Memphis teen suspect on the run for two years waives transfer to adult court...
A Memphis teen, sought by police for two years, waived transfer to adult court on attempted second-degree murder and weapons charges Wednesday during a hearing in Shelby County Juvenile ...
View ArticleSome in unincorporated Shelby County looking to Lakeland for annexation
A group of residents in unincorporated Northeast Shelby County, including the Bolton community, is pursuing a request for Lakeland to annex the ...
View ArticleBio-Diesel Facility In New Albany Catches Fire
The Mississippi Highway Patrol said a fire at a bio-diesel facility in New Albany, Mississippi is burning so hot firefighters can't get close enough to fight ...
View ArticleGovernor Announces New Call Center To Bring 1000 Jobs To Memphis
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty along with Conduit Global officials announced today the company will locate a new, 1,000-seat call center at...
View ArticleConduit Global looking to hire quickly in Memphis
Conduit president Bryce Hayes New York-based Conduit Global is investing $8 million in a Memphis call center that will create 1,000 new jobs in the city in the next three to five years. Conduit, one of...
View ArticleUPDATE 4-Explosions fire reduce Mississippi biodiesel plant to rubble
(Adds comments from plant manager, state emergency agency, name of plant) By Sabina Zawadzki and Robert Gibbons NEW YORK Jan 22 (Reuters) - Explosions and an intense blaze at a biodiesel complex in...
View ArticleMPD Officer Charged with Domestic Assault
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Memphis police announced Wednesday a Memphis police officer was arrested and charged with domestic assault. According to police, on January 21, 2014, at 1:50 a.m.,...
View ArticleTennessee Bill Would Shut Down NSA Spy Center
Legislators in Tennessee have introduced a bill that would ban the state from providing water and electricity to an NSA data center which is currently involved in building supercomputers designed to...
View ArticleShelby County hears pros cons for new fireworks laws
Lobbyist Melissa Bast was seriously outnumbered on Wednesday as she tried to sell the Shelby County Commission on legislation to make that state's fireworks laws more ...
View ArticleDeSoto neighbors bond over turkeys
Jan. 21, 2014 — Having raised several kinds of fowl growing up in DeSoto County, Monroe Sparks (left) has introduced his sons, 12-year-old Ian and 19-year-old Nick, to the tradition by...
View ArticleMemphis police officer charged with domestic violence
The officer's live-in girlfriend told police that Eric Lee, 44, grabbed her by the neck and shoved her out of their house in the 600 block of New York. Lee was released from jail the same ...
View ArticleChildhood cancer patients not at higher risk for PTSD St. Jude study finds
"He just wanted to get back into his life again," said Lee Waggoner, whose son was treated at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital beginning in ...
View ArticleShelby County Commission delays vote on AutoZone Park deal
Ignoring concerns from city officials as to what would happen if the deal is not approved, a Shelby County Commission committee voted to defer for two weeks a necessary vote to finalize the...
View ArticleLine forms as Shelby County Schools parents seek optional program spots
Despite bitter cold temperatures expected through Friday, parents began setting up camp Wednesday morning at the Shelby County Board of Education to ensure their place at the front of the queue for...
View ArticleParticipate in the 2014 Dribble Parade on Saturday March 8
Join the crowd! Come dribble downtown with hundreds of other Grizz fans in the 2nd Annual Memphis Grizzlies Dribble Parade. For $35 you will receive a Grizzlies basketball, t-shirt and a ticket to the...
View ArticleTop-ranked UConn women rout Memphis 83-49
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored 21 points and Bria Hartley added 20 to lead top-ranked Connecticut to its 20th win of the season, 83-49 over Memphis on Wednesday ...
View ArticleMississippi governor unveils modest initiatives in State of the State address
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View ArticleMemphis governments in-house financial investigators say money went missing...
The Memphis government’s in-house financial investigators wrote that they found loose accounting controls at the city’s eight golf courses and that nearly $3,000 vanished at Pine...
View ArticleTipton Co. Search For TBI Most Wanted Suspect
TIPTON COUNTY, TN (localmemphis.com) - A massive manhunt has ended without an arrest in Tipton County. The TBI, the U.S. Marshal's Service and other law enforcement officers spent Wednesday...
View ArticleMayor Wharton Calls For Police Fire Department Cuts
Saving dollars versus saving lives. Memphis Mayor A C Wharton says it won't be easy, but he is serious about making cuts to both crucial public safety ...
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