Joe Birch

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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.

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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.

2 weeks 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.

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.

1 month 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.