Shelby County Commission votes Monday on $20000 raise for school board members
The Shelby County Commission will vote Monday on whether to give $20,000 raises to Shelby County Schools board members, a proposal that requires nine votes from the 13-member commission to ...
View ArticleMillington women on mission to help abused
Two Millington women who know first-hand the toll of abuse are determined to help other women who are in crisis stemming from domestic violence and sexual ...
View ArticleFamily Remembers The Death of a Memphis Police Officer
Saturday marked the one year anniversary of the shooting death of Memphis Police Officer Martoiya Lang, killed while serving a drug warrant in Berclair. Lang's sister, Marquathauntia Woods,...
View ArticleCivil War-Era Memories from The Memphis Daily Appeal
In recognition of the Civil War Sesquicentennial, ';Civil War-Era Memories'; features excerpts from The Memphis Daily Appeal of 150 years ago. The Appeal is publishing from ...
View ArticleOtis Sanford 74 shooting in Memphis gives clarity to New Mexico case
The national debate that erupted after a New Mexico State Police officer shot at a moving vehicle containing a Memphis woman and her five children produced the typical ...
View ArticleLipscomb graduates first group of associate degree students inside Tennessee...
In this Dec. 13, 2013 photo, a group of inmates at the Tennessee Prison for Women in Nashville, Tenn., walk across the prison yard to get dressed for their graduation ceremony. The women earned an...
View ArticleMid-South Memories Dec. 15
Fred Griffith/The Commercial Appeal files Dec. 15, 1976 — From left: Vince Lachina, John Moratis (T.G.I. Friday’s team) vs. Susan Wickizer and Patty Broyles (Bombay Bicycle Club...
View ArticleGrizzlies take on Wolves tonight
The Memphis Grizzlies are undermanned and have been especially bad at home lately, but based on their recent meetings with the Minnesota Timberwolves, there may be no team they're more happy...
View ArticleNo. 5 Kentucky women beat East Tennessee St 73-56
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Janee Thompson and Samari Walker each scored 12 points to lead fifth-ranked Kentucky to a 73-56 win over East Tennessee State on ...
View ArticleOlive Branch company offers high-tech view of the world
After multiple cleanings, glass is moved within a ';clean room'; onto a verticle plasma vapor deposition coder at View Inc., in Olive Branch. Once on the 750 feet machine the glass...
View ArticleProperty cleanups federal grant for parks on DeSoto supervisors plate
In their last regularly scheduled meeting of 2013, members of the DeSoto Board of Supervisors Monday will weigh options on cleanup of two problem properties and consider a holiday-season gift: a...
View ArticleTennessee teachers learning to work together the Shanghai way
Eighteen principals from across Tennessee spent a week in Shanghai observing classrooms in several public schools, like this one. The Shanghai system requires its teachers to spend time away from their...
View ArticleTennessee Tech edges Lamar 79-74
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) Ladon Carter scored 12 points and grabbed 12 rebounds helping Tennessee Tech hand Lamar its fifth consecutive loss, winning 79-74 on Saturday afternoon. Tennessee Tech (6-6) shot a...
View ArticleLakeland nixes proposed new bike lane
Lakeland officials have axed a proposed $1.2 million bike lane project and trimmed back a city park face-lift so they can set aside future capital funds for the city's municipal school ...
View ArticleShelby County education board still faces monumental tasks
All six suburban municipalities have signed agreements with Shelby County Schools that will define public education in Shelby County going forward -- to a ...
View ArticleTennessee panel recommends one-year extension on annexation moratorium
Memphis AC Wharton (middle) confers with former city employee with the Office of Planning and Development Louise Mercuro (left) and Roland McElrath, city finance director during a special called...
View ArticlePostgame Press Conference vs. Wolves - 121513
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View ArticleLove has 30 to lift Wolves past Grizzlies 101-93
Memphis Grizzlies' Jon Leuer (30) defends against Minnesota Timberwolves' Kevin Love, right, in the first half of an NBA basketball game in Memphis, Tenn., Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. (AP...
View ArticleConstruction project causes traffic delays at I-40240 in East Memphis
Looking north from the Walnut Grove overpass, traffic begins to build do to construction at the Interstate 40-240 interchange in East Memphis. State troopers, local police officers and Tennessee...
View ArticleNFL Arizona 37 Tennessee 34 Jay Feely made a 41-yard field goal in overtime...
Jay Feely made a 41-yard field goal in overtime Sunday and the Arizona Cardinals escaped with a 37-34 win over Tennessee after blowing a late lead. The Cardinals were leading 34-17 and seemingly on the...
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