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 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 >>
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 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 >>
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 >>
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.More >>
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) - As the date of the referendum to decide whether or not Memphis City Schools should surrender its charter draws closer, many say they can't decide if an MCS merger with Shelby County Schools would be good or bad.
With opinions confusing Memphis voters on the repercussions of the possible charter surrender, University of Memphis Law professor Daniel Kiel, an objective expert on the situation, offered insight.
Many voters are unclear how students would be effected if city and county schools merge.
"The funding would change and the governance would change, but the student experience would not necessarily change," Kiel said.
According to Kiel, the makeup of each school would stay the same.
"It's not going to impact parents, and it's not going to really impact the quality of teacher in the system, and it's not going to impact the peers the students are learning with and those three things are probably more predictive of how students will turn out than the governance or funding structure that we're talking about," he said.
Kiel said students' homework will be due the day after the referendum, their teachers will be the same, and the 150,000 student countywide school system would have a board that looks much like the Shelby County Commission.
"It would be a majority representation from within the city of Memphis," he said.
Kiel said if the referendum passes, Memphis property owners would pay property tax for one county school system instead of both city and county schools.
"All citizens of Shelby County, Memphian and non-Memphians, would pay a tax to the Shelby County government that would go to the merged school system," he said.
Kiel believes lawsuits to determine how the transition is executed will likely follow the vote, if the referendum passes. But if the referendum does not pass, Kiel said, the schools will look like they do today.
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 >>
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 >>
A White Station football coach resigned following allegations that he physically disciplined a player.More >>
After weeks of rolling without a winner, the Powerball jackpot has once again ballooned in time for its Wednesday drawing, an estimated $360 million jackpot considered the third largest Powerball jackpot and the...More >>
The winning numbers have been drawn for the $360 million Powerball jackpot.More >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
A man was killed when he was hit by a car just before 3 a.m. in Arlington.More >>
