Tennessee lawmakers are considering a bill that would give state employees a new childcare option by allowing daycares to open in state owned or leased buildings.
According to government reports, there is evidence that the main oversight agency for seafood, the Food and Drug Administration, has failed to meet new mandates to increase inspections at foreign food facilities.
Each year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation release hate crime statistics to give the public crucial information about the safety of communities. But how reliable is the information in those reports?
Under Facebook's policies, convicted sex offenders are not allowed on the site; however, InvestigateTV identified multiple offenders who appeared to have recently active profiles.
Thousands of Americans live in unsafe and unsanitary homes with mice, mold, and lead paint. They don't have the money to fix the problems, and neither does their landlord.
Thousands of nuclear weapons workers are seeking compensation from a federal program that has ballooned far past initial projections - and some say they're being denied based on incorrect information.
A Mid-South middle schooler is changing the game one bucket at a time. She's a standout on the basketball court not only for what she brings to the sport, but also what she doesn't.
A company offering to help people reduce their student loan debt is now under investigation. One St. Louis woman says her debt actually increased after trying to work with the company.
Hundreds of Americans live in deplorable rental properties and their landlord is the federal government. The properties need $50 billion in repairs. Uncle Sam now is hoping that private investors will save public housing.
Research shows many Americans are concerned with whether Social Security will be available when they retire, but many aren’t saving. NerdWallet experts help explain the realities of Social Security and what you can do.
WMC Action News 5 looked into some of the cutting edge medical procedures -- once only considered for humans -- that are being put to use on our four-legged family members.
Black women are three to four times more likely than white women to die from pregnancy-related complications, according to the Centers for Disease and Control.
Political organizations with shadowy origins are spending millions on Facebook ads, and some people featured in the ads don't know who the groups are either.
Police records reviewed by the WMC Action News 5 investigators point to dramatic increases in the number of vehicles stolen in Memphis, Shelby County and the suburbs.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 100 people a day learn they have HIV. But it's new cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis doctors are most concerned about. The CDC calls it a "growing threat."
A Mid-South family insists hope is not lost in the hunt for a missing father, who disappeared last summer after dropping off food at his children's summer camp.
With opioid addiction and overdose deaths increasing across the Mid-South, the V.A. Medical Center in Memphis is countering a trend with veterans by reducing opioid prescriptions.
$10 million is the price tag for Memphis Police body cameras, which have been on the street now for just over a year. So, what do those videos show, and how easily are they obtained when an incident is called into question?
In the course of his 20 years serving the Mid-South, Chief Consumer Investigator Andy Wise's stories often shaped public policy. Andy looks back on the times his stories changed state law.
As Andy Wise looks back on his rewarding career in the Mid-South, it's not the bad guys he exposed whom he remembers. It's the innocent victims and the partners Andy pulled together to help precious people like Earnest Sanders, Jr.
Eden at Watersedge apartments has a week to fix all remaining air conditioning, sewage and electrical violations and two weeks to submit a plan to make sure they don't happen again. Chief Consumer Investigator Andy Wise updates his investigation.
It may be past tax time, but that doesn’t mean the stress is over. Experts say thieves are stealing W-2 information and selling it on a part of the Internet hidden from search engines: the dark web.
