Lydian Coombs
Digital Content News Producer
Memphis, Tennessee
Lydian is a Memphis native who joined Action News 5 as a digital content producer in May 2022. She graduated from the University of Memphis in 2021 with a Bachelor's in Journalism and a minor in Biology.
Fun fact - her parents' engagement was actually broadcasted live on WMC-TV during the New Year's Eve guitar drop on Beale Street in 1995.
Chaos ensued during Tuesday night’s data center moratorium vote by the Memphis City Council.
Court documents reveal what investigators found after two Ole Miss students died, including SMAX Pseudo-DHM and other kratom-like products.
The causes of death have not been determined, but authorities are urging people to avoid any drug or substance not prescribed by a medical doctor.
DeAngelo Billingsley allegedly admitted to beating his mother with a bat because she wouldn’t cook him food.
The police chief of a Mississippi city where police shot and killed a 1-year-old Black boy in June has been fired over alleged racist text messages.
A school employee is behind bars after he allegedly stabbed a late delivery driver with a pen multiple times.
A 6-year-old girl died after being found unresponsive in a hot daycare van at a Memphis child care center, her family said.
Memphis police are investigating a shooting on Tuesday that left a man dead.
Federal, state, and local authorities gathered in Oxford to announce the completion of a recent undercover operation targeting child predators Monday afternoon.
A Taco Bell employee was arrested after allegedly throwing boiling water on a co-worker.
A Memphis restaurant owner is defending his decision to deny service to National Guard members working as part of the Memphis Safe Task Force.
The head of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety is urging residents to be patient as the agency investigates the shooting death of one-year-old Kohen Wiley.
A tow truck driver has been arrested after he allegedly beat the owner of a vehicle he was repossessing with a metal pipe.
A toddler walked away from an overturned vehicle after a police PIT maneuver caused the speeding car to crash.
A 16-year-old was arrested after a 17-year-old was fatally shot at a senior skip day event in Tennessee.
A mother of three was seriously injured earlier this month when she was mauled by a dog.
Video of a small dog getting kicked by an officer in Tennessee has gone viral with the dog’s owner saying the deputy U.S. marshal had no reason to do so.
Police received a tip about a Facebook livestream that allegedly showed a fully nude, underage boy who was assaulted and forced to dance while held at gunpoint.
A Tennessee woman is behind bars after police say she neglected and abused her young son at a grocery store.
The accused mastermind behind the death of rapper Young Dolph was acquitted on Thursday.
The suspect accused of murdering four family members in Northwest Tennessee on July 29 has been captured after a dayslong manhunt, Jackson Police Department confirms.
Officials have now identified the four people who were found dead Tuesday after a baby was abandoned in a stranger’s front yard in Tennessee.
Four people were found dead in Tennessee on Tuesday night, and investigators say they believe the deaths are connected to an abandoned infant case from earlier in the day.
A man was arrested after going to jail to bail out his friend.
Authorities in Tennessee said two drivers are behind bars Monday night after they mowed through the scene of a motorcycle wreck that took the life of a firefighter.
