Stuart Rucker
Digital Media Producer
Memphis, TN
Stuart Rucker is an innovative Digital Content Producer based in Memphis, Tennessee currently working at Action News 5 (WMC).
Stuart is a prolific journalist in the Mid-South region. He covers a range of topics: breaking news, crime, state politics, community events, food and service journalism.
With a background spanning broadcast production, digital publishing, freelance media, and business operations, Stuart brings a uniquely well-rounded skill set to the newsroom by combining editorial instincts with technical expertise and a deep connection to the Memphis community.
The Senatobia police officer who shot and killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley in a Walmart parking lot in June has resigned from the force, attorneys for the Wiley family told Action News 5.
The police officer who shot and killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley in a Walmart parking lot in June has resigned from the force, attorneys for the Wiley family told Action News 5.
Anthony Green had been erroneously released from custody in September 2025.
Two people have been arrested after Memphis Police said they allegedly forced a man to strip naked, shot him in the leg, and punched his teeth out.
The Memphis Zoo welcomes two new female Sumatran tiger cubs to the world and invites the public to join in naming them.
Tennessee authorities say three people are facing numerous charges in connection with a steroid manufacturing laboratory in a home that had a large amount of narcotics.
Federal agencies conducted an operation in Northeast Memphis early Sunday morning.
A woman is behind bars after Memphis Police said she ran over the father of her children while they were in the vehicle.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has identified the man involved in a deadly shooting with the National Guard in Downtown Memphis.
Family members are seeking answers after a 1-year-old boy died in an officer-involved shooting at a Walmart in Mississippi.
A couple was arrested Thursday for falsely filing a quit claim deed on a woman’s house in the Westwood neighborhood, according to the Memphis Police Department.
A Tennessee man was arrested after authorities said he was found with a large amount of child pornography.
The Tennessee Supreme Court announced on Friday that it has vacated a second-degree murder conviction due to an involuntary confession that they say should have not been admitted to the trial.
A Memphis woman is facing felony charges including attempted murder after police say she tried to run over her child’s father and his mother.
The League of Women Voters joined with the NAACP and other civil rights organizations to challenge Tennessee’s recently redistricted congressional maps in federal court.
Officials say a teen girl was killed and four others were injured after a shooting near a public park in Tennessee Friday night.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is working to find out what happened Friday night in a shooting that left four teens injured and one dead in Brownsville, Tenn.
A homicide investigation is underway after a man was shot to death in Cordova, according to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.
A man is under arrest after Memphis Police said said that he was caught on camera abusing a dog at a vet clinic.
The Tennessee GOP supermajority approved a new congressional map Thursday that divides Memphis and dilutes the Black vote, sparking protests at the state capitol and promises of legal action.
Dyersburg Police detectives announced they have resolved a homicide case that went cold five years ago.
IKEA has permanently closed their store in Memphis, according to the company website.
Police say the father ran into a restaurant with his son, lay down on the kitchen floor and said his family is trying to kill him.
A man is in custody Saturday after Memphis Police said that he bit his own infant son on the right side of his face.
The District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Western Division has issued an order denying Memphis Police Director Cerelyn Davis be dismissed from RowVaughn Wells v. City of Memphis et al.
