A barbecue team from Texas had some trouble getting to Memphis but are still able to compete with the help of the community.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says the Department is working 'feverishly' on a multi-billion dollar aid package for farmers hit hard by the tariffs and looming trade war with China.

Over three days, Memphis Police reports show five cars swiped from valets across downtown.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, more women are dying from pregnancy-related issues. Black women are at an even higher risk.

It’s gorgeous on the outside with a two-car attached garage, sprawling backyard, and when you walk through the door prepare to have your breath taken away.

A video shared by the student's mother shows one of the most extreme encounters when the driver left her son.

The alleged incident happened on May 9 with four boys ranging from 5 to 6 years old at Salem Elementary School in Chesterfield.

Quinton Tellis, the suspect in the Jessica Chambers case, has been indicted by a Louisiana grand jury in the 2015death of Ming Chen Hsaio of Taiwan.

Time to come up from the barbecue smoke for a few seconds, to look back at 5 Great Things that happened in the Mid-South this week.

Memphis Police Department is investigating a shooting between coworkers.

Dubbed the Equality Act, the bill is a top priority of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who said it will bring the nation "closer to equal liberty and justice for all."

Dr. Richard Strauss groped or ogled young men while treating athletes from at least 16 sports and working at the student health center and his off-campus clinic, investigators from a law firm hired by the university found.

A new study shows more young people are having heart attacks under 40, sometimes without warning.

Penny Hardaway and the University of Memphis just landed another five-star basketball recruit.

Two people were injured in a crash involving a Memphis police officer.

A man was found guilty of raping seven women over seven years, U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced.

A Kentucky man has trained his dog to get him a beer out of the refrigerator. And get a koozie. And throw away the empties.

A grand jury indicted a man accused of killing two people inside a tire shop last year.

UT-Martin held a candlelight vigil Thursday to remember one of its students who was killed.

Thursday was a lot of fun at the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, but things are far from over.

A person was wounded in an accidental shooting in Downtown Memphis.

Memphis Police Department is searching for a 10-year-old they said ran from home.

A Chesterfield woman put in her will that her beloved dog should be put down upon her death so its remains can be buried with her.

Cassidy Hooper is one of only a few people in the world born with no eyes and no nose. We first met her in 2008, at 11 years old. She’s now 22 and just graduated from Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte.

According to police, bystanders said the man doused himself with gasoline, ran into the store, went back out, went to a corner of the parking lot and lit himself on fire.

Memphis, Tennessee: The home of the blues and the birthplace for rock 'n' roll thanks to Beale Street.

The City of Germantown put a moratorium on new apartments in January 2018.Sixteen months and much research later, the report examines how apartments and especially the people living in them use city services.

WMC Action News 5 received our first tour inside the 2019 St. Jude Dream Home in Winstead Farms in Lakeland.

The statewide primary election is less than three months away.And the race for Governor is picking up in new ways---with more ads and polling.

A Tennessee death row inmate died by lethal injection Thursday for a Memphis murder nearly 35 years ago.

Monday marked the busiest day in 2019 for Memphis International Airport, with 9,037 people going through the TSA checkpoint.

This weekend, the world’s best barbecuers have come to the Bluff City to compete.

The President of the Tennessee Valley Authority says the agency needs to step up its relationship with Memphis.

Service Master Headquarters was evacuated by Memphis Fire Department Thursday due to a fire downtown.

The mother said that although the school suspended one of the bullies, her daughter was being harassed more than before, even saying she had thought about suicide.

There’s only one team that can say they remember participating in the first ever World Championship BBQ Cooking Contest.

Many people are expected on Beale Street for the first weekend that an admission charge is returning.

Picking up after your pet isn't that hard, but one apartment complex in Memphis wants to know who's behind the puppy piles.

For 15 years, Clifton Boykin’s roof on his Whitehaven home has been getting worse. So, Habitat for Humanity stepped in.

Memphis Police are on the scene of a shooting in the 800 block of Breedlove Street.

The Memphis-based chain announced it will close more stores, a month after they announced 159 stores closing across the U.S.

Police responded to the 6400 block of Midlothian Turnpike on May 8 for a report of a toddler child being assaulted.

For those who have phytophotodermatitis, handling lime or any citrus juice - and then exposing that skin to the sun will cause burns, sometimes severe one.

Shelby County Schools has cancelled school for Chickasaw Middle students on Friday.

The lawsuit says that on July 23, 2013, the strip club terminated Williams’ employment because of her race when she refused to pay the discriminatory fee of $100 per shift to work at Club Danny’s.

Tickets sold for the original dates will be honored, but those who can't attend can get refunds by accessing their Ticketmaster accounts.

LeBron James and Walmart have formed a partnership aimed at improving education and reducing hunger in communities throughout the country.

Much of Olive Branch was without power Thursday morning.

Riley, a 2015 1st round draft pick for the Atlanta Braves, got his call to the show Wednesday with the Braves needing an extra bat.

Memphis International Airport announced University of Memphis head men's basketball coach Penny Hardaway as its new spokesperson.

Long Islanders will be less than thrilled about their ranking.

Chocolate bars will feature emoji's starting this summer.

An SUV crashed into a store early Thursday morning.

Police say surveillance cameras recorded a white female vandalizing the vehicle and leaving in a silver 2004 to 2008 Chrysler Pacifica. A white male was driving.

The $100 million fundraising campaign to build a new Brooks Museum in downtown Memphis is right on schedule.

Police are investigating a Germantown car crash that claimed the life of a mother and daughter Tuesday.

May is the deadliest month of the year for Mississippi law enforcement.

Fernando Montiel’s family says he was bullied, but they had no idea until after he took his own life. Neither did his school district. Now Shelby County Schools is looking into new technology to help make it easier and safer for students to report bullying.