DeSoto Literacy Council rates high as job pride-building life changer in...
Dec. 18, 2013 — DeSoto County Literacy Council executive director Beth Little (right) helps Mary Ann Thomas with a learning module at their classroom at the Gale Center, 2601 Elm St. in...
View ArticleMississippi briefs Sinatra music coming to Como on Saturday
Heard enough "Jingle Bells" and "Rudolph" for 2013? Come to Como in Panola County on Saturday for an evening of Sinatra, high spirits and ...
View ArticleGermantown promotes local artists through Public Art Promenade
December 27 2013 - "Quilts on a Line" by Greely Myatt, of Memphis, Tenn., sits outside of the Great Hall & Conference Center as part of the Germantown Public Art...
View ArticleA special thanks to my 2013 Memphis Performing Arts readers and contributors
This writer would like to thank all the readers that have been so loyal in the year 2013. Also, I want to thank everyone who sent me story ideas, supplied me with valuable information, and agreed to do...
View ArticleKwanzaas second day is lesson in self-determination
December 27, 2013 — Ayodele Kofie lights the first two candles of Kwanzaa holiday that represent the days for unity and self-determination while presenting a Kwanzaa ceremony for members of...
View ArticleAn article of appreciation to the readers and contributors of Memphis Travel
This writer would like to thank all the readers that have been so loyal in the year 2013. Also, I want to thank everyone who sent me story ideas, supplied me with valuable information, and agreed to do...
View ArticleSuspects On 3 Day Crime Spree Fire Shots At Police
The hunt is on in several states for two dangerous criminals. Law enforcement officers in Tennessee, Mississippi and Missouri are on the lookout tonight for two men whose crime spree started Christmas...
View ArticleSearch For Suspects Who Hogtied Robbed Man On Christmas Day
Authorities are searching for two armed and dangerous criminals who are accused of shooting at two police officers, robbing and hog tying a man, hijacking another man and setting a car on ...
View ArticleMemphis helps families left without water at apartments
Six families who lived without water for six months after their landlord abandoned the property will stay at motels for another five days while city officials seek out and take action against the...
View ArticleMemphis man indicted for bilking Veterans Affairs on bogus mileage
A man illegally collected more than $5,500 from the Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center by billing for mileage on trips he didn't take, according to the Shelby County District...
View ArticleSettlement in Shelby County schools suit all but signed delivered
The lawsuit filed by the Shelby County Commission late in the spring of 2012 to stop special legislation allowing suburbs to form their own districts is on the way to being ...
View ArticleTupelo Police Shooter Tied To Atlanta Bank Robbery
The FBI just released new pictures of the man they think shot and killed Tupelo police officer Sgt. Gale Stauffer. They say he was involved in another attempted bank robbery in another ...
View ArticleMid-South Memories Dec. 28
Many a long and pleasant trip was envisioned by visitors aboard the Elbaroda on Dec. 28, 1954. Among the planners as the elegant yacht was shown to the public for the first time by Hoyt B. Wooten...
View ArticleGrizzlies Randolph fined $25000
The Memphis Grizzlies centre Zach Randolph received a $25,000 bill from the NBA for publicly criticising referees. NBA president of basketball operations Rod Thorn announced the decision Friday,...
View ArticleABC forecasts more nonresidential construction in Q1
Nonresidential construction spending grew 0.6 percent on a monthly and yearly basis in November 2013, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, totaling $583.436 billion on a seasonally adjusted, annualized...
View ArticleTennessee Court directs musician to provide child support
When a marriage ends, both parties suffer from a considerable degree of distress and trauma at the irretrievable breakdown of their relationship. The situation becomes even more acute if the marriage...
View ArticleMemphis Democrat Sara Kyle will not run for governor
"After much deliberation, I have decided not to run for governor in 2014," she said in a statement dated Dec. 27 but distributed Thursday. "I have been so blessed to receive...
View ArticleSouthaven police investigate attack on elderly woman
Long urges anyone with information to call Southaven police detective Don Barr at 662-393-8652 or DeSoto County Crime Stoppers at ...
View ArticleWhen Memphis Made A Move On Nashvilles Country Monopoly
Courtesy of the artist Memphis has always believed that it, too, should be a center for country music, and that Nashville, despite a history reaching back to the 1920s, shouldn't have a...
View ArticleAudit Shows How Bad Memphis HARP Program Run
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - No show. A new audit says contractors never did inspections of homes in a Memphis home repair program.Local 24 was the first Memphis news outlet to expose the shoddy...
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