Lydian Coombs
Digital Content 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.
A Memphis hairdresser is accused of holding a pair of scissors near the face of a customer after demanding an extra payment of $50, authorities said.
Former officers Justin Smith, Tadarrius Bean, and Demetrius Haley, were accused of federal civil rights violations against Tyre Nichols.
Amy Slaton Halterman of TLC’s “1000-lb Sisters” was arrested at the Tennessee Safari Park on Labor Day after a camel bite reportedly led to a drug bust inside the reality TV personality’s vehicle.
A missing Tennessee man is believed to be dead after a body was discovered inside his burned car.
Home security video obtained by Humboldt Police Department investigators reportedly shows a 12-year-old girl using bedding to suffocate her sleeping 8-year-old cousin on the top of the bunk bed they shared.
A city in Tennessee is now ordered to pay a woman over $31,000 after fining her over a controversial yard sign.
The victim and another woman walking with her were struck when investigators say an SUV lost control while turning at an intersection.
A food truck owner is picking up the pieces after a driver in a pickup truck plowed through his business in an incident caught on video.
Two teens and an 18-year-old in Memphis are currently hospitalized following a shooting that stemmed from a mom finding her daughter’s boyfriend in her bed.
The historic home of the King of Rock and Roll could be sold at auction on Thursday to the highest bidder, according to a foreclosure notice that the estate’s heir says is "fraudulent."
Authorities in Tennessee say a woman is facing a felony charge after a large amount of marijuana was found in her luggage.
A man has been critically injured after a shooting Friday afternoon at a Walmart in Tennessee.
A newborn pygmy slow loris was recently born at the Memphis Zoo.
Police say preliminary information points to a random bullet that hit the toddler from a different part of the apartment complex.
St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett called their local police department early Monday morning to report a beaver that had snuck into the building.
It marks the fifth death at the world hub since 2017.
Family Dollar customers may be eligible for a gift card following a class action lawsuit
The victim was on a walk with his family when a man in a ski mask approached them with a gun and demanded their property, according to an arrest affidavit.
Five former police officers were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges indicating they violated Nichols’ civil rights.
Tim Shelton was the pastor of Group Leadership and Family Life at Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis.
The victim, who has not been identified, was taken to the hospital in critical condition but has since been upgraded to non-critical.
The suspect allegedly admitted to investigators that he struck the toddler “seven to eight times” with the dog toy before his death.
One witness said they saw the victim throwing items at the clerk before the shooting.
A brave and quick-thinking 11-year-old girl helped save her family from a house fire over the weekend.
A health care worker was fatally shot inside a clinic Tuesday in a suburb of Memphis.
A woman has been arrested and charged in the death of her own daughter.
A watermelon vendor who has been selling fruit on a street corner every morning for the past 30 years was shot and killed on the job, police said.
Police said officers responded to an armed party call at a convenience store
Authorities say a man was shot and killed in an argument while they were celebrating a birthday.
Police say a child suffered critical injuries after being attacked by a pack of pit bulls.
Jerry Lee Lewis III, the youngest son of Jerry Lee Lewis, was evicted from the Lewis Ranch on Sunday.
In the middle of the night, one pilot’s crash pad became a crime scene.
The Haywood County (Tenn.) Sheriff’s Office said deputies received a call around 1 p.m. Saturday of a large number of cow heads seen in a Solid Waste dumpster.
Memphis Police Chief CJ Davis sent a request to the Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission for the decertification of all five former Memphis police officers charged in the death of Nichols.
A 40-year-old woman is facing charges after being accused of attacking her 97-year-old grandmother, according to police.
She allegedly told police her boyfriend was fatally shot after they lured a drug dealer with plans to rob him at gunpoint.
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a home on Piermont Street at around 6:45 p.m. after they say Najja Simmons called 911 to report that he had just shot his stepfather.
A FedEx employee has died at a facility in Tennessee this week.
Police arrested one suspect after a hostage situation in which a family was followed home from a gas station, forced inside and robbed at gunpoint, police say.
A man with several active warrants was charged with assaulting an officer and evading arrest, among other charges, after police initiated a traffic stop in the early hours of Monday morning.
Collierville police are looking for four suspects accused of stealing a new car from a Mercedes-Benz dealership on Thursday after two held an employee at gunpoint.
Authorities confirmed a body was found in South Memphis, but no confirmation of the crime scene being related to Eliza Fletcher’s disappearance.
Bartlett police have charged a man with aggravated assault after being able to identify him after he left his wallet in a stolen car that he abandoned after wrecking into a field.
A Tennessee man has been sentenced to three decades in prison for abusing a young girl for several years.
