Familiar Bartlett Germantown school candidates running again
The winners in last year's ill-fated Bartlett and Germantown school board elections are among those who have pulled petitions the past three days for Nov. 7 races in the six ...
View ArticleLakeland city commissioner to step down
Just three weeks away from Lakeland's general election for mayor and two city commissioners, another city commissioner has announced he will be stepping down next ...
View ArticleSchool supplies not delivered to DeSoto County students
DeSoto County school officials are trying to resolve a dispute that has left about 100 students without school supplies their families had purchased from a Memphis ...
View ArticleDeSoto briefs Conservation scholarship deadline approaching Oct. 1
Four awards will be given, said Meleiah Tyus, administrator and education specialist with the DeSoto Soil and Water Conservation District office in Hernando. First place is $5,000; second place,...
View ArticleSee Overton Park new signs to help point the way to Memphis site
Overton Park will get dozens of new signs to help visitors find their way around the park, and the large billboard for the park at East Parkway and Sam Cooper may get a new home ...
View ArticleEleven interview for Shelby County School Board District 6 seat
Shelby County Commissioners spent three hours Wednesday hearing from the 11 applicants hoping to fill the Shelby County School Board District 6 ...
View ArticleAnother weapon surfaces in Shelby County school
A Ross Elementary School student was arrested Wednesday with a knife in his backpack, bringing police intervention in incidents involving school students to five since last ...
View ArticleAlexander Shuler push TVA on alternative energy
Fast-food customers in search of burgers and fries might run into striking workers instead. Organizers say thousands of fast-food workers are set to stage walkouts in dozens of cities around the...
View ArticleMemphis Fire Department announces promotions
Promoted to Emergency Medical Services Battalion Chief was Kevin Burns. Promoted to Air Rescue Chief was Carlton Porter. Promoted to Fire Lieutenant was Percy Clay ...
View ArticleTennessee’s Jamieson Fisher Joins Keystone Insurers Group
Keystone Insurers Group said Covington, Tenn.-based agency Jamieson & Fisher Inc. has become its 21st franchise partner in the state. The announcement was made by Jamieson & Fisher...
View ArticleRobber of LeMoyne-Owen student sentenced to 12 years in prison
Alvin Upchurch, 18, who also has a pending murder charge, robbed the student on Dec. 2, 2011, taking his cellphone, wallet and a small amount of marijuana, which the student did not initially tell ...
View ArticleTennessee hotel loses defamation suit over inclusion on dirtiest list on website
This month is the two-year anniversary or Rick Rypien’s death, and his memory continues to echo. There is, of course, Mindcheck.ca, the resource-based website dedicated to helping people ...
View ArticleOfficers Respond To Hit and Run Involving A Child
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - According to a Memphis police spokesperson, officers responded at 8:50 a.m. to 1566 S. Orleans regarding a pedestrian, possibly a 10 year-old male that had been struck....
View ArticleU.S. economic data better than expected
Two economic indicators were released today which showed continuing signs of slow, but consist ant, growth for the U.S. Two economic indicators were released today which showed continuing signs of...
View ArticleFeuding Memphis women play dangerous game of bumper cars
Two women with children by the same man recently played a dangerous game of bumper cars, angrily smashing into each other's vehicles while also bruising several others along the ...
View ArticleDemonstration to raise wages for fast-food workers begins in Memphis
August 29, 2013 - Christina Condori joins a crowd of some 40 low income fast food workers and their supporters Thursday morning to picket outside of the McDonalds restaurant on Union Ave. for a wage...
View ArticlePolice Have Suspect In Custody After Missing Gosnell Girl Found Dead
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - 17-year-old Christopher Sowell is in custody, suspected of killing an 11-year-old Arkansas girl. The body of 11-year-old Jessica Williams was found in a ditch yesterday...
View ArticleDuck Dynasty star will speak at East Tennessee benefit
(WBIR-Bristol) One of the stars of Duck Dynasty is visiting East Tennessee. Duck Commander CEO Willie Robertson will speak at Viking Hall Civic Center in Bristol on October 19. The event will begin at...
View ArticleMan arrested for animal cruelty as dogs newborn puppies left to die
According to police, the incident happened at a home in the 1900 block of S. Goodlett, where Matinez apparently rented a room. A witness told responding officers that the dog had 11 puppies on Sunday,...
View ArticleChris Herrington to become Entertainment Editor at The Commercial Appeal
Chris Herrington, longtime music and film editor and Memphis Grizzlies reporter for the Memphis Flyer, begins a new job Sept. 23 as Entertainment Editor of The Commercial ...
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