Cohen Announces Grant For Shelby County School Kids
WASHINGTON, DC (localmemphis.com) – Congressman Steve Cohen announced Tuesday that Shelby County has been awarded a $3,629,895 grant from the Department of U.S. Health and Human Services to...
View ArticleAngies List Cell Phone Repair
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - If you're like most people, your cell phone is within reach at all times. Morning, noon and night.But with all that usage, your phone is more likely to suffer...
View ArticleMemphis man arrested for violating states TB laws Health officials refuse to...
A 38-year-old Memphis man was arrested Monday for violating the state's tuberculosis control law, but public health officials are refusing to discuss the ...
View ArticleDemocrats create PAC to encourage Sara Kyle of Memphis to run for governor of...
NASHVILLE -- Supporters of Democrat Sara Kyle have created a new political action committee to raise money and organize a campaign if the Memphis lawyer and former Tennessee Regulatory Authority...
View ArticleMemphis police look for suspect in fatal shooting
The shooting took place about 1:20 p.m. Tuesday, and police spokeswoman Sgt. Karen Rudolph said several people are being questioned, but no one has been ...
View ArticleGermantown Celebrates Opening Of Wolf River Boulevard Final Stretch
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Germantown is celebrating tonight. The final stretch of Wolf River Boulevard is open to drivers.The city held a ribbon cutting Tuesday morning.The roadway features bike...
View ArticlePolice Investigating Tuesday Afternoon Homicide
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - On Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at approximately 1:20 p.m., officers responded to a shooting call in the area of Stony Point and Valley Cove.Upon arriving on the scene at...
View ArticleGrizzlies sign Nick Calathes
, the team announced today. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Calathes (6-6, 213) was named the 2012-13 EuroCup MVP after recording 12.9 points, 5.9 rebounds and 6.7 assists on...
View ArticleMississippi economy showing signs of recovery state economist says
Mississippi’s economy is recovering from the Great Recession, the state economist says, despite a decline in the number of people looking for ...
View ArticleMemphis Named Cheapest Place To Live East Of The Mississippi
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) – It is cheap to live in Memphis. In fact, Memphis is the cheapest place to live East of the Mississippi.The council for community and economic research ranked...
View ArticleTennessee College Graduates Have Some Of The Lowest Student Debt
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Tennessee’s college graduates are leaving school with some of the lowest levels of student debt in the country. The Volunteer State ranked seventh for lowest...
View ArticleCity Teams Up With Assistance Corporation To Help Homeowners
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - The city of Memphis is teaming up with the "Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America" to help struggling homeowners.Mayor AC Wharton announced...
View ArticleMemphis Man Locked Up For Refusing Tuberculosis Treatment
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Locked up for refusing treatment. A Memphis man who has tuberculosis is in trouble with the law because he won't get treated. Because of privacy laws we...
View ArticleMemphis Fire Museum Celebrates 15 years
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - The Memphis Fire Museum is celebrating its 15 year anniversary.Administrators at the museum say they're looking forward to the next 15 years with new exhibits...
View ArticleMemphis City Council delays vote on pension for sanitation workers
The Memphis City Council postponed a vote Tuesday on a deal that would have given Memphis sanitation workers a new retirement package as council members said they needed more time and information...
View ArticleCity Council to allocate $500000 grant to help clear rape-kit backlog
A request by MPD Director Toney Armstrong for the Memphis City Council to accept and allocate $500,000 in grant money for the department to test old sexual assault kits turned into a much longer debate...
View ArticleShelby County Schools Prep for Own Districts
BARTLETT, TN-- The suburbs are still dealing with lawsuits that came about before the system unified. Meanwhile, the unified district is still ironing out problems. Then next year there will be another...
View ArticleHopson Speaks About Long List of School Problems
MEMPHIS, TN-- Three pages filled with problems regarding Shelby County Schools. Principals compiled the long list. We got a hold of it and went straight to the man in charge of the Unified District,...
View ArticleStation Muscle breakdown hospitalizes 3 students
FULTON, Miss. - A north Mississippi television station reports that three 13-year-olds who tried out for basketball last week at Itawamba Middle School are hospitalized in Memphis.WTVA-TV...
View ArticleMemphis Air Show set Sept. 27-29
The biennial Memphis Air Show, presented by FedEx Express, will return to Millington Regional Jetport Sept. 27-29 with more than 15 aerial performers including the Canadian ...
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