Sunday, May 19 2013 9:03 PM EDT2013-05-20 01:03:27 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Memphis Animal Services may have a new building, but animal activists say animal cruelty is still going on inside the shelter. S.O.S. -- which stands for Supporting Reform of Memphis AnimalMore >>
Memphis Animal Services may have a new building, but animal activists say animal cruelty is still going on inside the shelter.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 8:38 PM EDT2013-05-20 00:38:41 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Arlington High School senior Taylor Flake thought she was making history when her classmates elected her to be the school's first African-American class president. "It's more than just me representingMore >>
Arlington High School senior Taylor Flake thought she was making history when her classmates elected her to be the school's first African-American class president.
So when the school started planning for the commencement, Flake said she was shocked to find out that she was not among those chosen to speak.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 7:52 PM EDT2013-05-19 23:52:10 GMT
(WMC-TV) - With six suburbs starting their own schools to avoid merging with Memphis schools, the battle is in high gear over who owns the school buildings in the suburbs. "It's got me hot under the collars,"More >>
With six suburbs starting their own schools to avoid merging with Memphis schools, the battle is in high gear over who owns the school buildings in the suburbs. More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 6:01 PM EDT2013-05-19 22:01:48 GMT
(WMC-TV) The San Antonio Spurs suffocated the Memphis Grizzlies, 105-83, in San Antonio.The Spurs neutralized forward Zach Randolph (2 pts, 7 reb) and shot 14 of 29 from beyond the arcCopyright 2013 WMC-TVMore >>
The Grizzlies fell to the Spurs 105-83 in game one of the Western Conference Finals.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 7:45 AM EDT2013-05-19 11:45:19 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Grizzlies will begin its series against the San Antonio Spurs Sunday afternoon. Tickets for the first game in the series at FedExForum will go on sale Saturday at noon. Playoff ticketsMore >>
Tickets for the first game in the series at FedExForum were gone in less than an hour, marking the team's sixteenth and seventeenth postseason sellouts.More >>
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(WMC-TV) – Four years ago, young Jalen Griffin's life changed forever when he was run over by his school bus. Now, thanks to modern science and generous Mid-Southerners, he's on a promising new journey.
Jalen was only four-years-old when he run over and dragged 75 feet by the Fayette County school bus that brought him home that day. Suffering from critical injuries, Jalen was air-lifted to Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center.
"I didn't know if he was still living or if he had passed away or what," said his mother, Jackie. 'It was awful."
Jalen spent hours in surgery, requiring 70 units of donated blood. And, unfortunately, doctors had to amputate his left leg.
"I didn't see him until after the operation," Jackie said. "I saw him, he was - it wasn't the same little boy I dropped off that morning."
It took more than a week before Jalen found out what happened to him.
"He asked, 'Momma, where is my leg?' Then I had to explain it to him what had happened."
Now, four years waiter, Jalen has a prosthetic leg. Acting like any other 8-year-old, he doesn't let his artificial leg slow him down one bit.
"I just like to play football and basketball sometimes," he said.
Jalen has no problem playing football or on a playground. He even knows what he wants to be when he grows up.
"I want to be a wrestler," he said.
It's taken Jackie Griffin a long time to be at peace with what happened the day her son lost his leg, but she is grateful that he didn't lose his life.
"Had I not known God, I wouldn't be where I am at today," she said. "Only God and the support of the community and all the love and support that has been shown to the Griffin family."
Jackie and Jalen recently had a chance to thank many of the donors who provided blood for Jalen's emergency surgeries, when Lifeblood hosted it's annual Donor Fest. The sense of community makes Jackie feel certain about her son's future
"The sky is the limit," she said. "He can do whatever he sets his mind to. He'll just have to do it a different way."
Medically, Jalen still faces problems, including asthma and Type 1 diabetes. In fact, Jackie said, he almost succumbed to complications from Diabetes last year.
For more information on how to donate blood in the Mid-South, click here.
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 >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 9:26 PM EDT2013-05-19 01:26:22 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Members of two Memphis gangs were convicted yesterday of first degree murder, especially aggravated robbery and criminal attempt to commit voluntary manslaughter. Cedric Mims, 17, and AllenMore >>
Members of two Memphis gangs were convicted yesterday of first degree murder, especially aggravated robbery and criminal attempt to commit voluntary manslaughter.More >>
It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials...More >>
Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million - the highest Powerball jackpot in history.More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 7:24 PM EDT2013-05-18 23:24:52 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Hurricane is home.The Hunt family was reunited with their three-year-old English bulldog today at Memphis Animal Services.MAS is reviewing video footage to see who turned the dog in.The dogMore >>
The Hunt family was reunited with their three-year-old English bulldog today at Memphis Animal Services.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 7:30 AM EDT2013-05-19 11:30:18 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Grizz will face the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals. The Spurs defeated the Golden State Warriors Thursday night 94-82. This is not the first time the Grit and GrindMore >>
The Grizz will face the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals this afternoon at 2:30 p.m. More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 7:24 PM EDT2013-05-18 23:24:17 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Timothy Pollard and his family started waiting in line for Grizzlies tickets at five Saturday morning. "10 of us, a bunch of us with sandwiches and food because we had already made a plan thatMore >>
Some Grizzlies fans are deterred by the higher cost of playoff tickets.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 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 >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 7:45 AM EDT2013-05-19 11:45:19 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Grizzlies will begin its series against the San Antonio Spurs Sunday afternoon. Tickets for the first game in the series at FedExForum will go on sale Saturday at noon. Playoff ticketsMore >>
Tickets for the first game in the series at FedExForum were gone in less than an hour, marking the team's sixteenth and seventeenth postseason sellouts.More >>
Friday, May 17 2013 5:15 PM EDT2013-05-17 21:15:48 GMT
(WMC-TV) - There is a push for immigration reform happening in the Mid-South. Latino Memphis is hosting an immigration reform round-table discussion Monday. It is a topic that has fired up a nationalMore >>
Latino Memphis is hosting an immigration reform round-table discussion Monday. It is a topic that has fired up a national debate.More >>
