Joe Birch

Memphis

News Anchor at WMC-TV (Memphis, TN)

Anchor for WMC Action News 5, NBC affiliate in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Memphis Women's Basketball holds first practice - clipped version

2 weeks ago | actionnews5.com | Joe Birch
More rain showers and thunderstorms expected to end the work week and throughout the weekend

2 weeks ago | actionnews5.com | Joe Birch
Israel attacks Iran’s capital with explosions booming across Tehran

2 weeks ago | actionnews5.com | Joe Birch

Israel attacked Iran’s capital early Friday, with explosions booming across Tehran as Israel said it targeted nuclear and military sites.
Shipwright builds life-size replica of boat from ‘Jaws’ for film’s 50th anniversary

2 weeks ago | actionnews5.com | Joe Birch

A 76-year-old Rhode Island man is building a replica of the "Orca" boat from "Jaws" as the movie marks its 50th anniversary.
Memphis’ musical twins find joyous, harmonious living after decades of addiction

2 weeks ago | actionnews5.com | Joe Birch

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Sibling rivalry took a musical twist with identical twins, Michael and Stephen Kline, of Memphis. “When we were like 10 or 11, we would always write songs just for each other,” said Stephen, a keyboardist.
Tom Llamas visits with Action News 5 on path to anchor desk

3 weeks ago | actionnews5.com | Joe Birch

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Smiling and sharp as a tack, Tom Llamas introduced himself under the TV lights at the Nashville NBC affiliate, WSMV Channel 4. Local news anchors from NBC affiliates in Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana converged on Nashville’s WSMV on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, to meet the new man of the moment on NBC Nightly News.
‘A Monk’s Monk’: Brother Terence McLaughlin, legendary leader of CBU, CBHS, dies at 102

1 month ago | actionnews5.com | Joe Birch

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The Christian Brother who made what is now Christian Brothers High School, the first integrated high school in Memphis, died on Sunday, May 25, at age 102. Brother Terence McLaughlin, FSC, began his marathon of love and service in Memphis in the early 1960s as the new leader of “CBC,” as it was then known—a combined campus of Christian Brothers College and High School at East Parkway and Central Avenue.
Homes for Hearts builds tiny homes with big dreams for Memphis’ unsheltered

1 month ago | actionnews5.com | Joe Birch

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Henry Comas says he parked his 2002 Mercury Grand Marquis by the dumpster behind the Waffle House at Sycamore View Road and I-40 nightly for five years. For Henry, now 60, and his dogs Kaki and Whopper, it was home. “I did have an apartment, but I couldn’t afford it; it was hard paying the bills,” Henry said through an interpreter for Bridges West, an agency that serves the deaf and hearing impaired.
Café du Memphis satisfies Cajun cravings, helps raise funs to help neighbors in need

1 month ago | actionnews5.com | Joe Birch

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - If you have a hankering for perfectly prepared shrimp and grits, a craving for fresh beignets and a thirst for cafe au lait, you are encouraged to make your way to the Overton Park Shell on Saturday morning, May 3, 2025, for the tenth annual Cafe du Memphis festival. The event benefits Dorothy Day House of Hospitality and Memphis Rotary Foundation.
Hood-Mart: The comeback store after homelessness, addiction or both

2 months ago | actionnews5.com | Joe Birch

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - This is a story about people in dire need as Ashanti, who turns 30 years of age in July 2025, once was. “I’d be in my prayer closet crying,” Ashanti remembers of her days under the thumb of a domestic abuser. Ashanti never expected to find herself in a store where literally everything is free. “Hood-Mart” specializes in helping those suffering from homelessness, addiction, or both to hit the restart button in life.

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Articles

Memphis Women's Basketball holds first practice - clipped version

More rain showers and thunderstorms expected to end the work week and throughout the weekend

Israel attacks Iran’s capital with explosions booming across Tehran

Shipwright builds life-size replica of boat from ‘Jaws’ for film’s 50th anniversary

Memphis’ musical twins find joyous, harmonious living after decades of addiction

Tom Llamas visits with Action News 5 on path to anchor desk

‘A Monk’s Monk’: Brother Terence McLaughlin, legendary leader of CBU, CBHS, dies at 102

Homes for Hearts builds tiny homes with big dreams for Memphis’ unsheltered

Café du Memphis satisfies Cajun cravings, helps raise funs to help neighbors in need

Hood-Mart: The comeback store after homelessness, addiction or both

Journalists covering the same region

Gabriel Huff

Kate Bieri

Drew Hill

Brad Broders

Shelia O'Connor

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