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St. Jude Dream Home opens for tours

Submitted by Kelsey Jacobson, Digital Content Director / WMCTV.COM

Thursday, May 16th, 2013, 8:32am

MEMPHIS, TN- (WMC-TV) - It is that time of year again! Time to enter for your chance to win a beautiful new home and help the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital at the same time.

Tickets to enter the annual St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway are on sale now.

The 2013 dream home has an estimated value of $475,000. The four bedroom, three bathroom home stretches over approximately 4,000 square feet. It features a luxurious master bathroom with a walk-thru shower, upgraded Brizo plumbing fixtures, and Shaw Floors throughout.

It is located in Eads, Tennessee, about 28 miles east of downtown Memphis.

Not only is the brand new home up for grabs, but buying a raffle ticket could win you dozens of other prizes. Click here for a complete list of prizes available.

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Shelby Co. Election Commission denies Cordova residents' petition to de-annex

Submitted by WMCTV Web Staff

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013, 4:34pm

MEMPHIS, TN- (WMC-TV) - The Shelby County Election Commission denied the petition created by South Cordova residents seeking to de-annex from the City of Memphis.

The group "Cordova's Voices" was hoping the petition would be approved. That would have given them 75 days to collect at least 44,000 signatures to put the issue up for a vote on the November special election ballot.

Action News 5's Jason Miles is there and will have more about the decision in a live report on the news at 5 p.m.

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Spray schedule for May

Submitted by Bernadette Davis, Freelance Writer

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013, 5:13pm

The Shelby County Health Department (SCDH) has received confirmation of mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus (WNV) within the areas of ZIP codes 38018, 38104, and 38109. Mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus have been previously found in ZIP codes 38116, 38122, 38127, 38133, 38125, 38017, and 38141.

Since April the SCHD Vector Control Program has treated areas by applying larvicides to standing bodies of water. As an additional precaution, the SCHD will also conduct truck mounted spraying of EPA approved insecticides weather permitting, in portions specific ZIP codes according to the following schedule:

Tuesday, May 14

8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

ZIP Codes: 38108, 38111, 38112, 38117, 38120, 38122, 38128, 38134

Wednesday, May 15

8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

ZIP Codes: 38002, 38053, 38133, 38135

Thursday, May 16

8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

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School administration shaves budget gap by 25 percent

Submitted by Kontji Anthony, Action News 5 Anchor/Reporter

Monday, May 13th, 2013, 4:55pm

MEMPHIS, TN- (WMC-TV) - Shelby County School administrators have trimmed the budget gap by tens of millions of dollars. Back in February, suburban lawmakers were up in arms after learning the merged school system had an anticipated budget gap of $150 million.

The public will know Tuesday night what it will cost to merge Memphis and Shelby County Schools after the budget is presented to the school board.

Over the weekend, Interim Superintendent Dorsey Hopson sent a memo to school board members. He announced the administration was able to shave that budget gap by nearly 25 percent.

Hopson will present this budget to the board Tuesday with a $35.8 million budget gap.

The budget is yet another reminder that Shelby County taxpayers can expect a tax hike. Shelby County taxpayers are responsible for funding nearly half of the budget. The budget summary points out the 2013-2014 property tax rate may increase due to the merger.

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Battle over school property transfer ensues

Submitted by Kontji Anthony, Action News 5 Anchor/Reporter

Monday, May 6th, 2013, 6:05pm

SHELBY COUNTY, TN- (WMC-TV) - The Shelby County municipal schools battle will turn to the issue of school buildings this week. A school board committee will discuss who owns the current buildings in the county's six suburbs.

School merger supporters say if the suburbs do not want to join the Shelby County school system, they should have to buy the school buildings.

Suburban leaders argue that would be a break from tradition.

With plans forging ahead to create six new Shelby County school systems, an ongoing debate could soon get a full public airing: will those six suburbs have to buy the school buildings within their borders?

"We'll probably have some litigation in that regard," said Bartlett Mayor Keith McDonald.

County commissioners, who are still fighting in court to stop the new schools, say they will have to pay to play.

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Contractor hits gas line

Submitted by WMCTV Web Staff

Tuesday, April 30th, 2013, 6:32pm

(WMC-TV) - The Memphis Fire Department responded to a possible gas leak in Cordova at Walnut Bend Road and Walnut Bend Cove late Tuesday afternoon.

The department responded to a hazardous materials call around 4:40 p.m.

A private contractor was working in the area and struck a three inch gas line, according to officials. There were no injuries.

The situation is now stable after MLGW secured the pipe.

The area was deemed safe at 6:01 p.m.

Keep checking WMCTV.COM for updates on this developing story.

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Center provides relief for Mid-South sinus infections

Submitted by Lauren Squires on Friday, April 26th, 7:50 pm

(WMC-TV) - Mid-South allergies can lead to brutal sinus infections, and now there is a new way to fight back.

It is that time of year where many Memphians suffer from sinus problems, but a center in the Mid-South is offering a quick in-office procedure to help.

"Half of my nose I could barely breathe out of," said Kenneth Moss describing his sinus and allergy problems.

"More recent years especially this year, it's worse for a lot of people," he said.

After 15 years of enduring Memphis allergy season – he was fed up.

That is where Doctor Jan Petri came it at Memphis Relief Center.

"It basically remodels the sinus open. And it does move bone, but without a lot of hard surgical techniques like we've used in the past," said Petri.

She performed a balloon sinuplasty on Moss. Using a small flexible device, the procedure went up through Moss' nose, inflated a small balloon, and opened up his sinus cavity.

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