Kelli Cook
Anchor/Reporter
Memphis, TN
Kelli Cook is a reporter for Action News 5. You can watch her Monday through Friday at 10 p.m.
This week’s winter weather was a gut punch to some local restaurants, losing significant profit when many were forced to close their doors for several days.
Since Toni Williams was appointed as MSCS interim superintendent in 2022, she says there have been 22 students that have died, most from homicides.
he 2024 Tennessee legislative session is underway and two Shelby County lawmakers are focused not only on taking away offenders’ driving privileges, but their vehicles as well.
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy says he plans to fast-track the most serious cases through a bogged-down criminal justice system.
It’s a new year and a new initiative to fight crime is in the works for Memphis’ new mayor.
BJ Jones says FedEx delivers to her East Memphis store about twice a month, however after 14 years at this location, she says she's never had her packages stolen from a delivery truck before.
If it seems like everyone is getting sick, you’re not imagining it.Medical experts are seeing a spike in seasonal illnesses, and in some cases, it’s worse than last year.
From Covington to Blytheville, Arkansas, folks from across the Mid-South told us they felt the 3.8-magnitude earthquake Wednesday, which made us wonder... when could the next big one hit?
In the years following the COVID-19 shutdown, the entire country faced a teacher shortage crisis.
A Memphis Police officer is recovering after being involved in a serious crash Wednesday morning.
MSCS is now one step closer to naming the next superintendent.
A call to put down the guns is being made by one of the leaders of one of the largest youth organizations in the city.
There are more allegations of abuse involving the non-profit Youth Villages.
A home was shot at dozens of times while people slept inside early Friday morning.
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy announced Thursday that yet another Memphis business has been shut down for being a public nuisance.
New numbers show Memphis is dangerously close to 15,000 cars being stolen by the end of this year.
There’s a new push to lower juvenile crime by focusing on prosecuting the children’s parents.
Many defendants that come through Judge Bill Anderson’s General Sessions courtroom leave with homework.
It’s been one week since the Shelby County Clerk’s office shut down their Poplar Plaza location, many customers said they were frustrated the centrally located facility suddenly closed its doors.
Getting to the root of the rise in Juvenile crime is the focus of a new juvenile diversion program.
The presser comes after the clerk’s office closed its Poplar Plaza location a day earlier than previously announced.
The clerk’s office was expected to close on Thursday, November 9, after learning on October 11 that they must vacate the office in 30 days due to being behind on rent for several months.
The man accused in a double shooting at a Whitehaven restaurant is being held on a one-million-dollar bond.
Federal and state prosecutors have recommended that Desmond Mills serve 15 years in prison.
The man arrested for the murder of two men at Tha Table restaurant in Whitehaven was in court Wednesday morning.
Drugs and a gun were found during a surprise drug search on campus at Fayette-Ware High School in Somerville Wednesday.
After 11 years, Local on the Square in Midtown says they will serve their last late-night bite Saturday night.
The FDA is looking to ban an ingredient commonly found in permanently straightening products.
A road map to lowering crime in Downtown Memphis has just been released.
A nearly $30 million investment is now open and Shelby County leaders are banking on it being the answer to driving down juvenile crime in the Bluff City.
Henderson is charged in the Eliza Fletcher case.
It’s no secret that crime will be at the top of the list of issues the Young administration will have to tackle, and juvenile crime is a portion of the public safety puzzle.
Memphis Mayor-elect Paul Young has vowed to bring the city together following a hard-fought campaign.
Wednesday, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office announced a partnership with the non-profit “Inside Circle,” which was founded in 1996 in California.
There is just one week left before election day in Memphis.
A community prayer service is taking place in Covington just days after two traumatic events with ties to their small community.
With crews off the assembly line, finding the necessary parts for your vehicle could get more difficult.
Thursday afternoon federal court judge Mark Norris set a May 6 court date for the five former police officers charged in the Tyre Nichols case.
Shelby County prosecutors say they want the officers tried together.
Little League Baseball in Memphis is on hold after crime struck the league.
The University of Memphis Law School is launching this region’s first-ever expungement clinic.
It's Classic Time in Memphis! Thousands are expected for this year's Southern Heritage Classic.
It’s any bride’s worst nightmare—a wedding dress stolen just hours before saying “I Do.”
A judge has ruled that a Fayette County teenager who is accused of giving her classmates drugs that led to their overdose deaths in their high school parking lot will be tried as an adult in the alleged murders.
Saturday marks one year since the disappearance and untimely passing of Memphis mother Eliza Fletcher.
A bus driver in DeSoto County is on administrative leave after a parent’s video was posted to social media showing the driver refusing to let children get off.
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating a shooting involving deputies with the Desoto County Sheriff’s Department.
Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump is back in Memphis to discuss two cases he has been retained for.
A multi-million-dollar investment appears to be paying off for the City of Memphis.
Officers responded to the robbery at Gateway Christian School on 4070 Macon Road.
