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) - When former Memphis Redbird Jason Motte got the call up to the St. Louis Cardinals, he knew he wouldn't leave everything behind.
Motte and his wife Caitlin make their home in Memphis and have started Strike Out Cancer with Jason Motte charity benefiting the Wings Foundation.
Working a four and a half hour drive from home can be quite the hassle, but for St. Louis Cardinals closer Jason Motte, and his wife Caitlin, it's a time well spent.
"When you make that drive a lot there's a lot of time to think and it just kind of sparked the idea of Jason has this podium that we can really reach out to people," said Caitlin.
That spark quickly ignited and Jason took advantage of the baseball community.
"He's got a great in playing baseball and he was able to go around the league and explain to guys what we were doing and why we were raising the money," said Caitlin.
And so they ran with it, taking valuable life lessons learned from Caitlin's grandfather, Lynn, and transforming them into a noble cause.
"West clinic, particularly the wings foundation provided so much support to our family that you know our grandfather taught us to give back and we couldn't think of a better way," said Jason.
Last summer, Caitlin's grandfather, Lynn Doyle was fighting a tough battle with lung cancer.
"He was a patient at the west clinic and did stuff there," said Caitlin.
In late August, with a month left in the season - the Cardinal's stood ten and a half games back, suggesting the Motte's would have plenty of time to begin the process.
"We had actually tried to do something last season while he was there to really try and get it going and get it off the ground," said Jason.
But the birds began one of the greatest late season comebacks in baseball history, fighting their way into the playoffs.
"With the season going on and we kind of got a late start last year and with us going to the world Series in 2011 it kind of pushed the season back a long way," said Jason.
The cardinals ended up winning the world series with Jason on the mound for the final way - a fly ball to left field.
Two months later, the Mottes went from celebration to lamentation, as Lynn Doyle passed away on Dec. 26.
Now Jason has his chance to turn that final out from a fly ball to a strikeout... with cancer at the plate.
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 >>
