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MOSD hosts Golf Tournament

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Midtown family hosts supply drive for the troops

Information from Project Care Troops

Henley Distributing Co., LLC and Project Care Troops will host a supply drive for the troops on September 11, 2010 starting at 9:00a.m. and ending at 2:00 p.m.

Volunteers will be on hand to collect the items outside Henley Distributing which is located at 3090 Broad Ave in Memphis. Organizers will also have available a small area set up so visitors can create cards or letters for the troops.  Those cards and letters will be placed into the care packages headed overseas. 

Items requested include:

Couple wanted for string of purse thefts in Memphis area supermarkets

By Jason Miles - bio | email

OLIVE BRANCH, MS (WMC-TV) - "It's not right to take something from other people, you know?" Tina Davison of Olive Branch asked Tuesday.

Davison nearly lost her wallet last week while shopping at the Walmart off Goodman Road.

"You know, you ought to feel safe when you're in Walmart," she said.

It started when police say a young woman started quizzing Davison in the cheese aisle.  Davison felt a tug on her purse and caught a man red-handed.

"I turned my back and he's holding my wallet this far from me," she said.

The confrontation scared the man away, but investigators believe he and the young woman are working together.

"Vigilante justice" leads to 30 year jail sentence for Memphis man

By Chip Washington - bio | email

MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) - A Memphis man has been sentence to 30 years in jail for a shooting last year in Olive Branch.

Maurice Love will now have a lot of time to think about the crime he committed. Last September, according to investigators, Love stalked and gunned down another man in the parking lot outside John Daly's Bar and Grill Restaurant in Olive Branch.

"It was vigilante justice," said Smith Murphrey, the assistant D. A. in DeSoto County. "It was somebody who took the law into their own hands, tried to make sure somebody was punished by themselves and not by the court system."

Murphrey said it stemmed from an altercation between the victim, Malcolm McGaughy, and a friend of Love's.  The fight happened after a car accident in Memphis, three days before the shooting. Investigators said Love shot McGaughy three times, but he survived.

Rhea Lana's Children's Cosignment Sale in Southaven

A tight budget means tough choices for moms.  From clothing to shoes to toys, the needs are the same -- even if the money is not.  The dilemma has lead many families to consignment sales...and one of the biggest is happening this weekend in Southaven.

Rhea Lana's Children's Cosignment sale is this weekend at the Arena @ Southaven.  The "Back to School" event will open Friday, September 3rd and run through Monday, September 6th.  Shoppers can find play clothes, dress clothes, shoes, costumes, children's furniture, and even toys at the sale.  The items are sold at a fraction of their original cost.

To learn more about cosigning or shopping the sale, click here.

 

Boiling Point Hosts 'Cornhole 4 the Cure'

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

Every Wednesday night at the Boiling Point in Southaven (at I-55 in front of the Desoto Civic Center), Come out and join us for as we play Cornhole to raise money for cancer research!  You can visit our website at www.cornhole4thecure.com or visit us on the community tab on 95.3 the Rebel's website!

Men accused of locker room thefts

Olive Branch police say they’ve got a pair of suspects in a rash of recent locker break-ins at the city’s YMCA.

In a post on the department’s Facebook page, Maj. Tim Presley said two men are being held in the Shelby County Jail for a series of thefts from gyms in Memphis and they’re also believed to be responsible for at least one theft from the Olive Branch YMCA.

Officers say 45-year-old Christopher jones and 22-year-old Aaron Hodges are suspected of sneaking into the men’s YMCA dressing room in May and using a bolt cutter to break into a locker.

Presley says the victim’s “Bulova watch, $400 in cash, and his bank debit card were taken in the theft. Suspects had already charged approximately $800 in merchandise on the victim's card before it could be cancelled.”