Wife gets 20 months in prison in short-lived Memphis escape plot
A Memphis woman who helped her husband escape from a minimum-security prison for one night last fall was sentenced Thursday to 20 months in federal prison for her ...
View ArticleMemphis IRS employee indicted on money-laundering charges
A 62-year-old Memphis employee of the IRS has been indicted on charges of money laundering and conspiracy in a scheme that allegedly involved marijuana trafficking and the purchase of a Jaguar ...
View ArticleEast Tennessee remembers the Korean War
East Tennessee remembers the Korean War. The News Sentinel will have special coverage of the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended fighting on the Korean peninsula all ...
View ArticlePresidential visits to East Tennessee through the years
With President Obama planning a trip to Chattanooga next month, we take a look back at five decades of presidential visits to East ...
View ArticleDisability claims 12.9 percent to 17.5 percent of Mid-South labor force says...
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Census figures released Thursday indicate women make up more than half the population of the four congressional districts in the Greater Memphis area and that between 12.9 percent...
View ArticleMore than $750000 worth of counterfeit merchandise seized destroyed in North...
Mississippi Atty. Gen. Jim Hood announced Thursday that $750,000 worth of counterfeit goods seized in North Mississippi have been destroyed and more than $19,000 taken from the seizure has been divided...
View ArticleNorth Mississippis PSC satellite office hours updated
Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley has updated the hours of operation for satellite offices in counties throughout the Northern District of the state that he ...
View ArticlePorkchop The Pig Finds A Forever Home
MEMPHIS, TN -- Rick Bucak, a retired police officer who now teaches PE for the unified school district, adopted Porkchop from Memphis Animal Services this ...
View ArticleWet and Cool Spring Turns to Current Crop Boom
MEMPHIS, TN -- It seems like all we were talking about earlier this year was the delay in crop production but now the delay is done and things are ...
View ArticleElvis Week Be A Hometown Tourist
Memphis, TN- Get ready to curl your lips and swivel your hips. Thousands of Elvis fans from around the world will soon make the pilgrimage to Graceland for Elvis Week. But many Memphians...
View ArticlePBT Report Grizzlies reach three-year deal with second-round pick Franklin
Jamaal Franklin was a great second round pick by the Grizzlies, maybe the best athlete in the draft and a first round talent they got at No. 41. The Grizzlies ...
View ArticlePeter Pan comes to life at Germantown Community Theater
July 24, 2003 — John Durden (left), Lauren Ledger and William Durden star in PETER PAN, generously sponsored by Tom and LuAnn Via, running July 26 — 28, at Germantown Community...
View ArticleCollierville principals meet with town staff
July 25, 2013 — Russell Dyer, Collierville High School principal, speaks during a meeting between town officials and the Collierville school principals at Collierville Town Hall on Thursday...
View ArticleGrizzlies players owners disagree over Tennessee tax on athletes
NASHVILLE -- Players for the Memphis Grizzlies and every visiting NBA opponent pay a Tennessee professional privilege tax of $2,500 per game, up to $7,500 per year. Memphis Redbirds and their visiting...
View ArticleMATA riders ruffled by shrinking routes
Karen Pulfer Focht/The Commercial Appeal July 25, 2013 — Some MATA routes are up for elimination, like Route 6 that Johnathan (cq) Johnson and his baby Angel depend on. Angel’s...
View ArticleResidents Fight To Save Alcy Elementary School
. People who live in nearby neighborhoods are worried. Those near Alcy Elementary are coming together to organize support to save it."I'm hoping they dont close it cause we really...
View ArticleTrucking Companies want to Move Ahead with Lawsuit
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A group of trucking companies wants to move ahead with lawsuits against the truck-stop chain owned by Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and Tennessee Gov. Bill ...
View ArticleDuet Video of U of M Quarterback St. Jude Patient Goes Viral
-- A Memphis football player is getting national attention. It's not for his talents on the field, but for a very kind gesture he made to a young St. Jude patient.Quarterback Jacob Karam...
View ArticleFormer Deputy Charged with Aggravated Assault
--A former Shelby County Sheriff deputy is charged with aggravated assault and retaliation of past actions for two bizarre incidents over the past few ...
View ArticleLawmakers weigh Tennessees jock tax
Former NHL player and present day NHL Players' Association as special assistant Mathieu Schneider testifies at a hearing on the state's jock tax Thursday afternoon in Legislative...
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