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Memphis Botanic Garden shares details about upcoming adult education classes
1+ hour, 7+ min ago (72+ words) Memphis Botanic Garden shares details about upcoming adult education classes'Action News 5 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) -The Memphis Botanic Garden is hosting a number of adult education classes in the new year. On January 11, MBG will host a pottery class to make…...
Woman poses as delivery driver; two men ambush resident, police say
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (144+ words) Woman poses as delivery driver; two men ambush resident, police say'Action News 5 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Memphis police are asking for the public's help identifying three people believed to be responsible for a robbery at an apartment complex near the airport....
Health department clears TVA to build 6 new gas turbines in Boxtown
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (137+ words) MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The Shelby County Health Department has approved an air permit, clearing the way for TVA to begin construction on a new power project in the Boxtown neighborhood. The Allen Aeroderivative Combustion Turbine Project, located at the old…...
Ex-Dyer County jailer gets 10 years for drug smuggling attempt
4+ hour, 21+ min ago (253+ words) Ex-Dyer County jailer gets 10 years for drug smuggling attempt'Action News 5 DYER COUNTY, Tenn. (WMC) - A former Dyer County correctional officer was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison for attempting to bring drugs, a cellphone and a loaded handgun into…...
Former reality TV star charged with sex crimes involving animals and children, court records say
6+ hour, 46+ min ago (111+ words) UNION TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WXIX/Gray News) - A former reality TV star is charged with sex crimes involving animals and children, according to court records. Tony McCollister, 43, was charged with felony pandering of obscene material involving children and misdemeanor sexual conduct…...
Sheriff dropped from lawsuit alleging school officer assaulted child
10+ hour, 10+ min ago (138+ words) Sheriff dropped from lawsuit alleging school officer assaulted child'Action News 5 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner has been removed from a federal lawsuit filed by a mother who says her 7-year-old disabled child was thrown into a bookcase…...
Man firing gun in yard shoots, kills neighbor sitting blocks away, authorities say
11+ hour, 3+ min ago (270+ words) Cody Wayne Adams, 33, was charged Friday in Stephens County with first-degree manslaughter. He was booked into jail and later released on a $100,000 bond, court records show. Stephens County deputies were called to a home north of Comanche on Christmas Day…...
Health department clears TVA to build 6 gas turbines in Boxtown
12+ hour, 37+ min ago (59+ words) Health department clears TVA to build 6 gas turbines in Boxtown'Action News 5 Health department clears TVA to build 6 gas turbines in Boxtown Tennessee lawmaker proposes Freedom to Farm Act to allow home marijuana cultivation 12/30 First Alert Forecast: wintry chill Tuesday; seasonable…...
Trump praises meeting with Netanyahu amid disagreements over West Bank
17+ hour, 3+ min ago (67+ words) Trump praises meeting with Netanyahu amid disagreements over West Bank'Action News 5 Trump praises meeting with Netanyahu amid disagreements over West Bank Tennessee lawmaker proposes Freedom to Farm Act to allow home marijuana cultivation Young man who aspires to be tallest…...
Tennessee lawmaker proposes Freedom to Farm Act to allow home marijuana cultivation
17+ hour, 15+ min ago (389+ words) MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A Tennessee lawmaker says residents should be able to grow marijuana at home as the state's 2026 legislative session approaches. State Representative Antonio Parkinson released his legislative agenda for the upcoming 2026 session, which includes a bill that would…...