Tax abatement pendulum could be swinging back
Reid Dulberger, president and CEO of the Economic Development Growth Engine of Memphis and Shelby County (EDGE). The city of Memphis could be looking to make changes to a local business incentive tool....
View ArticleCollierville officer disciplined after accidentally discharging gun at home
A Collierville police officer accidentally discharged his service revolver while cleaning the weapon inside his Germantown apartment on ...
View ArticleBartlett police officer shoots suspect at Wal-Mart
A Bartlett police officer wounded a shoplifting suspect at the Wal-Mart on U.S. 64 Friday afternoon as the suspect tried to flee and struck the officer, according to Capt. Marlon Jones, spokesman for...
View ArticleThe Commercial Appeal Memphis Tenn. John Beifuss column
Aug. 30--The late Jim Dickinson, Memphis musician and guru, was a master of the memorable quote. In particular, he is credited with what may be the definitive maxim about the vagaries, futility and...
View ArticleRuling on historic Memphis building due next Friday
The 106-year-old building was bought for $550,000 by The Union Group LLC, which plans to bulldoze the three-story building and use the land at 1433 Union for commercial ...
View ArticleCourt supports $6.5 million judgment for Memphis-area boy paralyzed by crash
The Tennessee Supreme Court on Friday reinstated a $6.5 million judgment for a Memphis-area boy who was critically injured in a 2002 crash that also killed three people, including his father and ...
View ArticleRetired Olive Branch canine ready for life of leisure
Aug. 28, 2013 - Huey, a 10-year-old Belgian Malinois and recently retired K-9 officer with the Olive Branch Police Department, leaves the station with his handler, Lt. Josh Mucciarone. A part of the...
View ArticleShots Fired And Officer Injured At Bartlett Walmart
A shoplifting and shooting Friday afternoon outside a Walmart in Bartlett left Bartlett police officer injured. Reports are that a shoplifter was shot after trying to rundown a police officer....
View ArticleMississippi briefs Police to saturate coast highway over Labor Day
I-10 saturated during Labor Day BILOXI, Miss. -- Police and deputies in South Mississippi will join state troopers in the first effort to blanket Interstate 10 coast to coast over the Labor Day...
View ArticleTennessee Highway Patrol new laws work to remove drunk drivers
NASHVILLE -- The Tennessee Highway Patrol -- bolstered by new laws to strengthen DUI enforcement -- plans several "No Refusal" driver checkpoints across the state this Labor Day...
View ArticleMemphis police officer remains in custody in drug-related weapons charge
A Memphis police officer indicted on charges that he possessed a service weapon while addicted to crack cocaine will remain in federal custody for ...
View ArticleMicrosoft settles lawsuit with Memphis computer vendor
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View ArticleDisasters Can Happen Without Notice. Are You Prepared
– (localmemphis.com) When disasters like earthquakes happen are you ready to help if needed? September is National Preparedness Month and it’s aimed to make sure we’re all...
View ArticleArkansas Judge Says Lesson Learned After Felon Abuses His Order
Forrest City, AR -- A Forrest City Judge says lesson learned after a convicted felon failed to return from a 10-day "furlough" he granted, prompting a region-wide ...
View ArticleMemphis Music and Heritage Festival
– (localmemphis.com) A Memphis cultural stew will served this weekend. The Memphis Music and Heritage Festival opens for business Saturday ...
View ArticleNow That Fight Is Over Smart Meter Installation To Begin
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - The smart meter fight is over and now the issue is starting to put those meters in. They're hoping to have more than 40,000 of them in place by the start of...
View ArticleGrizzlies waive C Fab Melo 2 weeks after trade
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) The Memphis Grizzlies have waived Fab Melo two weeks after sending forward Donte Greene to the Boston Celtics to acquire the Brazilian center. The Grizzlies announced the move...
View ArticleJudge sentences Memphis woman calling her a brutish dangerous pimp
Memphian Victoria Wallace, who forced three juveniles to work as prostitutes, lived up to her street name, "Prune the Goon," a federal judge said Friday during her sentencing ...
View ArticleKnives discovered on school property at Collierville and Germantown
Students with knives were discovered on Shelby County schools property in Germantown and Collierville over the past two weeks, according to police ...
View ArticleGeoff Calkins They gave seersucker a summer sendoff
Aug 30, 2013 — Al Harvey, (from left) Judge Robert ';Butch'; Childers and Jim Eikner share a laugh as the join more than 30 others, all dressed in seersucker clothing,...
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