Memphis police identify traffic fatality
McCormick was killed around 5:45 p.m. in a crash at Berryhill and S. Wilderwood Lane in the Cordova area, police said. Police believe McCormick was heading south on Berryhill, when she veered to the...
View ArticleOfficers Name Released in Fatal E. Memphis Shooting
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - The Memphis Police Department has released the name of the officer who fatally shot a suspect on July 1.Police were responding to a 911 hang-up call on the 5000-block...
View ArticleStage review Camino Real by Tennessee Williams at Girl Friday Productions
Tennessee Williams' "Camino Real" is rarely staged, and Girl Friday Productions' current offering demonstrates why. This sprawling, episodic dreamscape is a heady...
View ArticleVictim Identified in Whitehaven Shooting Death
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - The man killed in a Whitehaven-area apartment shooting Friday night has been identified by Memphis police.Officers were called to the 1700-block of Piping Rock Drive...
View ArticleNew merged school district on horizon in Memphis
The Miami-Dade School Board may vote Wednesday to overhaul the way principals are paid in order to comply with state law and recruit administrators to the district’s most challenging ...
View ArticleNumber of male nurses showing slow steady rise
And, he's not alone - either in Tennessee or nationally. As of 2011, 9.6 percent of all registered nurses in the U.S. were male, according to a recent report by the U.S. Census Bureau. That...
View ArticleAmericans United for Separation of Church and State IRS Should Investigate...
Watchdog Group's Complaint Says Cornerstone Church Pastor Endorsed School Board Candidates From Pulpit WASHINGTON - August 7 - The Internal Revenue Service should investigate a Tennessee...
View ArticleTeam Penny falls to Each 1 Teach 1 in 102-80 loss
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. -- An impressive and unexpected run came to an end Saturday for Team Penny, as the Memphis-based AAU team finally ran out of gas in a 102-80 loss to Each 1 Teach 1 in the Nike Elite...
View ArticleMemphis Officer Admits to Drug Use Soliciting Prostitute
MEMPHIS, TN – A Memphis Police Officer is in hot water after investigators say he tried to pick up a prostitute. Jason Webb, 39, was arrested Thursday, accused of patronizing a prostitute and...
View ArticleShelby County suburbs mostly stay home on early muni schools vote
Early voting in six suburban referendums on whether to form new municipal school districts ended with almost 35,000 fewer voters than those who went to the polls the first time the schools were on the...
View ArticleTennessee attorney general says Shelby general sessions clerks term could be...
NASHVILLE — In Shelby County, the elections for two county officials — assessor of property and general sessions court clerk — are on a different four-year cycle than all...
View ArticleLuttrell the countys only Republican mayor unable to secure property tax rate...
Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell discusses his fiscal 2014 budget overview with the Shelby County Commissions budget and finance committee during an open hearing in April. (Mark Weber/The Commercial ...
View ArticleDriver Dead in Crash on I-55
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com)- Memphis Police are on the scene investigating a crash on I-55 near the Brooks Road exit on Sunday afternoon.Sgt. Karen Rudolph, Memphis’s public information...
View ArticleMonks begin East Tennessee visit
(WBIR - Knoxville) A group of monks are in East Tennessee this week giving local residents a chance to learn more about their culture. The Losel Shedrup Ling Tibetan Buddhist Center is hosting the...
View ArticleDeSoto supervisors to consider 911 fee hike
The DeSoto Board of Supervisors on Monday will consider whether to seek bids for more than a dozen road needs, and hear a request from the 911 board for a rate increase to help fund a new radio ...
View ArticleSouthaven youth golf tourney gaining ground
Wardell Wilson, of Southaven, watches his nine year-old grandson, Chace Wilson, of Los Angeles, chip onto the green during play in the annual Southaven Junior Golf Open. More than 40 boys and girls...
View ArticleOne killed in motorcycle crash in Memphis
lauren.smith@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2355 One person was killed in a motorcycle crash on Interstate 55 near Brooks Road Sunday afternoon. The crash happened about 2:30 p.m. The motorcycle driver,...
View ArticleTennessee Sen. Ramsey New gun laws muddied waters probably means future fighting
In February, Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey of Blountville, center, speaks with fellow Republican Sen. Stacey Campfield of Knoxville after a Senate vote to allow handgun carry permit holders to store their...
View ArticleCivil War buffs celebrate Nathan Bedford Forrests birthday protest park...
The sound of cannon fire boomed across Health Sciences Park Sunday as more than 200 people came out to celebrate the 192nd birthday of Nathan Bedford ...
View ArticleCohen Speaks Mid-South Reacts to Zimmerman Verdict
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com)- George Zimmerman is a free man, found "not guilty" on Saturday evening in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin."I knew it was gonna come out...
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