Friday, May 24 2013 5:25 PM EDT2013-05-24 21:25:53 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A police shootout erupted at a Memphis apartment complex early Friday morning. This shootout happened at the Rain Tree apartments on East Raines Road around 12:45 Friday morning. AccordingMore >>
A police shootout erupted at a Memphis apartment complex early Friday morning. This shootout happened at the Rain Tree apartments on East Raines Road around 12:45 Friday morning.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 5:18 PM EDT2013-05-24 21:18:55 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Shelby County Election Commission set July 16 for the municipal school referendums in the Memphis suburbs. They approved this date for suburban voters to decide whether to have municipalMore >>
The Shelby County Election Commission set July 16 for the municipal school referendums in the Memphis suburbs.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 5:08 PM EDT2013-05-24 21:08:24 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Memphis Mayor A C Wharton is announcing a new effort to stop gun crime. It is part of the "gun down" program he spoke about earlier this year. The mayor says the focus of the program is toMore >>
Memphis Mayor A C Wharton is announcing a new effort to stop gun crime. It is part of the "gun down" program he spoke about earlier this year.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 4:42 PM EDT2013-05-24 20:42:12 GMT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Government health officials are investigating several complications reported with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy. The Food and Drug AdministrationMore >>
Government health officials are investigating a Mid-South pharmacy for potentially contaminated medications in shots sent to 13 different states.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 3:37 PM EDT2013-05-24 19:37:07 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Seven Memphis motels were shut down Friday after the district attorney declared them public nuisances. Investigators shut down the motels for renting out rooms illegally at "hourly rates". HereMore >>
Seven Memphis motels were shut down Friday after the district attorney declared them public nuisances.More >>
All 17 are under the age of 18 but charged as adults for serious crimes.
A three day revival inside C-Pod at Jail East brought 24 young men to God. Seventeen were fully immersed in a portable baptistery.
Reverent Ernest Gillespie of Pearly Gates Missionary Baptist Church performed the baptisms.
"The Bible says in heaven they're shouting over one sinner who comes to Christ," Gillespie said.
A special section of Jail East now exclusively houses most of Shelby County's 51 young men under the age of 18 charged as adults.
Quintel, 16, was baptized after getting locked up with three others. He is accused of first degree murder of University of Memphis sophomore TK Hancock at the Hollywood Library on November 11.
Quintel has become a young man full of prayer.
"I want to change from the inside, not the outside," Quintel said. "I want people to see that I am trying to do better, so I change myself."
Shelby County Sheriff Mark Luttrell said he wants to offer the young men a choice.
"We just want to give them an option," Luttrell said. "Whether or not they choose to follow a faith course will ultimately be a decision between them and their Lord."
Luttrell said none of the prisoners are required to follow pathway to faith in general or Christianity in particular. One young prisoner is a Muslim and has contact with a spiritual advisor.
Representatives of any faith an inmate professes are pursued by jail staff.
"Faith involvement teaches everything from discipline to self respect to respect for others to a belief in a system of values," Luttrell said.
Staff members said not all the young men believe in God but are shown love no matter what. For many, this is the first time they have ever heard the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
"God? So what, God? That's how my mind was then," said Terrance. "Now God is a big help, a real big help."
Some of these young men may face life in prison, but this Easter Sunday the baptized pray they'll have a new lease on life everlasting.
Friday, May 24 2013 1:06 PM EDT2013-05-24 17:06:42 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A woman is dead and her husband is being questioned by police. The woman was reportedly shot in a domestic altercation on the 600 block of Hamilton Street in Orange Mound. Action News 5's JustinMore >>
A woman is dead and her husband is being questioned by police.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:56 PM EDT2013-05-24 03:56:10 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A Mid-South community grieves the loss of a seven-year-old girl who was hit a killed by a truck while riding her bike. Neighbor Rosie Donald lives down the street from where it happened in aMore >>
A Mid-South community grieves the loss of a seven-year-old girl who was hit a killed by a truck while riding her bike.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 5:25 PM EDT2013-05-24 21:25:53 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A police shootout erupted at a Memphis apartment complex early Friday morning. This shootout happened at the Rain Tree apartments on East Raines Road around 12:45 Friday morning. AccordingMore >>
A police shootout erupted at a Memphis apartment complex early Friday morning. This shootout happened at the Rain Tree apartments on East Raines Road around 12:45 Friday morning.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 6:45 PM EDT2013-05-23 22:45:01 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A baby fights to survive at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in critical condition after being hit by an SUV with his mother behind the wheel, according to police. An orange circle marks the pointMore >>
A baby fights to survive at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in critical condition after being hit by an SUV with his mother behind the wheel, according to police.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:52 PM EDT2013-05-24 03:52:34 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Memphis Police Department director said idle threats are uncalled for between his employees. Toney Armstrong discussed the firings of two officers accused of threatening comments to fellowMore >>
The Memphis Police Department director said idle threats are uncalled for between his employees.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:31 PM EDT2013-05-24 03:31:42 GMT
(WMC-TV) - It is a tiny pest with a big bite that can do major damage. One Germantown family said it only took one infected tick to change their entire lifestyle – something they have been dealing withMore >>
It is a tiny pest with a big bite that can do major damage.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 2:05 PM EDT2013-05-24 18:05:17 GMT
(WMC-TV) - If you were not able to get a ticket to the Grizzlies matchup against the Spurs Saturday, you have one last chance to get your hands on one. The Memphis Grizzlies announced it will release aMore >>
If you were not able to get a ticket to the Grizzlies matchup against the Spurs Saturday, you have one last chance to get your hands on one.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 6:26 PM EDT2013-05-23 22:26:46 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Tipton County Sheriff's Office continues to search for a man who reportedly went missing with his motorcycle Wednesday. Michael Olin Holland, Jr., 32, was last seen wearing his work uniformMore >>
The Tipton County Sheriff's Office continues to search for a man who reportedly went missing with his motorcycle Wednesday.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 2:40 PM EDT2013-05-24 18:40:56 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Club 152 on Beale Street has been given the OK to reopen. A judge gave the club owners permission to open the doors Friday afternoon. Since the closure, the owners have conducted backgroundMore >>
Club 152 on Beale Street has been given the OK to reopen.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:55 PM EDT2013-05-24 03:55:47 GMT
(WMC-TV) - In Oklahoma, many residents are still cleaning up and trying to put their lives back together. An EF-5 tornado tore through Moore Monday, ripping apart the strip mall where Jim Fields spendsMore >>
In Oklahoma, many residents are still cleaning up and trying to put their lives back together.More >>
