Saturday, May 18 2013 8:19 PM EDT2013-05-19 00:19:39 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Grizzlies will begin its series against the San Antonio Spurs Sunday afternoon. Tickets for the first game in the series at FedExForum will go on sale Saturday at noon. Playoff ticketsMore >>
Tickets for the first game in the series against the San Antonio Spurs at FedExForum will go on sale Saturday at noon.More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 7:44 PM EDT2013-05-18 23:44:16 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Memphis City Schools' top teachers are being honored in a new exhibit. In the South Main Arts District today MCS unveiled the multimedia exhibit titled "I teach. I am...an Irreplaceable." TheMore >>
Memphis City Schools' top teachers are being honored in a new exhibit.More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 7:24 PM EDT2013-05-18 23:24:52 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Hurricane is home.The Hunt family was reunited with their three-year-old English bulldog today at Memphis Animal Services.MAS is reviewing video footage to see who turned the dog in.The dogMore >>
The Hunt family was reunited with their three-year-old English bulldog today at Memphis Animal Services.More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 7:24 PM EDT2013-05-18 23:24:17 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Timothy Pollard and his family started waiting in line for Grizzlies tickets at five Saturday morning. "10 of us, a bunch of us with sandwiches and food because we had already made a plan thatMore >>
Some Grizzlies fans are deterred by the higher cost of playoff tickets.More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 12:25 PM EDT2013-05-18 16:25:58 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued a statewide AMBER Alert for a Georgia girl believed to be abducted by her father. The TBI believes they may travel through Tennessee on their wayMore >>
The 2-year-girl who was the center of a multi-state AMBER Alert was found safe at Southand Park Gaming and Racing in West Memphis Friday.More >>
WEST MEMPHIS, AR (WMC-TV) - Police have a warning for people who think it is OK to park in a handicapped parking spot when they shouldn't: don't do it.
During a recent visit to the Walmart in West Memphis, Arkansas, it didn't take long to find drivers who parked where they shouldn't be.
One driver didn't even try to fake a handicapped tag.
"I know its handicapped," she said. "I have an eye infection. I just run up here to pick up my antibiotics"
She's not alone. West Memphis police say they have busted more than 160 drivers since December for handicapped parking violations.
"Most of our citations are being written for people who have placards in their cars," West Memphis Police Chief Bob Paudert said.
We spotted a driver doing just that - parking in a handicapped spot, in a car with a placard, but without a handicapped person with her.
"I have handicapped tags on my car," the woman said. "I didn't know I didn't know it was a problem. I'm driving my Mom's car."
We spoke to another driver who parked his dead father-in-law's car in a handicapped spot. The placard on the card had been issued to his father-in-law - not him. The driver claimed he didn't know what he did was illegal. But to West Memphis police, that didn't matter. Police issued the man a ticket, removed his license plate, and considered calling a tow truck.
Drivers like this are a real pain for people like Carl Dishion and Stan Bruce, two disabled motorists who say they need to use handicapped spaces.
"I know how people are going to be. They could care less about the next person. I'm being truthful," Dishion said.
"What really makes me angry is when you're looking for one, you see somebody in it. They get out and they run in there and you just wish you could run like that," Bruce added.
Not all disabled drivers look disabled. Ann Faulk has a handicapped tag because she has emphysema.
"It's very irritating if I can't find a place because I have to have one," Faulk said.
Some states are toughening laws against illegally parking in handicapped spaces. In South Carolina, a picture of the disabled person is required to be on the placard itself.
In North Carolina, new handicapped parking placards have expiration dates printed so large that they can be read from 20 feet away.
West Memphis police can run the number on a handicapped tag or placard to see who it belongs to. If there's a violation, the offender will receive no warning from police. Cops will seize the placard if the owner is not in the car.
And if there's no placard at all?
"Now we're going to begin towing cars if you don't have the sticker. whether you're in the car or not in the car," Paudert said.
Friday, May 17 2013 11:05 PM EDT2013-05-18 03:05:19 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A Mid-South family pet was taken outside of a Memphis Home Depot Store. There are new leads in the case, but still no arrests. Halyn Hunt, 14, said a 3-year-old English Bulldog named HurricaneMore >>
A Mid-South family pet was taken outside of a Memphis Home Depot Store. There are new leads in the case, but still no arrests.More >>
Click here to see how much you would take home depending on which state you bought your winning lottery ticket in. BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Millions of people try their luck on big lottery games likeMore >>
Millions of people try their luck on big lottery games like Powerball every week. We wonder what the odds actually are that you'll choose the winning combinations. WAFB's Keitha Nelson talks with an expert on numbers.More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 12:25 PM EDT2013-05-18 16:25:58 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued a statewide AMBER Alert for a Georgia girl believed to be abducted by her father. The TBI believes they may travel through Tennessee on their wayMore >>
The 2-year-girl who was the center of a multi-state AMBER Alert was found safe at Southand Park Gaming and Racing in West Memphis Friday.More >>
Friday, May 17 2013 11:29 PM EDT2013-05-18 03:29:02 GMT
(WMC TV) - Same boss. Same newspaper ad. Same consumer warning. Only the name of the company -- and the boss's conscience -- has seemed to change. "More >>
We knew there was something more to this company's sales pitch than just a name change.More >>
Friday, May 17 2013 6:26 PM EDT2013-05-17 22:26:32 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Memphis Fire Department is on the scene of a traffic accident at Hawkins Mill Road and New Allen Road. According to reports, two children were ejected from a vehicle and two others are missing.AMore >>
Five people were taken to the hospital after a traffic accident at Hawkins Mill Road and New Allen Road.More >>
At the corner of Plank Rd. and Scenic Highway sits a Chevron gas station. It's off I-110 near Memorial Stadium. Around 10 p.m.Sunday, a family stopped here to get gas. "Upon our arrival, we located threeMore >>
A man said he, his wife and his daughter were all punched because they were in the "wrong neighborhood" when they stopped to get gas at night. More >>
Friday, May 17 2013 7:53 PM EDT2013-05-17 23:53:42 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A White Station football coach resigned following allegations that he physically disciplined a player. Memphis City Schools leaders said Devin Rutherford handed in his resignation Wednesday. RutherfordMore >>
A White Station football coach resigned following allegations that he physically disciplined a player.More >>
South Korea says North Korea has fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters. Pyongyang routinely test-launches such missiles.More >>
North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy...More >>
