underwent the first of many skin expander surgeries on Thursday.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 6:56 AM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin and Action News 5 Staff
The Memphis Fire Department says one firefighter died following a crash in South Memphis Wednesday night.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 6:24 AM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin
A City Watch Alert has been issued for Katherine Rinehart, 95, who was dropped off at the front door of the Lucille McWherter Senior Center Friday morning for her daily activities by her caregiver.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 6:45 PM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin
The man accused of stabbing a mother and her 14-year-old son to death in Raleigh is back in Memphis after he was arrested by Arkansas State Troopers two weeks ago.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2022 at 7:22 PM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin and Jordan Gartner
A Tennessee man has been sentenced to three decades in prison for abusing a young girl for several years.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2022 at 4:22 PM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Family of the young boy who was struck while crossing East Parkway on Wednesday say he did not survive his injuries.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2022 at 3:56 PM EDT
|By Lydian Kennin
A Nutbush-area man saw his bond increased to $150,000 after prosecutors played a tape in court on which he threatened to shoot reporters if “they come to his home again,” said Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich.