Bills sponsored by Cohen Warren would halt pre-employment credit checks
Congressman Steve Cohen Getting a new job in the wake of the financial crisis that ruined so many people's credit ratings will not require submitting to a credit check if bills sponsored by...
View ArticleMother Dies Comes Back To Life While Delivering Son
A moment with her son Jacob is one Stephanie Arnold thought she would never get to have, but now she lives to tell the story of her miraculous ...
View ArticleLocal Hero Zach Randolph
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - It would be next to impossible to fill the shoes of this week's Local Hero.Not just because he wears a size 15 1/2, but because he means so much to the Memphis...
View ArticleDeSoto County posts 5 percent jobless rate for November
DeSoto County posted Mississippi's second-lowest unemployment rate among the state's 82 counties in November, according to new statistics from the Mississippi Department of Employment...
View ArticleNew Olive Branch Principal Allyson Killough ready for top role
December 18, 2013 - Olive Branch High School principal Allyson Killough stepped into the principal’s job at Olive Branch High School in November and in doing so stepped into space where few...
View ArticleDavid Waters Grateful mother hoping to reunite all her children
December 19, 2013 - (center, top) Delores Posata holds onto her son (center, bottom) Ulises Posata while they and her daughter (right), Yatzyry Posata, while visiting Santa and Mrs. Claus at the...
View ArticleFamily Of Murdered Contractor Facing Difficult Holiday
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - A Fayette County woman, married for 19 years, is preparing to spend her first Christmas without her husband. Her name is Beverly Shelley, the wife of murdered Mid-South...
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House and Senate leaders dedicated a bronze statue of President Gerald Ford on Tuesday, remembering the former Michigan lawmaker as a man of integrity who helped the nation heal from the Watergate ...
View ArticleTennessee Web Startup Seeking Intern Applicants to Have Their Student Loans...
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Education Letter -- Startup company WeScore is shattering the traditional internship compensation model through an eight ...
View ArticlePerson Of Interest Sought In Tupelo Officer Shooting
Authorities are asking help in locating a person of interest connected with Tuesday's bank robbery and shooting of a Tupelo, MS police ...
View ArticleCommunity Rallies Around Animal Rescue In Need
As families are gathering for the holidays and counting their blessings, a Fayette County animal rescuer is giving thanks to a group who came to rescue him and the homeless animals he cares ...
View ArticleMid-South Memories Dec. 25
Roberta Church displays her Christmas toys, circa 1921. Born in 1914, she was the daughter of Robert Reed Church Jr., a founder of the local NAACP, and his wife, Sara Paroda Johnson. She was the...
View ArticleTennessee County Official Vows to Carry Out Own Workers’ Comp Drug Test
An East Tennessee official who refuses to enforce a county drug-testing policy says he’ll implement his own. Hawkins County Property Assessor Jeff Thacker told the Kingsport Times-News that...
View ArticleTennessee High Court Allows Parking Lot Claim Against Wal-Mart
The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that a woman injured in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Red Bank can proceed with her negligence lawsuit against the store. Jolyn Cullum filed the case after she was...
View ArticleArkansas town comes together on Christmas after tornado
. The storm killed one, injured three others while destroying or damaging many homes. Pulling into Hughes it’s clear that it’s a tight knit community. Everyone knows everyone,...
View ArticleApps offer aid in lowering infant mortality
But two new smartphone apps developed in conjunction with the Shelby County Health Depart still packed enough information to be impressive to the married mother of an eight-year old and four-year-old ...
View ArticleMajority of high school seniors see marijuana as harmless
Teenagers have gotten the message about tobacco, but their attitudes about the dangers of marijuana have softened considerably, according to the National Institute of Drug Abuse’s annual ...
View ArticleOn Christmas morning Downtown restaurant turns into center for feeding the needy
Dec. 25 2013 — Jerderius Williams, 3, left, of Memphis, alongside his brother, Antwuan, 6, enjoy Christmas dinner in Westy’s Restaurant. This was the 10th consecutive year of the...
View ArticleStewardship program boosts conservation on DeSoto-Tate farms buoys bottom line
Dec. 23, 2013 — Local farmer and rancher Jewel Wallis takes advantage of a stewardship program offered by DeSoto County Soil and Water Conservation District. Wallis, who grows his own hay,...
View ArticleInvestigators ID Person Of Interest In Tupelo Officer Murder
Investigators are searching for a person of interest in the fatal shooting of a Tupelo Police officer, as they plead with the public for ...
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