Send us your football scores, pictures, and video

Submitted by Jason Plank, WMCTV.com

Friday, August 20th, 2010, 10:41am

High school football season is getting into full swing across the Mid-South, and Action News 5 covers high school football each Friday night during our 10 p.m. newscast.

However, we can't be at every game, and that's where you come in. Call your team's score into our newsroom at 901-726-0416, or email scores@wmctv.com.

We'd also like pictures or video highlights from your game. You can email those to my5@wmctv.com, or log on to WMCTV.com's My 5 to upload them directly. Or follow us on Twitter, @wmctvsports and send us your scores with the hashtag #midsouthpreps.

If your video gets used as our "Play of the Week," you'll win an Action News 5 shirt.

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AKA hosts Women's Expo

Submitted by Jerica Phillips, JCFN Social Marketing Coordinator

Thursday, August 19th, 2010, 10:20pm

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

The Pi Chi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority, Inc. is hosting a Women’s Health Expo: Encouraging Successful Preventive Health. The expo is September 18, 2010 from 10am-1pm. The event will take place at the Arkansas National Guard which is located at 1700 N. Avalon in West Memphis, AR.

We have speakers on heart disease, reproductive and mental health. Our speakers include Dr. Melvinie E. Seymore, Schrice Davis, FNP and Rozalyn Starks, RN. Participants will have the opportunity for free blood pressure, blood glucose, HIV and BMI screenings. Flu shots will be available.

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Seven Mary Three Rocks Southland Park

Submitted by Jerica Phillips, JCFN Social Marketing Coordinator

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010, 10:42pm

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

Seven Mary Three rocks Southland Park

After launching it’s Park After Dark with Memphis-based Ingram Hill, Southland Park Gaming and Racing has upped the ante for the event’s finale on Thursday, September 2, by showcasing rock mainstay Seven Mary Three.

Most known for their 1995 breakthrough debut American Standard and iconic single “Cumbersome” (which receives significant airplay to this day), Seven Mary Three has maintained success since and will bring their ever-evolving sounds to Southland Park.

Fans of Seven Mary Three, as well as fans of “Cumbersome” alone, will no doubt be treated to a large helping of introspective songwriting from front-man Jason Ross along with sides of his indistinguishable voice and the impressive catalog of songs the band has amassed over their 15 year career.

Seven Mary Three’s latest effort, day&nightdriving, repr

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Gold Tournament to Benefit Southeast Spinal Cord Injury Fund

Submitted by Jerica Phillips, JCFN Social Marketing Coordinator

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010, 10:35pm

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

Golf Tournament to Benefit: NTAF Southeast Spinal Cord Injury Fund
In Honor of Niki House

When: August 21, 2010 12-8pm

Where: Marion Golf & Athletic Club 303 Club Circle, Marion, AR

Do you work for a company or own a company that has a discretionary fund?

Would you like to sponsor a hole in the upcoming Golf Tournament or just make a one time donation?

$100 Hole Sponsorship
$500 Corporate Sponsorship
$1000 Corporate Sponsorship

For information, contact John House at 901-239-0006 or Jeremy Smith at 870-926-0337. I will answer what I can here on FB also. We have been truly blessed with all of your prayers!

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Eddie Vedder, Natalie Maines to perform at LR benefit for Echols

Submitted by WMCTV Web Staff

Monday, August 16th, 2010, 1:34pm

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder and the Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines will perform at a benefit show in Little Rock in support of 3 Arkansas men convicted of the 1993 deaths of 3 West Memphis boys.

Supporters of Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley say Vedder and Maines will perform Aug. 28 at Robinson Center Music Hall in Little Rock, with proceeds from the show to benefit the legal fund for the so-called West Memphis Three. Tickets are $25.

Echols was sentenced to death for the 1993 deaths of 8-year-olds Christopher Byers, Michael Moore and Stevie Branch. Baldwin and Misskelley both received life sentences. But supporters of the men say they're innocent, even though their convictions have been upheld by the Arkansas Supreme Court.

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10th heat death logged in Arkansas

Submitted by WMCTV Web Staff

Monday, August 16th, 2010, 1:16pm

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas health officials say a tenth person has died from heat-related illness.

The state Health Department cautioned Monday that hot weather is expected to continue into September and that a drop in temperatures this week is not enough to consider the danger over.

A heat advisory remained in effect Monday for the southern third of Arkansas.

The Health Department hasn't released the locations of the people who died from the heat.

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