Thursday, May 23 2013 5:33 PM EDT2013-05-23 21:33:15 GMT
(WMC-TV) - It is going to be the biggest private company renovation in Whitehaven since Graceland was remodeled. This time, it is Kroger making the changes. Changes to the tune of $5 million. In justMore >>
It is going to be the biggest private company renovation in Whitehaven since Graceland was remodeled. This time, it is Kroger making the changes. Changes to the tune of $5 million.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 5:26 PM EDT2013-05-23 21:26:16 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 >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 5:21 PM EDT2013-05-23 21:21:05 GMT
(WMC-TV) - In Oklahoma, friends and family gathered for the funeral service for a 9-year-old girl killed by Monday's tornado. Antonia Candelaria is the first victim to be laid to rest. Governor Mary FallinMore >>
In Oklahoma, friends and family gathered for the funeral service for a 9-year-old girl killed by Monday's tornado, while volunteers from across the country look to help the victims. More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 5:15 PM EDT2013-05-23 21:15:02 GMT
(WMC-TV) - DeSoto County experienced an average of 4.3 inches of rain in a 24 hour period during the storms Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning. Nearly 80 homes reported some kind of weather-relatedMore >>
DeSoto County experienced an average of 4.3 inches of rain in a 24 hour period during the storms Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning. Nearly 80 homes reported some kind of weather-related damage.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 4:17 PM EDT2013-05-23 20:17:02 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Let's congratulate the Shelby County unified school board on moving in the right direction on one key issue – school uniforms. Public school dress codes are always a hot topic. Some parentsMore >>
Let's congratulate the Shelby County unified school board on moving in the right direction on one key issue – school uniforms.More >>
MEMPHIS, TN -
(WMC-TV) - There's a dirty secret inside an east Memphis apartment complex. Residents there recently asked the Action News 5 investigators to expose the shocking sight inside a unit there.
Odell Dumas, 83, opened the unlocked door to the apartment next to his - an apartment filled with trash. What's even more shocking, neighbors said, is that until recently, someone lived there.
"I haven't seen this guy for about three months," one neighbor said.
The contents of the apartment exhibit the classic signs of a hoarder. There are mountains of collected items that most people would have thrown out, including a trail of empty frozen entrée containers and boxes of tissues stacked orderly from ceiling to floor.
The museum of trash has produced so many roaches that someone posted a warning about the unit at the complex's mail center.
"They're just in every room," Dumas said. "In the bedroom they get all over my clothes. "You know you've got to watch when you go out make sure you don't got a roach on ya.I went to church and had a roach on me the other day.
The back door of the apartment is jammed shut by trash.
"You can look in the window," Dumas said. "Look in here, it will shock you."
In the kitchen is a collection of empty dishwashing soap containers. Meanwhile, the bathroom floor is a sea of trash, and the toilet and sink are in deplorable shape.
The manager of the complex, who did not want to be interviewed on camera, has been unable to track down the dirty dweller. Legally, he said, management can't go inside because the has been paid on time every month.
"If he's keeping up the rent, it don't matter, he's causing a whole lot of nuisances here," Dumas said.
Apartment management reported the mess to the Shelby County Health Department, and inspectors posted a notice asking the renter to clean up and get in touch with them.
Neighbors and maintenance workers hope that solves the problem. In the meantime, Odell Dumas has no choice but to close the door on the apartment next door, and return to his home where he has lived for 41 years.
The Shelby County Health Department will inspect vacant and abandoned property to prevent pests from breeding. You can report a problem to their Environmental Health Services Division by calling 901 544-7582.
The company's left a 15-state trail of phony book and magazine sales. Andy Wise followed its trail to a $1/2 million house in a gated community off Holmes Rd.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 9:52 AM EDT2013-05-23 13:52:45 GMT
(WMC-TV) - There is a major slowdown in Memphis this Thursday morning, where a tractor trailer has flipped on Interstate 240 Westbound at the Walnut Grove exit. All lanes of Westbound I-240 have beenMore >>
There is a major slowdown in Memphis this Thursday morning, where a tractor trailer has flipped on Interstate 240 Westbound at the Walnut Grove exit.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 1:22 PM EDT2013-05-23 17:22:07 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A Bartlett Medal of Honor recipient has died. Vernon McGarity, a U.S. Army Veteran, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism during World War II in 1952. Action News 5 spoke with McGarityMore >>
A Bartlett Medal of Honor recipient has died. Vernon McGarity, a U.S. Army Veteran, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism during World War II in 1952.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:55 AM EDT2013-05-23 15:55:08 GMT
(RNN) - Dozens of Cleveland restaurants have pledged to give the man who rescued three Ohio women from captivity, free burgers for life. Charles Ramsey, the guy who famously stopped eating his Big MacMore >>
More than a dozen of Cleveland restaurants have pledged to give the man who rescued three Ohio women from captivity, free burgers for life.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:00 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:00:22 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A Memphis mother defends her teenage son who is charged with murdering someone at a graduation party. Rebecca Miller and her son are anything but strangers to Action News 5. Our station helpedMore >>
A Memphis mother defends her teenage son who is charged with murdering someone at a graduation party.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:40 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:40:29 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Memphis Police Department issued a city watch for a 12-year-old boy Wednesday night. Robert McBride II was last seen leaving his residence on foot on Jamaica Avenue. He has a mohawk, andMore >>
The Memphis Police Department canceled a city watch for a 12-year-old boy Wednesday night.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:24 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:24:43 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A Memphis skateboard shop was going under until the Grizzlies' big wins, that is when owner Hunter Demster started selling T-shirts. The "Grind City" shirts saved his Midtown business whichMore >>
A Memphis skateboard shop was going under until the Grizzlies' big wins, that is when owner Hunter Demster started selling T-shirts.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 9:50 AM EDT2013-05-23 13:50:12 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The U.S Attorney's office of the Eastern District of Arkansas sentenced a former West Memphis councilman and a West Memphis police officer for a conspiracy to commit election fraud. Former WestMore >>
District Judge Kristine Baker sentenced a former West Memphis councilman and a West Memphis police officer for a conspiracy to commit election fraud.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:00 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:00:20 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A Mid-South mother of four is convinced that one of her sons was murdered. And after spending the past four years trying to prove it, she is turning to the Action News 5 Investigators. FrancesMore >>
A Mid-South mother of four is convinced that one of her sons was murdered. And after spending the past four years trying to prove it, she is turning to the Action News 5 Investigators.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 9:38 PM EDT2013-05-23 01:38:14 GMT
MOORE, OK - The trembling, mud-spattered dog whose photo went viral on Tuesday was not actually standing watch over her owner's body - her name is Susie, her owner is named Curtis Collins, and he's alive.ThanksMore >>
There's a happy ending to the story of the little dog who was found standing guard over a body after the EF-5 tornado that decimated her neighborhood in Moore, OK. Her owner is alive, and they have been reunited thanks to the viral photo. More >>
