Thousands of Mid-South parents face a big decision ahead of the upcoming school year -- send their children back into Shelby County classrooms or let them learn from home.
The City of Memphis is directing e-scooter companies to stop customer operations in parts of Downtown during specific time periods for the holiday weekend.
The launch of the website is all about improving transparency between the public and the Memphis Police Department. The website includes MPD’s policies, procedures and President Barack Obama’s six pillars of 21st century policing.
On Friday, EDGE awarded NEED grants to 10 businesses including one restaurant that has been a staple in the heart of Soulsville USA for more than 75 years.
Recent graduates of Booker T. Washington High School received some generous gifts from the Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis (WFGM) and their partners.
After a video made its rounds on social media, Germantown Mayor Mike Palazzolo issued a statement in response to the confrontation saying “our community is for everyone.”
Memphis labor union leaders gathered at Civic Center Plaza on Saturday, joining forces with protesters who've been camped out for more than a week and a half.
Black Lives Matter Memphis leaders say a meeting held with Mayor Jim Strickland earlier this week was productive, but there is still a lot of work to be done to see real change.
Three months after the coronavirus pandemic reached the Mid-South, Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum will start the month of the July by reopening its doors.
The National Civil Rights Museum has canceled its 29th Freedom Award -- the museums top fundraising event. But the museum is looking forward to next year.
While many of our healthcare workers are battling coronavirus cases -- our everyday heroes are delivering meals, providing rides, donating clothes, shopping for groceries and cleaning homes and businesses.
Through four weeks of meetings with community activisits, Mayor Jim Strickland and MPD Director Mike Rallings says they've agreed to five areas of police reform, including adopting "8 Can't Wait."
It is illegal to fire off fireworks in Memphis without a permit. This year people seem to be doing it more. Complaints to Memphis Police are up more than 2,000 percent.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris is expected to sign a long-term 50-year lease agreement Wednesday between the Orange Mound Arts Council and Shelby County Government.
Nearly a month after a Memphis police officer was seen shoving a young woman to the ground during a protest, a spokesperson with the Memphis Police Department tells WMC Action News 5 they still have not identified that officer.
Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich announced a new community justice program Monday that would give communities a more active role in the criminal justice process.
In celebration of Juneteenth and Black Music Month, the Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum will put on free performances for the public and $12 museum tours Saturday to honor lives lost to racist violence.
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office says search and rescue crews found a body Friday morning during their search for a missing teen in a river in north Shelby County.
The third of four planned meetings between Memphis and Shelby County leaders and activists fighting to end police brutality wrapped up Wednesday, June 17.
The YWCA of Greater Memphis is a non-profit that has assisted thousands of people through their domestic violence hotline. They've also helped house people fleeing abuse through their domestic violence shelter.
The sheriff’s office says Malcolm Lee Ware was found safe Wednesday afternoon after going missing Tuesday evening from his home in southeast Shelby County.
Tuesday morning, religious leaders from across Shelby County gathered outside Memphis City Hall to demand action from Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland to combat racism and police brutality.
The cry for the Lauderdale County sheriff to step down grew louder after the head of the county’s NAACP spoke to commissioners during their meeting. The sheriff admitted it was him using racial slurs on an audio recording.
