Mid-South Flaggers want Memphis parks names restored
About half a dozen members of a newly formed group calling themselves the Mid-South Flaggers stood in the heat Sunday afternoon at Health Sciences Park holding Confederate or American flags in one hand...
View ArticleA Memphis Woman is Second in the World to Have Rare Transplant
MEMPHIS – (localmemphis.com)- An East Memphis woman receives a rare multi-organ transplant in reverse. She is the second person in the world to have a liver transplant first and then...
View ArticleMemphis Food for Thought group feeds the mind
August 6, 2013 - Guest speaker Dr. Yasir Qadhi, left, as he is introduced during a Food for Thought meeting at Jason's Deli. Smart phones and computers that conjoin the world in loose-knit...
View ArticleThree dead in West Tennessee traffic accident
According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the three were in a car that was eastbound on Interstate 40. The names of the victims had not been released, and further details about the accident were not...
View ArticleTennessee judge changes boys name from Messiah to Martin
A judge in has changed a seven-month-old boy's name to Martin from Messiah, saying the religious name was earned by one person and "that one person is Jesus Christ".The child...
View ArticleWeather Forecast Chance for rain continues
Showers and thunderstorms are likely again today, according to the National Weather Service. Highs will be in the upper 80s with a 60 percent chance of ...
View ArticleA year out Tennessee Democrats search for governor Senate candidates turning...
Mark Clayton, the winner of Tennessee's Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, speaks to reporters in Nashville in August, 2012. Clayton was disavowed by the Democratic Party for his role in...
View ArticleJesus Christ You cant name a kid Messiah
A judge in Tennessee has ordered that the name of a 7-month-old boy be changed from Messiah to Martin saying that the religious name solely belonged to Jesus Christ. The boy's parents were in court...
View ArticleNews briefs from around Tennessee at 159 a.m. EDT
Tenn. judge changes infant's name from 'Messiah' NEWPORT, Tenn. (AP) — A judge in Tennessee changed a 7-month-old boy's name to Martin from Messiah, saying...
View ArticleTennessee sees $42M budget surplus
Tennessee has ended the fiscal year with a budget surplus. Tennessee has finished its fiscal year with a $42 million surplus in the state's general fund. According to the Associated Press,...
View ArticleCustomer killed in market robbery that netted $10
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Police in Nashville say a man visiting a friend who owns a market was fatally shot during a robbery that netted thieves ...
View ArticleTennessee’s Heavy Rains Tested Lessons from 2010 Flood
Unusually heavy summer rainfalls in Tennessee have given the agencies involved in flood control and emergency management a chance to show that they have learned to cooperate after the disastrous...
View ArticleRedneck Rampage Tennessee Judge Orders Babys Name Change From Messiah to Martin
Jaleesa Martin, of Newport Tennessee, went to court with her husband in a dispute over their child Messiah's last name. They left the court having a baby with a new first name, because the...
View ArticleBledsoe trusty escapes from prison farm
Tennessee Department of Correction spokeswoman Dorinda Carter said 32-year-old Jeffery Lynn Carter was operating a tractor at the prison farm when he jumped from the machine and ran into some woods at...
View ArticleElvis Presley Albums Mastered For iTunes To Coincide With Elvis Week In...
Nine classic Elvis Presley albums from the 1950s, along with the popular The Essential Elvis Presley and this month's Elvis At Stax, now mastered specifically for iTunes; The nine classic...
View ArticleCRIME REPORT Man shot to death in Downtown Memphis
The incident happened just before 2 a.m. at 275 S. Main, police said. Responding officers found a 27-year-old man with a gunshot wound. He was taken to the Regional Medical Center at Memphis, but was...
View ArticleIn Tennessee a Messiah becomes Martin
A Tennessee judge ordered an infant's first name changed from "Messiah" to "Martin," saying the title "has only been earned by one person and that...
View ArticleGresh Zo’s Summer School Tennessee Titans
Class is in session as Gresh & Zo’s Summer School tour continues, this time with a team off of the Patriots schedule: the Tennessee Titans. First up is taking attendance, where the...
View ArticleLocal Sessions Cliff Wright
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Elvis tribute artist Cliff Wright, a self-taught musician who is known for his mix of Memphis Rockabilly and Delta Blues joined the mid-day crew in studio for a ...
View ArticleLife Saver On Wheels Canvases Mid-South
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Call it a life-saver on wheels. Baptist Women's Health Center's mobile mammography unit is the only one of it's kind in the Mid-South.One...
View Article