Stephanie Douglas
Reporter/MMJ
Memphis, TN
Stephanie Douglas is a dayside multimedia journalist who joined the Action News 5 in May 2022.
Her passion for broadcast journalism started at a young age in middle school as a school anchor, reading the morning news announcements.
She followed it from her hometown in Lakeland, Florida, to Baltimore, Maryland, where she received her degree in Multimedia Journalism from Morgan State University (Go Bears!).
After graduation in December 2018, Stephanie took her first on-air job as a morning anchor in Alpena, Michigan, where she edited, produced, and anchored her show at WBKB News.
A year later, Stephanie traded in her snow gear for cowboy boots and made the move to Odessa, Texas, to join CBS7, the #1 station in West Texas.
When she's not on-air, you'll probably catch her out enjoying a day of shopping, watching a movie, cooking, dancing, or spending time with her family.
If you see her out and about, please say hello!
You can connect with Stephanie on Facebook at @Stephaniedotv or email story ideas to stephanie.douglas@wmctv.com.
Despite the freezing temperatures, Memphis crime just doesn’t chill out. A Memphis couple said Thursday evening, they became victims of a carjacking crime during this winter blast.
Action News 5 spoke with Best Care Home Service experts on Wednesday, who say that routine maintenance on your heating and cooling system is critical.
We’re now 11 days into the new year and Crowe says Memphis is still averaging about four auto theft arrests per day.
A national nonprofit for children is changing the way foster care begins.
According to MPD, the teen began his carjackings on December 17 and continued to rob victims until January 3.
Memphis police are investigating an alleged attempted kidnapping of an 11-year-old Berclair girl.
At the start of 2023, the Memphis Police Department said the city saw an unusual influx of car thefts—more than 14,000.
A Brighton, Tennessee, kid is being hailed a hero after discovering his house was on fire and saving his mother and dog from the flames.
Questions remain about which fire department should have battled a fire that cost one Memphis family their home on New Year's Day despite a fire station being located across the street.
It’s a new year, and the new mayor of Memphis said he has big plans for the Bluff City!
The Memphis Tigers defeated the Iowa State Cyclones 36-26 on Friday at the 65th AutoZone Liberty Bowl.
Ahead of Friday’s match-up, the Memphis Tigers taking on Iowa State Cyclones in the 65th AutoZone Liberty Bowl, football fans were pumped and showing off their school spirit!
Wednesday the family of 17-year-old Alegend Jones, who was reportedly beaten and choked to death while in the care of Youth Villages, got to review video footage from MPD and Youth Villages of the moments that led to a deadly altercation last month.
A Christmas Eve homicide involving a 10-year-old boy in Friars Point, Mississippi, has left a community of about 900 people feeling anxious.
Dozens lined up on Christmas morning to taste Brother Juniper’s special feast, which is no ordinary feast.
Under the Tennessee Department of Education’s new letter grade system—nearly half of Memphis-Shelby County Schools received failing grades.
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has identified 31-year-old Jonathan Bady as the suspect who led Shelby County Sheriff deputies on a chase Thursday.
The court needs to further review the proof to make a ruling. A date for a ruling will be set 30 days from when both attorneys submit final evidence.
One-year-old Leo Amir Weathers was tragically shot and killed while he was inside his home in Frayser during a drive-by shooting Saturday morning.
Shelby County Civil Court Judge heard three days of testimony in the lawsuit against Grizzlies star Ja Morant.
Another long day of testimony Tuesday in the civil lawsuit hearing against Grizzlies star Ja Morant, who is accused of punching a teen during a pickup game at his home.
During day one of three in a civil court hearing, Memphis Grizzlies basketball star Ja Morant and his father Tee Morant testified about their accounts of what happened during a confrontation between Ja and then-17-year-old Josh Holloway over a pick-up basketball game in the summer of 2022.
A Mississippi mother is outraged and demanding answers from DeSoto County Schools—the largest school district in the state.
New security measures are being forged at two Memphis stores following a string of targeted burglaries.
Tennessee State Senator Brent Taylor is calling for the state Board of Judicial Conduct and the state Board of Professional Responsibility to investigate Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy and Criminal Court Judge Paula Skahan.
The 2023 St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend was a resounding success for both St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the city of Memphis.
Six months after a beloved fruit vendor known affectionately as “Red the Watermelon Man” was shot and killed, the Memphis Police Department is still looking for a second suspect in the case.
In the month of November alone, over two dozen children were shot in the Bluff City, including 7-month-old little Georgina Marie Gomez.
The mother of Alegend Jones says after two months in the care of Youth Villages, her 17-year-old daughter is now dead. She says the nonprofit failed to protect her daughter when she was sent there to receive help. Meanwhile, Youth Villages disputes these claims, saying they were never true.
After another weekend of gun violence across the City of Memphis, Action News 5 heard from a trauma surgeon about how the uptick in crime is impacting local hospitals.
Kicking off Operation Jingle Bells on Black Friday, Memphis police are partnering with Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies to heighten awareness and increase vigilance during the busy holiday shopping season.
MPD said as a part of their holiday safety plan, they will saturate problem areas. That includes increasing their visibility along Germantown Parkway, Poplar, Summer Avenue, the Wolfchase area and Downtown.
This weekend, the entire city was put on alert as 52-year-old Mavis Christian Jr. went on a deadly shooting rampage, killing four of his family members, including his estranged wife.
‘She’s in her third surgery’: Ride of Tears CEO provides update on 9-year-old girl shot in mom’s car
After a nine-year-old girl was shot Thursday night, the CEO and founder of Ride of Tears, a group that honors child victims of gun violence, said she’s overwhelmed with the number of children in Memphis who are senselessly shot.
It’s been a few dark days of crime in the Frayser community that some residents said they’re trying to wrap their heads around.
Two people have been arrested and charged after an employee with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was shot and killed Sunday night in Downtown Memphis.
Violence and thievery left a St. Jude employee dead, multiple gas stations robbed with nearly $10,000 in damages, a FedEx truck ransacked, and reckless drivers holding up traffic on I-240.
Nearly one year later, the family of 33-year-old Jacqulin Vail still has no answers as to where the mother of three disappeared to.
Over a dozen children are safe after being rescued during a multi-agency human trafficking operation here in Memphis called Operation “Not for Sale.”
Shelby County inmates will now go through new security measures when going to court.
After serving 25 years of his 162-year prison sentence, Courtney Anderson was given a second chance in December 2022. But he didn’t know that 10 months after being freed, he would be facing the same decades-long sentence. Now, the NAACP Memphis branch and other organizations are rallying behind Anderson in support of his freedom.
Civil rights attorneys are standing beside the family of 25-year-old Deion Byrd, who was stabbed to death at the Shelby County Courthouse last week. Attorneys Ben Crump and Brice Timmons are criticizing Sheriff Floyd Bonner for his lack of action and transparency in the case.
Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating after human remains were discovered in a wooded area on the northernmost edge of Memphis on Tuesday.
A day after a deadly shooting in Whitehaven, family members are remembering a young entrepreneur and restaurant owner of Tha Table.
Attorneys, court staff, and officials at 201 Poplar told Action News 5 the stabbing death inside 201 has left them shaken and also questioning their safety.
A life was taken inside 201 Poplar Thursday morning after authorities said an inmate stabbed and killed another inmate.
‘Why was I let go?’: Memphis native freed from prison ordered back behind bars for 162-year sentence
In a one-on-one Wednesday, 55-year-old Courtney Anderson, a man freed from prison 10 months ago, said Tennessee’s second highest court reversed his non-violent conviction for multiple cases of theft and forgery charges crimes Anderson was convicted for in the late ‘90s.
The woman was identified as 22-year-old Hailey Silas of Oklahoma, according to deputies.
The Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) Board has voted to table the unpopular winter service proposal that was announced last week.
A Memphis property owner has to face a judge over a sewage situation.
