Friday, May 17 2013 11:29 PM EDT2013-05-18 03:29:02 GMT
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Friday, May 17 2013 11:17 PM EDT2013-05-18 03:17:56 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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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Friday, May 17 2013 7:08 PM EDT2013-05-17 23:08:35 GMT
(WMC-TV) - It is possible teachers could be packing heat in some Mid-South school districts after Governor Bill Haslam signed a new school security bill into law Thursday. The sign on the schoolhouse doorMore >>
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MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) - Children who live in the many apartment complexes along Sycamore View between I-40 and Bartlett now have a place they want to go after school. It's the newest local Boys and Girls Club, but unlike any other in Memphis, this one is located inside a church.
While making new friends, members of the city's newest Boys and Girls Club always can count on director Gladys Robinson to bring her A-game.
"You can tell if the kids enjoy it by the way they stay, because if they get up and leave, then you know we're not doing our job," Robinson said. "But if they stay and we have to call people to come and get them at 8 o'clock, they're enjoying the program."
Participants make three pointers, along with arts and crafts. Fifty to sixty children attend the Sycamore View Church of Christ each day..
"It's been a real blessing," youth pastor Jim Hinkle said. "We're looking for opportunities to become entrenched in the neighborhood and in lives, and the Boys and Girls Club has provided that."
The Boys and Girls Club has been located in the Sycamore View Church of Christ for five months now, providing the Club with an automatic base of volunteers.
"They come in and assist with homework time," Robinson said. "They help fix snacks for us. Then, every Wednesday, the church prepares a dinner for our kids."
Vincent Borello, Boys and Girls Clubs Memphis CEO, says the church provided the space, utilities and janitorial service.
"Where many non-profits in this economy have seen themselves shrinking, we grew," he said. "We opened this club."
The Boys and Girls Club provides the programming with full and part time staff and the national brand that attracts kids:
"It is a third of the cost of what it costs us to run a full service club house that we own," Borello said.
The model of a church or school with an existing gym, game room, and classrooms, is how the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis plans to grow.
Top target areas for new clubs include Whitehaven, Frayser and Raleigh.
Preliminary talks are underway with Memphis City and Shelby County Schools to explore placing Boys and Girls Clubs on select campuses.
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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 >>
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 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 >>
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Friday, May 17 2013 11:17 PM EDT2013-05-18 03:17:56 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 >>
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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 3:31 PM EDT2013-05-17 19:31:50 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A man was killed when he was hit by a car just before 3 a.m. in Arlington. Daniel Perkins and the driver of a van had gotten into an argument. The driver made Perkins, 28, get out in the areaMore >>
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