Michaela Redmond
Senior Reporter/Anchor
Michaela was born and raised in Walpole, Massachusetts, where her love for journalism first started. She attended Walpole High School and anchored their morning news sharing the daily announcements with other students.
She went on to attend the University of Alabama. Michaela joined the advanced master's program and graduated with her undergraduate degree in 2021 and her graduate degree in 2022.
When Michaela is not at work, she is usually reading a book, playing piano, golfing, or hanging out with her two animals. Michaela has a dog named Kova and a cat named Simba who are best friends. You may even see her out for a run every morning!
Michaela loves telling meaningful stories that incorporate everyday people in the community.
xAI and its subsidiary have filed a motion to dismiss the suit, citing that its operation is crucial to the nation’s economy.
A baby girl is fighting to stay alive at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis after being born at just 25 weeks.
The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a child drowned in a neighborhood lake in Walls, Mississippi.
Following the failed execution of death row inmate Tony Carruthers, attorneys are calling for Governor Bill Lee to pause all executions in the state until a decision can be reached in a lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s lethal injection protocol.
Carruthers was set to be executed on Thursday, May 21, but the execution was canceled after a failed lethal injection.
The Memphis Police Department is searching for a man accused of holding a rideshare driver at gunpoint.
Senate OKs takeover bill for Memphis-Shelby County Schools, creating state-appointed oversight board
The House will still need to vote on the bill before it is signed by Governor Bill Lee and becomes law.
The FBI reported executing a raid on the home in a possible connection with Memphis rapper Pooh Sheisty in Cordova on Wednesday morning.
Austin Drummond, accused in the quadruple murder of a Lake County family, returned to court on Tuesday morning.
According to the National Weather Service, the tornado was short-lived but had winds estimated at up to 100 mph.
The search for the suspect, 40-year-old Danell Maxwell, has now entered week three and expanded to include Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia, and Iowa.
New home built entirely through donations almost complete for Memphis woman previously living in car
A Memphis woman is feeling the effects of Southern hospitality as the community works to get her into a new house so that she will never have to live in her car again.
The woman recently extradited from Oklahoma to Tennessee to face charges in a 2007 murder case has died.
Harris said it cost the county almost $30 million last year, and they had to pull that money from the general fund.
Tunica Fire Chief Scott Goff said this is the biggest structure they’ve lost to a fire within city limits.
Cordell Harris said he, along with some friends, made hot dogs and picked up pizza to deliver to stuck drivers.
Coldwater, Mississippi, has also seen an influx of travelers because of conditions on I-55.
The plane went down around 5 p.m. Sunday, east of the runway at Holly Springs-Marshall County Airport near Greer Road.
Tamarion Jefferson was one year old when his father was arrested and later convicted for a crime he did not commit.
The Shelby County District Attorney’s Office held a press event to provide an update regarding a homicide case dating back 19 years.
THP said the footage was released to clarify what it called “false” accusations that an individual had been hit by a trooper during the protests.
Action News 5’s Michaela Redmond conducted her own decibel readings using an app on her Apple Watch.
Angela Trillo, the CEO of Amigo Community Center, said it’s a delicate situation and her heart goes out to all Venezuelans.
Those who knew Sherry Lydon tell Action News 5 that this was extremely out of character for her.
Rabbi Levi Klein with Chabad Lubavitch of Tennessee said he knows many of the extended families of those killed and injured, along with personally knowing one of the rabbis.
Back in November, Sheriff Floyd Bonner signed a 287(g) contract, formalizing his collaboration with ICE.
He said if residents are not careful, an accidental fire can happen pretty quickly.
Fifteen people were indicted as part of a drug trafficking organization through West Tennessee, Oklahoma, Texas and California.
Daniel Kiel, FedEx Professor of Law at the University of Memphis, said the case against the National Guard’s presence in Memphis will most likely move faster than expected.
Hundreds of volunteers filled the parking lot at House of Mtenzi for the 41st Annual Forgotten Souls Homeless Thanksgiving Festival on Thursday morning.
Steve Davis, the president of The Boring Company, said his long-term dream is to eventually connect the underground transit system in Nashville to Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Memphis.
Monday, a Tennessee Judge rule to halt the National Guard deployment in Memphis. Action News 5 explains how we got here and how a similar situation is unfolding in Washington, D.C.
Surveillance footage shows the events leading up to a fatal shooting at Wolfchase Galleria on Monday.
Attorneys representing Governor Bill Lee and other state leaders officially filed an appeal Wednesday afternoon regarding the temporary injunction for the National Guard’s deployment in Memphis.
The Davidson County Chancery Court found that Governor Bill Lee acted beyond his authority deploying the National Guard.
This marked his first appearance since a grand jury indictment for the four murders.
This marked his first appearance since a grand jury indictment for the four murders.
This new dashboard, called the Shelby County Interagency Justice Operations Workgroup, includes arrests, citations, processing times, and other criminal justice system trends.
Both local Democrats and Republicans said the government needs to reopen.
During a grand jury hearing Monday afternoon in Lake County, a group of county citizens met in secret to decide if there is enough evidence to prosecute Austin Drummond’s case.
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy sat down for an exclusive interview with Action News 5 to discuss the influx of arrests from the Memphis Safe Task Force.
The election stems from a federal court order that required changes to several Senate districts, including those in DeSoto County.
In a Nashville court on Monday, Mayor Harris’ attorneys sought a temporary injunction that would end the National Guard’s presence in Memphis.
Drummond was sentenced to 10 years in 2014 but racked up multiple additional charges while in lock-up for drugs, weapons even attempted murder.
According to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, there are currently 2,910 male inmates at the Main Jail, better known as 201 Poplar, and the facility is over capacity.
Director David Rausch with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said a majority of these children are runaways.
As arrests continue, an immigration attorney at Latino Memphis said people in the Hispanic and Latino communities in Memphis are afraid to leave their homes, go to work or even visit the doctor’s office.
Luke Cymbal, the vice chairman for the Republican Party of Shelby County, said residents are starting to feel safer.
As the number of arrests quickly hit triple digits, the NAACP and other organizations in opposition to the operations say there is nothing they can do to change their presence.
