New store gets party started

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010, 3:41pm

*Action News 5 received the following press release to our news desk*

On Saturday, Sept. 4, beginning at 10:00 a.m., Let’s Party Inc. will open its doors with a celebration for the Memphis area.

We are locally owned and operated and will be located at 4286 Elvis Presley Blvd., just down the street from the Elvis Presley tourist attraction center in the heart of Whitehaven.

We seek to serve the entire Memphis area, building a loyal customer base and being a dependable business our customers can count on for quality products and services.

We will be carrying supplies for all types of celebration events and all ages with balloons, tableware, gifts, gift bags, etc.

In the midst of economic crisis we are proud to say the small business is still the heartbeat of America.

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Man carjacked and stuffed in his trunk

Submitted by WMCTV Web Staff

Monday, August 30th, 2010, 8:52pm

By Lori Brown - bio | email

MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) - A Memphis man was carjacked, and stuffed in the trunk of his car Sunday night at the Camelot Manor Apartment Complex near the airport.

Carjackers attacked Joe Ingram, 66, as he was leaving his car to go to his apartment at around nine in the evening.

"He said they had a gun on him, a big 'ol gun on him," Barbara Ingram, the victim's wife said. "They forced him inside the trunk, and locked him inside the trunk."

While the man was inside the trunk, a gun battle raged on outside. A witness said she heard one gun shot coming from that direction. Then she heard the kidnappers fire back. In all she says five gunshots were exchanged.

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Investigators: arsonist burns Dollar General

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Monday, August 30th, 2010, 11:20am

Firefighters say they’re investigating the early morning arson of a Dollar General store in the 4700 block of South Third Monday.

Investigators say they’re not sure how the arsonist started the flames, but that the fire was started to cover up a burglary.

The fire department got the call just after 4:30 Monday morning and it took dozens of firefighters nearly 90 minutes to knock the flames down.

No one was in the building at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported.

No arrests have been made.

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Race to remember Sept. 11 victims

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Friday, August 27th, 2010, 1:32pm

After running more than 2,800 miles, firefighters from across the United States and Australia will be in Memphis this weekend on the fourth leg of a cross-country relay race to honor victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

The Tour of Duty Run started in Los Angeles on August 12, and will wrap up in New York on Sept. 11.

A group of 30 runners will race to the Memphis International Airport Sunday after leaving New Orleans on Friday. From Memphis they’ll head north towards Chicago, then on to Washington, D.C., and finally New York City.

For more information and to donate, click here.

Photo courtesy Tour of Duty.

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Incumbent Sharon Webb sizes up opponents in school board battle

Submitted by WMCTV Web Staff

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010, 4:06pm

By Jamel Major - bio | email

MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) - The battle for several key positions on the Memphis City Schools' Board of Commissioners is heating up.

Memphis Flyer political analyst Jackson Baker says the race for the District 6 position on the board is going to be interesting for the six people hoping to unseat incumbent Sharon Webb.

"Sharon Webb must have known that when she gave that 'non-answer' answer in the mayoral debate last year, she was going to have a lot of competition this year," Baker said.

During the debate last August, Webb was asked to name two ways she could make Memphis a better city as Mayor. Webb could only name one. Wednesday, Webb talked about her frame of mind during that portion of the debate.

"I couldn't think to anything," she said. "My mind just went totally blank. I don't think that will have anything to do with the work that I've done on the school board."

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