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View ArticleScammer posing as Shelby County deputy seeks to collect fake court fees
Local authorities are warning citizen to be on the lookout for a man pretending to be with the Shelby County Sheriff's Office and trying to collect money from people for failing to report for...
View ArticleSuspect in Bobo slaying now charged with coercion
Zachary Adams, center, is led into a courtroom in the Decatur Country Courthouse on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Decaturville, Tenn. Adams, accused of abducting and killing nursing student Holly Bobo, ...
View ArticleCITY COUNCIL LIVE Prevailing wage ordinance delayed budget cut concepts spark...
Council member Shea Flinn speaks on the phone with council attorney Allan Wade while city staffers look on. From left: Sam Powers, Flinn, Maria Fuhrmann and Maura Black ...
View ArticleGeorge Flinn says hell challenge Alexander in U.S. Senate primary
The local radiologist and radio station owner pulled a petition late last week to challenge incumbent U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander in the August Republican primary, according to the Tennessee ...
View ArticleMemphis City Council members express doubt that city can avoid property tax...
Memphis City Council members blasted city chief administrative officer George Little Tuesday afternoon, saying there's no way the city can achieve its financial goals through cost-cutting...
View ArticleSuburban teachers will need to reapply to stay with Shelby County Schools
While several municipal districts have said they plan to hire returning teachers without interviews, Collierville Supt. John Aitken on Monday said staffing will depend on enrollment. New hires in ...
View ArticleTennessee governors new budget eliminates raises new funding for higher ed
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam Haslam proposes cuts in two areas he has identified as high priorities for his administration: teacher pay and higher ...
View ArticleTennessee AD Hart reworking Martins contract
Tennessee head coach Cuonzo Martin yells during the first half of an NCAA Midwest Regional semifinal college basketball tournament game against the Michigan Friday, March 28, 2014, in Indianapolis. ...
View ArticleTennessee governor threatened $300 million in subsidies if Volkswagen workers...
But while the state refused to give the documents to the Nashville Democrat, NewsChannel 5 Investigates obtained a summary from last August for what the Haslam administration called "Project ...
View ArticleKoch Brothers Quietly Seek To Ban New Mass Transit In Tennessee
CREDIT: Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority The Tennessee Senate passed a bill last week that, if approved, would broadly ban mass transit projects in the region, an anti-transit effort ...
View ArticleMississippi legislation would limit abortions after 19 weeks
Women in their 20th week of pregnancy or more would be unable to legally obtain an abortion in Mississippi under legislation state lawmakers approved ...
View ArticleTennessee for-profit charter schools jumps key committee hurdle
Twelve years after public charter schools were first authorized in Tennessee, lawmakers are moving toward allowing for-profit charter companies to enter the ...
View ArticleMemphis City Council approves expansion of prevailing wage policy
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View ArticleMississippi lawmakers pass religious freedom act
JACKSON, Miss. -- Legislators sent Gov. Phil Bryant a measure Tuesday that he's certain to sign: the Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration ...
View ArticleDuo charged in Collierville heroin case
An affidavit filed with the Collierville Clerk's office said the city's police department got a call Friday about possible drug use at the city-owned and operated center at 440 W....
View ArticleSouthaven approves amended parks improvement plan
Baseball stadium-seating at Snowden Grove Park, outdoor tennis courts, and indoor batting cages at Greenbrook Park are some of the park improvement projects Southaven plans to tackle in the next ...
View ArticleMemphis City Council Briefs Panel pulls plug on weights and measures
Council votes to do away with weights and measures department The Memphis City Council cast a final vote Tuesday afternoon to do away with the city's eight-person weights and measures ...
View ArticleWater heater sparks house fire in Oakhaven
4076 Beauchamp Cove , Lt. Wayne Cooke with Memphis Fire Department said. The homeowner had been asleep on a sofa on the first level when the fire broke out on the second ...
View ArticleSouthaven will consider going smoke-free
On Tuesday, members of the group attended the city's Mayor and Board of Aldermen meeting, where they asked officials to adopt a citywide smoke-free ...
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