Mays asks county commission why challenge to municipal schools should continue
A Wednesday afternoon order issued by U.S. District Judge Samuel "Hardy" Mays asks the County Commission why revamped state legislation on municipal schools earlier this year...
View ArticleHUD gives Tennessee $49.5 million grant
Memphis received more than $7 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development this month to be spent on major improvements to public ...
View ArticleGermantown Farm Park stables get boost from horse show officials
August 14, 2013 - Jimmy Chancellor, Austin Simmons, and George McGaha arrange steel bars to create one of the new stall dividers in the horse stable at the Bobby Lanier Farm Park in Germantown....
View ArticleBartlett mothers nursing babies participate in breastfeeding event
Memphis area moms Kimathi Coleman, Trish Harden, and Kim Shirey during the sixty second latch count. The Big Latch On drew dozens of families and professionals in Bartlett recently to promote the...
View ArticlePolice search for robber near U of M campus
University of Memphis police services director James Harber issued a safety alert Wednesday after an early morning robbery in which a non-student was robbed at gunpoint while walking to his home in the...
View ArticleTennessee teachers push back against tying license to performance
Memphis Education Association president Keith Williams says teachers could start "teaching to the target" to get the scores they need. "You find those that need to move three...
View ArticleMid-South Memories Aug. 15
The Commercial Appeal files Young Michael steals the show at Jackson 5 concert On Aug. 15, 1971, The Jackson 5 brought a sellout crowd of more than 12,000 to its feet with their singing and dancing at...
View ArticleWeather Forecast Another beautiful day
Today will be sunny with highs in the lower 80s, according to the National Weather Service. Tonight, there will be clear skies with lows in the lower ...
View ArticleAuthor John Grisham to aid DeSoto students through book raffle
Aug. 14, 2013 - John Grisham’s friend and former proof reader Bill Ballard points to a rejection letter sent to the famed author during a press conference to announce a charity raffle to...
View ArticleDeSoto County draws bead on $114 million blueprint of expenditures as budget...
DeSoro government launches into budget season, hunting economies as it wrestles to provide services within a lean, $114 million blueprint for fiscal ...
View ArticleTeen charged with killing mother will remain in Criminal Court
A 14-year-old Southwind High School student charged with starting a house fire that burned his mother to death in April will be tried as an adult and is not entitled to a new hearing in Juvenile Court,...
View ArticleWendi C. Thomas At Manna House the homeless receive hospitality not charity
Manna House is a truly Christian outreach. Manna House treats their recipients as guests, not deadbeats or "takers" (as the Republican Christians tend to define ...
View ArticleCRIME REPORT Police arrest two men in homicide
According to police, the incident began around 9 p.m. Sunday at 2273 Airways in the Rivertown Square apartments. Echols and Reed got into an argument earlier that day. Reed then returned with Williams,...
View ArticleThe Commercial Appeal Memphis Tenn. John Beifuss column
YouTube and Vimeo. The first two episodes are free. The final three chapters can be viewed for a $5 fee. The episodes will be screened Thursday during a launch party at 7 p.m. at the Five in One Social...
View ArticleTeen must face prosecution as adult judge rules
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The case against a Memphis teenager charged with killing his mother in a house fire must remain in adult court.According to The Commercial Appeal (http://bit.ly/17q83Ig ), a judge told...
View ArticleCampus to Use Fake Coyotes Strobe Lights to Discourage Geese
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Chattanooga State Community College will try different tactics to prevent the campus from being overrun by Canada geese.Officials of the college were upset when they...
View ArticleFamily of Missing Tenn. Hiker Leaves Maine
CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine (AP) — The family of a Tennessee woman who went missing while hiking the Appalachian Trail in western Maine last month is returning home, but not giving up...
View ArticleSCS Transportation Director Suddenly Resigns
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com)-- A surprise resignation had Shelby County school leaders scrambling today. The head of transportation, a 33 year Shelby County Schools employee, retired unexpectedly....
View ArticleJohn Grisham Donation To Help DeSoto County Schools
DESOTO COUNTY, MS -- World renowned writer John Grisham is giving back to the Mid-South school system he grew up attending. Grisham went to Horn Lake and Southaven high schools in the 1970's....
View ArticlePresidents Island Expansion Could Create Needed Jobs
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - An expansion of President's Island could create thousands of much needed jobs in Memphis.But money for the project will have to come from the feds.The $70...
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