Literacy Mid-South tutor teaching grandfather to read
Karen Pulfer Focht/The Commercial Appeal March 18, 2014 - Erica Roberts, the adult learning coordinator with Literacy Mid-South, is helping her grandfather, Willie Martin, learn to read. She did not ...
View ArticleWarm weather pollen mark start of allergy season in Memphis
April 1, 2014 — Second grader Reese McNeer from Center Hill Elementary in Olive Branch plays the part of the flower in a pollination demonstration as Mary Ann Pigford with the Memphis Botanic...
View ArticleDavid Waters School vouchers help chosen few not the poor
AFC and several other anti-public school outfits are pumping thousands of dollars into the Tennessee school voucher campaign, as well as the campaign coffers of pro-voucher Tennessee ...
View ArticleJury in Memphis spares two-time killers life
April 1, 2014 - Calvin Rogers (right) sits with attorney Robert Parris during the death penalty phase of his murder trial. "Please do not kill my father," the disabled adult daughter...
View ArticleMid-South School Put On Code Red Following Knife Incident
MUNFORD, TN (localmemphis.com) - Tense moments Tuesday morning as a Mid-South school is put on a ';code red'; after a student is threatened with a knife.It happened on the campus of...
View ArticleShelby County Trustee Warns Of Scam
The Shelby County Trustee is warning of a scam by someone claiming to represent the Shelby County Trustee’s Office and requesting paperwork and deeds related to their property being sold at...
View ArticleCouncil Member Calls For Cut Of Weights And Measures Department
In two weeks, your income taxes are due. And that's when, the Memphis City Council will start discussing how much of your money they will need to run the city in the upcoming ...
View ArticleLawmaker Says Liquid Nicotine Poisoning Trend Playing Out In Ark.
U.S. Senator Mark Pryor today called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to take immediate action to protect Arkansas families, especially children, from liquid nicotine ...
View ArticleBrown Responds To Critics Following Court Outburst
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Publicity money can't buy. That's Judge Joe Brown's celebrity approach to the race for Shelby County District Attorney.First, Brown got...
View ArticleCity Asks People To Go Car Free For Up To A Month
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - How long could you go without a car?A day? A week? An entire month?That question is being posed as a challenge for Memphians this April.The city is asking residents ...
View ArticleOpening Statements Begin In Accused Highway Killer Trial
TUNICA COUNTY, MS (localmemphis.com) - Jurors heard opening statements Tuesday in the trial of accused Mississippi highway killer James Willie of Sardis. Willie is charged with murdering 48-year-old ...
View ArticlePolice Director Gets Backup In Call For More Officers
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong says he needs more officers. He's going to ask for new officers in his next budget. And since it costs money to hire ...
View ArticlePenny Hardaway To Coach At East High School
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com)-Local 24 has learned Penny Hardaway will accept an offer to become the new head basketball coach of the East High School ...
View ArticleDraymond Greens foxhole game leads to Warriors win Golden State of Mind MAR 29
Stephen Curry flexing for several seconds after a made three late in the fourth quarter or sprinting into the backcourt after an and-one trey to Draymond Green feeding off the energy to grab rebound ...
View ArticleWest race heating up between Mavs Suns Grizzlies
That would have been impossible to predict when the NBA schedule was finalized in August, though?serendipity has made this improbable bout?for playoff contention one of the most compelling stories in ...
View ArticleTennessee Republicans nix mass transit with help from Koch brothers
USA The political group funded by Charles and David Koch, the billionaire conservatives behind a number of polarizing causes, has dedicated a sizable effort to passing a bill that could enact a ...
View ArticleTennessee Governor Tied State Incentives To Outcome Of The VW Union Vote
Leaked documents obtained by NewsChannel 5 Investigates show that Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) made $300 million in incentives to expand a Volkswagen (VW) plant in Chattanooga contingent on the ...
View ArticleHernando to retain ownership of troubled cemetery
Following a study committee's urging and some impassioned public appeals, Hernando aldermen have decided the city will retain ownership of problem-plagued Memorial Park cemetery while pursuing...
View ArticleWalls 3rd grader collapses at school is transported by paramedics
A third-grade student at Walls Elementary School was transported to an area hospital Wednesday after she collapsed in the hallway for no apparent reason at 1:02 p.m., school system officials ...
View ArticleOutburst leads to mistrial in Mississippi roadside killings case
An emotional outburst in court by the man accused of two North Mississippi roadside murders played a large part in the case being declared a mistrial ...
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