Special primary general elections scheduled to replace state Rep. Lois DeBerry
In this Dec. 14, 2011, photo, Rep. Lois DeBerry, D-Memphis, talks in her Legislative Plaza office in Nashville. DeBerry, 68, died from pancreatic cancer Sunday, July 28, 2013, in ...
View ArticleLong-awaited Wolf River Boulevard link opens next week
Germantown city officials announced Tuesday morning that the official opening ceremony will be at 10 a.m. next Tuesday near the Kimbrough junction of the new ...
View ArticleSouth Main killing leaves neighbors worried about safety
It took Memphis police just 13 minutes to apprehend the three people accused of gunning down a 27-year-old man on South Main early Monday ...
View ArticleNeighbors Fed Up With Cooper-Young Eyesore
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Neighbors are fed up with an eyesore in Cooper-Young.And fed up, they say, with a Memphis Code Enforcement office not doing its job.Air conditioners are stacked one on...
View ArticleHaslam names new commissioner of Department of Finance
Larry Martin has been named commissioner of the state Department of Finance and Administration. Larry Martin has been named commissioner of the state Department of Finance and Administration, according...
View ArticleCotton Board approves $80M for research and promotion elects new chairman
The Cotton Board elected a new chairman, Gary Ross. The Cotton Board has voted to recommend to the Secretary of Agriculture approval of a proposed $80 million budget in 2014 for research and promotion...
View ArticleAngies List Underground Fences
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - When you feel dog-tired, the last thing you want to do is take Fido for a stroll. Fence systems make it possible to throw open the back door and let your pet walk...
View ArticleDolly promises a benefit concert in East Tennessee next year
(WBIR-Sevier County, Tn) Dolly Parton is promising a benefit concert in East Tennessee during her 2014 World Tour. Dolly made the announcement at a fundraising event for ...
View ArticleTenn. bill to allow grocery store wine sales fails
In a sign of Ford's growing strength and popularity in China, the automaker said that country's demand for the Focus helped make the model the top-selling car in the world in the...
View ArticleMemphis squatter to represent herself in separate assault case
A squatter who took over a vacant East Memphis mansion in March will represent herself in trial next February on unrelated charges of aggravated assault on two police ...
View ArticleOfficials Working On Plan To Correct Transportation Issues
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Local Shelby County School officials said there would be hiccups with the merged system.Especially with school bus transportation.Those hiccups turned into a case of...
View ArticleState to seek death penalty in Memphis mass-killing case
Prosecutors Alanda Dwyer and Ray Lepone said in court papers they will seek the death penalty for Dean because the killings were done to avoid arrest and prosecution, were in the commission of other...
View ArticleMemphis Man Back On Hunger Strike After Hospital Visit
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - No food for six straight days. And briefly hospitalized. But a man on a hunger strike says he will not give up his fight for immigration reform.Patricio Gonzalez has...
View ArticleCity Auto Gives Big Boost To Le Bonheur With Donation
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - A big boost for Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital Tuesday as "City Auto" workers presented a $44,000 check to them Tuesday morning. Staff and...
View ArticleRiverfront Development Corporation Still Has High Hopes For Beale Street Landing
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - If at first you don't succeed, the folks running Beale Street Landing say try, try again.This time it is try to get a restaurant inside the building.They only...
View ArticleUniversity of Memphis Planning Improvements To Central Crosswalk
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Cross at your own risk. Students at the University of Memphis say the crosswalk on Central Avenue is an accident waiting to happen.Apparently the U of M feels the same...
View ArticleOlive Branch park entrance to get traffic signal
One of the streets leading into Olive Branch City Park will get a traffic light after the state is finished widening Cockrum Road, also known as Miss. ...
View ArticleDeSoto parks board sends $370000 budget to supervisors
August 13, 2013 - Public access is not yet available to over fifty acres for a proposed Lewisburg park adjacent to the Hawks Crossing subdivision and northwest of Lewisburg High School in east DeSoto....
View ArticleGeoff Calkins For Memphis family its been a year — and a week — of joy and grief
Liz Fleming holds her grandchildren, triplets Ann, Camille and Rob in a family photo. They gathered as a family and decided to go through with it. Not because she would have wanted them to but because...
View ArticleSuspects Charged With Killing Germantown Man Have Criminal Past
MEMPHIS, TN -- He had a bright future. That was taken from 27 year old David Santucci when he was shot and killed during a robbery on South Main Street early Monday morning.The Houston High grad was a...
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