Blair blasting away at Pop AUG 22
07:13 AM ET 08.22 | In some corners, San Antonio's Gregg Popovich is considered the best coach in the NBA, but don't come to DeJuan Blair talking about Pop's greatness. The ...
View ArticleCaseys tenure riding on Rudy Gay AUG 22
Rudy Gay . But Gay has suffered a decline in his 3-point shooting as his career has gone on, and the hope is that the dip is the result of astigmatism in his eyes. He had surgery to fix the problem...
View ArticleMother Reacts As Superintendent Weighs In On Reported Rape
Memphis, TN -- The mother of an 18-year-old East High School student who reported being raped last week is furious after the head of the Shelby County School District said the rape didn't ...
View ArticleSmall-business optimism hits 5-year high
The quarterly survey, conducted July 22-26, revealed that optimism among small-business owners is the highest it's been since the third quarter of 2008, just before the economy took a ...
View ArticleJack Daniels to receive $100 million-plus expansion at its Tennessee distillery
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Jack Daniel's is being served a $100 million-plus expansion of its rural Tennessee distillery to flex more muscle in the growing whiskey market. The investment amounts to...
View ArticleCRIME REPORT Man shot to death in North Memphis
Mayor Wharton several years ago stated crime is worse in the following areas. I believe the program was called Operation Safe Streets. S. MemphisHickory HillFrayserWhitehaven Target these areas with an...
View ArticlePolice Burglar Stripped After Breaking Into Homes
JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) — Police in West Tennessee have caught a man charged with breaking into two houses where women were home and taking off his clothes.After the suspect was spotted in...
View ArticleRenowned farmer Mark Newman dies of heart attack
"We went to New York together a few years ago and the respect he got was amazing," said Memphis chef Ryan Trimm. "He'd walk in the room and people would be like,...
View ArticleInfamous Memphis drug lord Craig Petties given multiple life sentences
A federal judge in Memphis sentenced multimillionaire Craig Petties, a high-level broker for the Mexican cartel, to nine life sentences during a hearing Thursday. The sentences are to run ...
View ArticleChild Shoots Gun At Memphis Elementary School
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) – Memphis police are investigating an incident at a Memphis elementary school after a student brought a gun to school and fired it in the cafeteria of Westside...
View ArticleDrug Gang Leader Petties Sentenced To Life
Drug Gang Leader Petties Sentenced To Life The leader of a violent Memphis-based drug organization with ties to Mexico's Beltran Leyva cartel has been sentenced to life in federal ...
View ArticleTickets for Bulls vs. Grizzlies at Scottrade available through presale
Chicago Bulls vs. Memphis Grizzles pre-season NBA game at Scottrade Center, but you do need the secret offer code. The presale ends Friday at 10 p.m. Tickets will go on sale to the general public...
View ArticleMemphis Athlete Takes 8th Place In CrossFit Games
Memphis, TN: One of the fittest women in the world lives in Memphis. Her name is Michelle Kinney. She’s been an athlete all her life. She ran track at St. Benedict at Auburndale High School...
View ArticleChild fires gun in Memphis school cafeteria no injuries reported
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis police have detained a child after a gun was fired at an elementary school. Shelby County Schools spokesman Christian Ross ...
View ArticleTrayvon Martin revenge killing in Memphis covered up Victims family question...
Less than two weeks ago, a 27-year-old white male was gunned down in the street by three black males in what police called a ';failed ...
View ArticleBartlett mayor says citys diversity offsets segregation claims in schools...
no, don't "bring it on" because it's a total waste of taxpayer $ and a distraction. The equal protection case is frivolous, not just because of the racial and ethnic...
View ArticleFolklorist at Cotton Museum with book on Southern storytellers
Then Haley glides effortlessly on to a story about attending church at the white Baptist church "to appreciate how pitiful their singing was," and another about Miss Fanny and her son...
View ArticlePair killed in hit-and-run on I-40 police say
Derrick Cross and Jessika Cavazos were killed around 3:40 a.m. on I-40 near the Warford exit, police said. According to police, their car was parked in the north median lane. They were apparently...
View ArticleShooting Leaves One Dead
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - On Wednesday, August 21, 2013, at 10:55 pm, officers responded to a shooting at 1080 Kney. Upon arrival on the scene, officers located two males with gunshot wounds....
View ArticleReport Grizzlies trade Wroten to Sixers for pick
Tony Wroten appeared in 35 games for the Grizzlies last season. (Joe Murphy/Getty Images) The Grizzlies have traded Tony Wroten to the Sixers for a future second-round pick, according ...
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