Wednesday, February 2 2011 8:07 AM EST2011-02-02 13:07:30 GMT
Gov. Bill Haslam has asked for a personnel plan addressing teachers in Memphis and Shelby County regardless of the outcome of a March 8 referendum for city voters to decide whether to dissolve the city school system.More >>
Thursday, June 20 2013 12:05 AM EDT2013-06-20 04:05:36 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Memphis Fire Director is inflamed about the budget plan to slash 400 city jobs. He warns public safety will be impacted. The plan calls for cutting some 400 positions, through attritionMore >>
The Memphis Fire Director is not happy about the budget plan to slash 400 city jobs. He warns public safety will be impacted. More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 10:33 PM EDT2013-06-20 02:33:16 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Some Shelby County residents experienced a sudden storm complete with pouring rain, winds, and hail. According to Action News 5 meteorologists, isolated showers are still possible over theMore >>
Some Shelby County residents experienced a sudden storm complete with pouring rain, winds, and hail. According to Action News 5 meteorologists, isolated showers are still possible over the next couple of hours but some areas will remain dry.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 9:40 PM EDT2013-06-20 01:40:13 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Paychecks for all teachers in DeSoto County Schools are expected to be fatter next year, without making taxpayer pockets any lighter. DeSoto County School Board President Ann Jolley told ActionMore >>
Paychecks for all teachers in DeSoto County Schools are expected to be fatter, without making taxpayer pockets any lighter.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 7:34 PM EDT2013-06-19 23:34:41 GMT
(WMC-TV) - As the Memphis City Council spends hours deciding on a way to solve the city's budget crisis, appetites are sure to grow. Everyone has to eat right? But who should be paying for it? ActionMore >>
As the Memphis City Council spends hours deciding on a way to solve the city's budget crisis, appetites are sure to grow.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 7:31 PM EDT2013-06-19 23:31:05 GMT
(WMC TV) - The Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South and the Tennessee Secretary of State confirmed a mailing that appears to be a corporate tax notice from a company named Corporate Records ServiceMore >>
An unsolicited request for annual report fees is actually a scam.More >>
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) - As they embark on upon a monumental vote that could decide the fate of the Memphis City Schools charter, the Shelby County Delegation held its meeting Tuesday in a unique location: the Memphis City Council's chambers.
Tennessee State Representative Beverly Marrero called for fellow delegation members to hold Tuesday's meeting in the company of the Memphis City Council, city and county school boards, and Shelby County commissioners.
In Nashville Wednesday, the State Education committee will vote on two bills that will impact if and how Memphis City Schools would be transferred to the county, in the event Memphis voters approve the school merger.
"It's going to be like jumping in front of a moving train, I'm afraid," Marrero said.
Marrero pointed out none of the Democratic state legislators could say what the bills in the state House and Senate would look like, because the bills are sponsored by their Republican counterparts.
Memphis City Council chairman Myron Lowery bashed Republican delegation members for not being present. State Representative Jeannie Richardson then got acting Tennessee Education Commissioner Patrick Smith on the phone to ask him about a letter he sent to the city and county superintendents.
The letter demanded the superintendents submit a personnel plan to the state by February 15th. Smith said in a news conference Tuesday that the state has the right to withhold funding if they don't comply.
"We need to know that on February 15th or March the 1st you're going to say your time is up, you're done," Richardson said.
Smith said that he would work with the delegation, whose members head to Nashville Wednesday for the Senate vote, and Thursday for the House vote.
Action News 5's Anna Marie Hartman will be in Nashville to follow this story as it continues to develop. We will have LIVE reports from Nashville starting Wednesday on Action News 5 at 5.
Thursday, June 20 2013 5:51 AM EDT2013-06-20 09:51:06 GMT
Employees of a U-Haul rental dealership are stunned to discover they've been robbed, and the crime has put over a dozen vehicles out of service. One of the most valuable parts of the vehicle was missingMore >>
Employees of a U-Haul rental dealership are stunned to discover they've been robbed, and the crime has put over a dozen vehicles out of service. One of the most valuable parts of the vehicle was missingMore >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 4:44 PM EDT2013-06-18 20:44:40 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Thousands of people from across the country took to swimming pools Tuesday in an attempt to beat the world record for the world's largest swimming lesson. The City of Memphis joined in theMore >>
Thousands of people from across the country took to swimming pools Tuesday in an attempt to beat the world record for the world's largest swimming lesson.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 11:18 PM EDT2013-06-20 03:18:30 GMT
(RNN) - Celebrity chef and southern food connoisseur Paula Deen was back in a controversial spotlight Wednesday, alleged of using racial slurs as jokes in her restaurants in front of employees. AccordingMore >>
Celebrity chef and southern food connoisseur Paula Deen was back in a controversial spotlight Wednesday, alleged of using racial slurs as jokes in her restaurants in front of employees.More >>
Thursday, June 20 2013 12:05 AM EDT2013-06-20 04:05:36 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Memphis Fire Director is inflamed about the budget plan to slash 400 city jobs. He warns public safety will be impacted. The plan calls for cutting some 400 positions, through attritionMore >>
The Memphis Fire Director is not happy about the budget plan to slash 400 city jobs. He warns public safety will be impacted. More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 10:33 PM EDT2013-06-20 02:33:16 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Some Shelby County residents experienced a sudden storm complete with pouring rain, winds, and hail. According to Action News 5 meteorologists, isolated showers are still possible over theMore >>
Some Shelby County residents experienced a sudden storm complete with pouring rain, winds, and hail. According to Action News 5 meteorologists, isolated showers are still possible over the next couple of hours but some areas will remain dry.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 6:47 PM EDT2013-06-19 22:47:49 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Time is running out for more than 100 cats at Memphis' Mewtopia Cat Rescue to find homes. Staffers at the rescue shelter are scrambling to find another place to house its animals after losingMore >>
An organization famous for rescuing cats is now in need of a rescue of its own.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 9:29 AM EDT2013-06-19 13:29:19 GMT
NEW WEST MINISTER, CANADA (WAVE) - A second grader with a disability was seemingly shunned during a class picture. For Anne Belanger, the photo was completely unacceptable. Her son, Miles, was pushedMore >>
A second grader with a disability was seemingly shunned during a photo shoot at his elementary school.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 6:10 PM EDT2013-06-19 22:10:15 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A Bartlett police officer is under investigation for assaulting his own wife Sunday, according to officials. Quentin Crowley was arrested after a verbal altercation that turned physical. HeMore >>
Two Bartlett police officers are off the job and under investigation for suspected abuse.More >>
Friday, February 22 2013 7:21 PM EST2013-02-23 00:21:03 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Sold out! That is the word on tickets to hear one of the stars of Duck Dynasty speak in Memphis this spring. The bearded brotherhood is the most popular family in reality TV right now but oneMore >>
Who could have predicted that excess facial hair would become a phenomenon drawing nearly 4 million TV viewers?
That is the reality for Duck Dynasty. But believe it or not, one family member is missing from the series... until now. More >>
Vince Flynn, a best-selling author of political thriller novels, has died at age 47 after a two-year battle with prostate cancer.More >>
Best-selling author Vince Flynn, who wrote the Mitch Rapp counterterrorism thriller series and sold more than 15 million books in the U.S. alone, died Wednesday in Minnesota after a more than two-year battle with prostate...More >>
