Friday, May 24 2013 11:32 PM EDT2013-05-25 03:32:50 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 >>
Friday, May 24 2013 10:58 PM EDT2013-05-25 02:58:47 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 >>
A judge gave the club owners permission to open the doors Friday afternoon.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 10:57 PM EDT2013-05-25 02:57:13 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Tipton County Sheriff's Office found 32-year-old Michael Olin Holland, Jr.'s motorcycle Friday afternoon. No reports indicate that Holland was found. Holland was last seen Wednesday morning. AccordingMore >>
Investigators recovered 32-year-old Michael Olin Holland, Jr.'s body near the Covington airport Friday night.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 10:53 PM EDT2013-05-25 02:53:43 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 10:15 PM EDT2013-05-25 02:15:34 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 >>
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) - As Memphis City School Board Commissioners prepare for the transition to a unified school board with Shelby County Schools, board member Kenneth Whalum says parents teachers and students deserve to know where things stand.
Monday night, Whalum introduced a resolution to bring closure to the post-surrender status of Memphis City Schools.
"I did speak with Dr. Cash about it just to be sure it's doable, does it make sense. He indicated it did make sense," Whalum said.
The resolution says Memphis City Schools Superintendent Kriner Cash would have until June 30th to submit the following information to district officials:
The first would be an itemized report of the Gates grant activity, fund acquisition, and expenditures.
"Including official documentation from the Gates foundation releasing MCS from its contractual obligations under the grant," Whalum said.
Board members were concerned.
"I'm concerned that we would be asked to be released from the Gates contract prematurely," commissioner Betty Mallott said.
Next, Cash would have to provide a detailed summary of suspensions and expulsions of students district wide for the 2009 to 2010 school year.
Cash would also have to release a comprehensive account of the number of pregnancies, or students who have had babies in Memphis City middle and high schools.
The resolution left Ricky Floyd, Pastor of the Pursuit of God Church in Frayser, wondering why.
"I think Whalum, because of his position and stance in the community, has a right to ask, but my question is, for what purpose?" Floyd asked.
School board commissioner Betty Mallott was skeptical, saying it would be difficult to tabulate the numbers Whalum wants.
"For us to know definitely how many pregnant students there are in MCS wouldn't be possible unless we violated the privacy rights of our students," board member Betty Mallott said.
For Floyd, solutions are more important than statistics.
"We've got enough information on what the problem is," he said. "Now we need to know what the answers are, and we need to find people who are committed to making the answers become a reality in our community."
Board members decided to postpone voting on Dr. Whalum's resolution until their next meeting.
Friday, May 24 2013 10:57 PM EDT2013-05-25 02:57:13 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Tipton County Sheriff's Office found 32-year-old Michael Olin Holland, Jr.'s motorcycle Friday afternoon. No reports indicate that Holland was found. Holland was last seen Wednesday morning. AccordingMore >>
Investigators recovered 32-year-old Michael Olin Holland, Jr.'s body near the Covington airport Friday night.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 8:43 PM EDT2013-05-25 00:43:43 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 >>
A small airplane operating as a volunteer Angel Flight crashed in upstate New York on Friday evening, killing at least two people, authorities said.More >>
A small airplane operating as a volunteer Angel Flight crashed in upstate New York on Friday evening, killing at least two people, authorities said.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 10:06 PM EDT2013-05-25 02:06:34 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Investigators recovered a body near the Covington airport Friday night. The body has not been identified. This follows the discovery of a missing man's motorcycle Friday afternoon. The TiptonMore >>
Investigators recovered a body near the Covington airport Friday night.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 10:15 PM EDT2013-05-25 02:15:34 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 10:53 PM EDT2013-05-25 02:53:43 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 11:32 PM EDT2013-05-25 03:32:50 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 6:45 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 >>
Friday, May 24 2013 7:15 PM EDT2013-05-24 23:15:48 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 >>
Dr. Kenneth Whalum
