Memphis’ leading rusher past two years gets sixth season
has won his appeal and been granted a sixth season of eligibility by the NCAA. A knee injury suffered during spring practice knocked the running back out for the entire 2010 season, while he did not...
View ArticleJSU men defeat Tennessee State 70-64
JACKSONVILLE — Jacksonville State got 17 points from D.J. Felder and 14 points from Brian Williams in a 70-64 win over Ohio Valley Conference foe Tennessee State in men's college...
View ArticleBruising Tennessee duo face tall task against Kentucky
The two starting big men evoke the nickname "Bruise Brothers." One was once called "Wes Unseld Jr." Conclusion: There should be little doubt about team...
View ArticleMississippi briefs Suspect arrested in attack on Southaven woman
Police in Illinois have arrested the man wanted in connection with the attack on an 86-year-old woman who was found bruised and injured inside her Southaven home on Dec. ...
View ArticleTennessee governor stays with limited approach to school vouchers
Gov. Bill Haslam said Thursday he still prefers the limited school voucher plan he proposed last year over a much broader plan open to more students and sought by voucher advocates and some ...
View ArticleMemphis City Councilman forms committee to reduce local government health costs
A committee is trying to find ways to reduce government health insurance costs by encouraging separate local government entities to ...
View ArticleBartlett superintendent dealing with groundwork of new school system
January 15, 2014 — David Stephens, Bartlett City Schools superintendent, works in his temporary office at Bartlett City Hall Wednesday afternoon. (Yalonda M. James/The Commercial Appeal)...
View ArticleGermantown schools work session covers zoning services
With topics to cover like zoning, school name changes and student services, the Germantown Municipal School Board held its second work session this week to review policies it will adopt in the coming...
View ArticleMemphis Fire Department announces promotions
Bryan E. Stanford was promoted from fire private to fire driver. Jason Stuart, Theodore Shockley, Korliss Dillard, Calvin Devore, Michael Totty, and James Cash Jr. were promoted to ...
View ArticleHarold Bowie longtime president of Harding Academy dies at 82
Dr. Harold Bowie was the kind of hands-on principal who, upon hearing a report of one of his school bus drivers speeding, would covertly tail the bus along its entire route — just to be ...
View ArticleMid-South Memories Jan. 17
The Blue Belles — Betty Jane Fitzpatrick (from left), Louise Hardison and Frances Griffin — made their theater debut the week of Jan. 19, 1941, at the Malco with Milton Slosser,...
View ArticleSouthaven sees rise in property crimes drop in violent crime
While violent crimes, from homicides to rapes, dropped in Southaven in 2013, property crimes, including shoplifting and burglary, increased slightly, according to new ...
View ArticleReeves cautious on committing to pay raises for Mississippi teachers state...
Mississippi Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves (right) Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves is taking a wait-and-see attitude about potential pay raises for Mississippi teachers and other state ...
View ArticleDeSoto parks panel to study security needs at riverside park
Jan. 14, 2014 — Peggy Linton, 2014 chairwoman of the DeSoto Recreational District Commission. She is also community development director of the Hernando-based Community Foundation of...
View ArticleOverflow crowd blasts plans to close 13 Memphis schools
Shelby County Schools board of education expected a big crowd for its school closing meeting Thursday. It got a bigger one. By start time at 6 p.m., the more than 200 chairs in the school board...
View ArticleSouth Cordova residents have no streetlights but are still being charged
January 15 2014 — Children play under the streetlights in the Central Gardens neighborhood in Memphis. MLGW now charges streetlight fees for all Memphis residents, including the ones in...
View ArticleFBI to interview Election Commissions Holden
The FBI is late Billdog. All our Bills have run off. As in Bill Giannini and Bill Gibbons. Only Bill we got left is you Billdog. Would you like to be interviewed by the "alphabet ...
View ArticleLocal public companies bring billions to East Tennessee
The Regal Riviera Stadium 8 theater is seen Tuesday on Gay Street. Knoxville-based Regal Entertainment Group said today it has acquired Hollywood Theaters for $191 million in cash and $47 million in...
View ArticleTigers Set To Face Off Against Tough Husky Team
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Memphis faces a huge American Athletic Conference game Thursday night with the UConn Huskies in town.There's a poem called See It Through that says,...
View ArticleSouthaven Police Search For Suspect In Attack
SOUTHAVEN, MS (localmemphis.com) - The search continues for a man wanted in the vicious attack of an 86-year-old Southaven woman.Investigators want to find Kwame Becton.Police said he beat Georgia...
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