Tuesday, May 22 2012 1:23 PM EDT2012-05-22 17:23:21 GMT
(WMC-TV) – A historic school in Hardeman County was the target of an arsonist, according to investigators. The old Allen White High School was built in 1929 with help from the Julius Rosewald fund. ItMore >>
A historic school in Hardeman County was the target of an arsonist, according to investigators.More >>
Tuesday, May 22 2012 1:02 PM EDT2012-05-22 17:02:20 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Southaven Mayor Greg Davis and two other Alderman are expected to be back Wednesday from a conference in Las Vegas. They are attending in hopes of bringing more retail business to their city.More >>
Southaven Mayor Greg Davis and two other Alderman are expected to be back Wednesday from a conference in Las Vegas.More >>
Tuesday, May 22 2012 12:15 PM EDT2012-05-22 16:15:22 GMT
(WMC-TV) – He is a celebrated legend, a hero in the community. He is the man who has tracked storms and kept us safe from severe weather for decades. Dave Brown is celebrating 50 years in Mid-South broadcasting. ButMore >>
(WMC-TV) – He is a celebrated legend, a hero in the community. He is the man who has tracked storms and kept us safe from severe weather for decades. Dave Brown is celebrating 50 years in Mid-South broadcasting. ButMore >>
Oklahoma City police say at least three people were wounded in a shooting in Bricktown following the end of the NBA playoff game between the Thunder and the Los Angeles Lakers.More >>
A late night fight that escalated into gunfire and left at least eight people wounded in Oklahoma City as thousands of spectators left an NBA playoff game just a few blocks away was likely not related to the game, police...More >>
Tuesday, May 22 2012 10:36 AM EDT2012-05-22 14:36:12 GMT
(WMC-TV) – The two women charged in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Jo Ann Bain and her daughters are due in court Tuesday. Adam Mayes, the primary suspect in the crimes, is dead. His mother
Mary Mayes now faces upgraded charges in connection to the kidnapping of the Bain family.More >>
(WMC-TV) – The two women charged in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Jo Ann Bain and her daughters are due in court Tuesday. Adam Mayes, the primary suspect in the crimes, is dead. His mother
Mary Frances Mayes, Adam Mayes' mother, faces new charges in connection to the kidnapping of the Bain family.More >>
Tuesday, May 22 2012 8:19 AM EDT2012-05-22 12:19:49 GMT
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Window blind maker Dalphis has closed its plant in Memphis, putting about 75 people out of work. The Commercial Appeal (http://bit.ly/JCtUVs ) reported the closing last week cameMore >>
Window blind maker Dalphis has closed its plant in Memphis, putting about 75 people out of work.More >>
Tuesday, May 22 2012 7:46 AM EDT2012-05-22 11:46:12 GMT
Parents may pay the price for an illicit love affair between a teenage girl and her grown-up boyfriend. Stephen Rogers Jr. faces a charge of statutory rape, but police here also charged his girlfriend'sMore >>
Parents may pay the price for an illicit love affair between a teenage girl and her grown-up boyfriend.More >>
Tuesday, May 22 2012 6:38 AM EDT2012-05-22 10:38:02 GMT
MORGAN HILL, Calif. (AP) - A Northern California sheriff says authorities have arrested a man in the disappearance of a teenager more than two months ago. Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith toldMore >>
A Northern California sheriff says authorities have arrested a man in the disappearance of a teenager more than two months ago.More >>
MEMPHIS, TN -
(WMC-TV) - A new meal program for some students of Memphis City Schools was the subject of a recent rant by nationally syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh.
Students in dozens of Memphis City Schools are receiving an extra meal - dinner - during the district's after-hours enrichment programs. A recent story in the Commercial Appeal about the federally funded program caught Limbaugh's attention.
"The writer, this Jane Roberts, (writes as if) 'oh this is wonderful...this is the greatest invention ever: supper at school,'" Limbaugh said.
The article spotlighted an 11-year-old student at Shelby Oaks Elementary who expressed his gratitude for an additional meal at the end of the day.
"Why does this kid need supper at school?" Limbaugh asked.
Using Memphis as his whipping post, Limbaugh then criticized the federal government's Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, which was passed last year. The act adds dinner to lunch rooms across the country for the nation's poorest students.
"The sperm meets the egg, the kids are born, and off to school he goes," Limbaugh said. "You might see him on weekends, but you're not going to be expected to feed him."
Action News 5 contacted Memphis City Schools for a response to Limbaugh's statements, but a spokesperson said the district would not dignify the host's comments with a statement. But after the broadcast, parents like Richard Mitchell were quick to respond.
"That doesn't sound very sympathetic," he said. "I mean, my boy eats dinner at home, but some other people's might not."
Clearly, Limbaugh's criticism of a government program for the poor go beyond the Bluff City, but reading a story from the Commercial Appeal made Memphis easy pickings for his platform.
Action News 5 attempted to reach Limbaugh for comment, but Friday, the media telephone line for the E.I.B. Network was either busy or there was no answer.
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Monday, May 21 2012 10:10 AM EDT2012-05-21 14:10:07 GMT
(WMC-TV) – Facebook is apologizing to the mother who was temporarily banned from posting photos to the popular social networking site. Heather Walker spoke with Action News 5 after she was temporarilyMore >>
Facebook is apologizing to the mother who was temporarily banned from posting photos to the popular social networking site.More >>
Friday, May 18 2012 7:17 PM EDT2012-05-18 23:17:11 GMT
(WMC-TV) - More than 1,000 Action News 5 Facebook fans are rallying around a mother who feels Facebook is discriminating against photos she posted on the social media network of her son. Grayson JamesMore >>
UPDATE: A Mid-South mother has been banned from Facebook for the photos she posted of her newborn son.
Monday, May 21 2012 11:16 AM EDT2012-05-21 15:16:42 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Leaning against a wall just to stand up, Beverly Dean talked about the moment she stood between her daughter and gang members trying to recruit the teen."I could hear the bullets like they wereMore >>
Beverly Dean talks about the moment she stood between her daughter and gang members trying to recruit the teen.More >>
Monday, May 21 2012 5:28 PM EDT2012-05-21 21:28:36 GMT
(WMC-TV) – The father of the man suspected of being the ‘Roadside Killer' spoke to media Monday as his son faced a judge for the first time. James Willie is facing charges of first degree murder in theMore >>
The father of the man suspected of being the ‘Roadside Killer' spoke to media Monday as his son faced a judge for the first time.More >>
The wife of an East Prairie pastor charged with statutory sodomy and possession of child porn is charged with endangering the welfare of a child.More >>
The wife of an East Prairie pastor charged with statutory sodomy and possession of child porn is charged with endangering the welfare of a child.More >>
Monday, May 21 2012 8:47 PM EDT2012-05-22 00:47:32 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A Memphis man was shocked to find more than one dozen headstones in his back yard. Now, he is making it his mission to find the families to which they belong. Jason Blackburn unearthed 13 headstonesMore >>
A Memphis man was shocked to find more than one dozen tombstones in his backyard. Now, he is making it his mission to find the families to which they belong.More >>
Monday, May 21 2012 12:50 AM EDT2012-05-21 04:50:00 GMT
(WMC-TV) Paramedics worked frantically to save a young man who was found unresponsive in a South Memphis swimming pool Sunday afternoon. Residents say the pool at the Cherokee Cabana Apartments was awaitingMore >>
Paramedics worked frantically to save a young man who was found unresponsive in a South Memphis swimming pool Sunday afternoon.More >>
Monday, May 21 2012 11:15 AM EDT2012-05-21 15:15:41 GMT
(WMC-TV) – A man is under arrest after police say he broke into a home and fell through the ceiling twice. A witness called police Sunday after seeing a man knock on a door, peek through the windows,More >>
A man is under arrest after police say he broke into a home and fell through the ceiling twice.More >>
A new meal program for some students of Memphis City Schools was the subject of a recent rant by nationally syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh.
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