Updated: Jun. 2, 2023 at 9:11 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
21 vehicles were stolen from a Memphis auction site on Sunday, according to Memphis police.
Updated: May. 31, 2023 at 11:04 AM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin and Emily Van de Riet
A watermelon vendor who has been selling fruit on a street corner every morning for the past 30 years was shot and killed on the job, police said.
Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 3:32 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Crittenden County Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $2,000 for information that leads to the arrest of 31-year-old Marcello D. Banks, who is wanted by the Crittenden County Sheriff’s Office for the April slaying of an Earle, Arkansas, man.
Updated: May. 5, 2023 at 10:49 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin, Joel Griffin Moore, Joyce Peterson and Stephanie Douglas
The vibes were high for Day 1 of the 2023 Beale Street Music Festival!
Updated: May. 4, 2023 at 10:26 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
The biggest party in town returns to the river, and Beale Street Landing will be the command post for Memphis police and other law enforcement agencies responsible for protecting the citizens in Downtown Memphis this weekend.
Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 2:35 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
The Memphis Police Department has arrested a man accused of robbing five banks and attempting to rob a sixth in 10 days.
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 10:31 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
Action News 5 got a look at the newly remodeled Tom Lee Park and the setup for this year’s Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2023 at 10:53 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
There’s a new weapon in the war on crime in Downtown Memphis. The Downtown Memphis Commission (DMC) unveiled a new tool in the arsenal of the Blue Suede Brigade, the DMC’s team of state-certified security officers.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2023 at 10:23 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
And as the University of Memphis Tigers football squad showed off new players, school officials talked about the new improvements coming to the Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium at Liberty Park in Midtown Memphis.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2023 at 9:33 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
The West Memphis School Board has fired Superintendent Richard Atwill.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2023 at 9:47 PM CDT
|By Joel Griffin Moore and Lydian Kennin
Memphis Police Department has confirmed that there have been two unidentified officers shot during an altercation with a suspect in Whitehaven.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 10:47 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
A new procedure at the Memphis VA provides relief to veterans with COPD without surgery.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 8:12 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
American Car Center has filed for bankruptcy nearly a month after the company went belly-up.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 3:52 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Memphis police have charged a man with the murder of his fiancé after police say he beat her to death while officers were at their home responding to a domestic disturbance call.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 3:15 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
The Arkansas Supreme Court has reversed and dismissed Demarcus Donnell Parker’s conviction for the 2018 murder of an off-duty police officer in West Memphis after a ruling that his right to a speedy trial was violated.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 9:39 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Dyersburg police have apprehended 30-year-old Brenton Bell after police say he held his girlfriend captive inside a vacant house, locked inside a closet, for two months.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 5:28 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin and Jordan Gartner
Authorities say a man was shot and killed in an argument while they were celebrating a birthday.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 4:11 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
A high school football coach in St. Francis County, Arkansas, has been arrested on charges that stemmed from an alleged incident with one of his players in September.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 4:52 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin, Myracle Evans, Jordan Gartner and Walter Murphy
Police say a child suffered critical injuries after being attacked by a pack of pit bulls.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 7:39 AM CST
|By Lydian Kennin and Gray News staff
Jerry Lee Lewis III, the youngest son of Jerry Lee Lewis, was evicted from the Lewis Ranch on Sunday.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 7:18 AM CST
|By Joyce Peterson, Lydian Kennin and Gray News staff
In the middle of the night, one pilot’s crash pad became a crime scene.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 10:39 PM CST
|By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
Action News 5 confirmed that a FedEx pilot was shot in the middle of the night while asleep in bed.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 7:18 PM CST
|By Walter Murphy and Lydian Kennin
Records show that one 11-year-old Memphian has been arrested nine times in just over two months for charges including carjacking, theft, burglary, and robbery, just to name a few.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 9:47 AM CST
|By Lydian Kennin and Debra Worley
The Haywood County (Tenn.) Sheriff’s Office said deputies received a call around 1 p.m. Saturday of a large number of cow heads seen in a Solid Waste dumpster.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2023 at 9:38 AM CST
|By Lydian Kennin, Joyce Philippe and Amanda Alvarado
Memphis Police Chief CJ Davis sent a request to the Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission for the decertification of all five former Memphis police officers charged in the death of Nichols.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 5:36 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin and Bria Bolden
The Memphis Police Department has fired Officer Preston Hemphill for his involvement in Tyre Nichols’ death.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 2:15 PM CST
|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. 24, 2023 at 10:20 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
Memphis Grizzlies center Steven Adams is expected to be sidelined between three to five weeks following an injury sustained during the Jan. 22 game against the Pheonix Suns.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 6:45 PM CST
|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. 18, 2023 at 12:58 PM CST
|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. 13, 2023 at 5:46 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
A woman in Crittenden County has been convicted and sentenced in the 2022 shooting death of an eight-year-old girl in Marion.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 5:10 PM CST
|By Rose Johnson, Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
On Monday, one of the West Memphis Three, Damien Echols, filed an appeal to the Arkansas Supreme Court, asking it to revisit his petition to use modern technology to examine specific evidence in the case for DNA findings that might prove his innocence.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2022 at 4:30 AM CST
|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 3:57 PM CST
|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. 26, 2022 at 12:42 PM CST
|By Rose Johnson and Lydian Kennin
Due to freezing weather and power outages, Memphis Light, Gas and Water issued a boil water advisory for all customers.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2022 at 4:09 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
A Memphis woman has been charged after police say she forged information to purchase a 2017 Chevrolet Corvette.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 3:12 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin and Jordan Gartner
A FedEx employee has died at a facility in Tennessee this week.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2022 at 5:46 PM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
A FedEx employee was accidentally killed Wednesday afternoon while on the clock.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 11:35 AM CST
|By Lydian Kennin
A Memphis man was arrested by the West Memphis Police Department after a woman was shot and killed outside a home earlier this month.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2022 at 11:07 PM CST
|By Joyce Peterson and Lydian Kennin
The world-famous Silky O’Sullivan’s is being sold, after being owned by the same family for half a century.
Updated: Oct. 30, 2022 at 9:06 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Funeral arrangements have been set for “The Killer” Jerry Lee Lewis, who passed away on Friday morning at 87.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2022 at 3:51 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) contract crews are gearing up for long-term lane closures and traffic shifts along Interstate 55.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2022 at 11:14 PM CDT
|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. 4, 2022 at 10:28 PM CDT
|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. 21, 2022 at 7:15 PM CDT
|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. 16, 2022 at 10:32 PM CDT
|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 6:46 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
After FedEx Corp. provided its preliminary first quarter financial results on Thursday, the company announced that it is initiating several cost-cutting initiatives to offset a declined volume of packages which dropped its quarterly revenue below expectations.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 5:25 AM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
Ezekiel Kelly, 19, is in custody after a frightening several hours across the city of Memphis.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2022 at 9:00 PM CDT
|By Lydian Kennin
West Memphis police have arrested and charged a man in the fatal shooting of a 2-year-old that took place in June.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2022 at 8:32 PM CDT
|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.