Childrens Museum Set To Reopen After Fire
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - The Children's Museum will be back open for business Tuesday after a fire.Crews spent the day cleaning up and airing out the museum after Sunday's...
View ArticleAirport Stages Mock Disaster Drill
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - If you were near the Memphis International Airport Monday morning, you may have seen lots of emergency vehicles there for a drill. Memphis international takes its...
View ArticleMississippi universities show enrollment decline
OXFORD, Miss. -- Enrollment at Mississippi's public universities declined this fall for the first time in 20 years, with only the University of Mississippi and Jackson State University showing...
View ArticleCommissioner Ritz says hell block appointments to EDGE board
Shelby County Commissioner Mike Ritz promised Monday to block any new appointments to the Memphis and Shelby County Economic Development Growth Engine until the City of Memphis pays its share to set up...
View ArticleSouthern Heritage Classic More Than A Game It Is An Experience
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Year in and year out the Southern Heritage Classic packs the 61,000 seat Liberty Bowl. But the game that has the JSU Tigers taking on the TSU Tigers is much more than a...
View ArticleMillington Man Charged With Sex Trafficking High School Teens
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Michael A. Lilley, 49, of Millington, TN was charged today in a criminal complaint with sex trafficking of minor girls from as many as three high schools in West...
View ArticleMississippi Parole Board releasing some prisoners with monitoring
Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. -- The Mississippi Parole Board has started releasing a few inmates on the condition that they wear electronic monitoring devices that can be used to track their...
View ArticleDutschkes attorneys ask to withdraw from ricin letter case
The court-appointed public defenders for James Everett Dutschke of Tupelo, Miss., charged with mailing ricin-laced letters to President Obama and other elected officials, have asked to withdraw from...
View ArticleColumbus heading for new land in Memphis
Mike Brown/The Commercial Appeal September 9, 2013 - The statue of Christopher Columbus stares out at the intersection of Third and Adams from Columbus Park. (Mike Brown/The Commercial ...
View ArticleGermantown ambulances pushed to the limit on hottest day of year
A combination of the hottest day of the year and thousands of people at the Germantown Festival pushed the suburb's new ambulance service beyond its limits Sunday, marking the first time the...
View Article16 Weapons Found in Shelby County Schools Since Classes Started
MEMPHIS, TN -- Cracking down on weapons in schools. 16 weapons have been found in Shelby County Schools since the start of class August 5th.There's a new twist and criminal charges in the case...
View ArticleOwner of Earnestine Hazels Found Dead
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Shock in downtown Memphis Monday.The owner of popular night-spot "Earnestine and Hazel's" was found dead.Longtime friends and co-workers tell...
View ArticleWhalum Excited About Super Bowl Gig
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Memphis will be well-represented at next year's super bowl. Bruno mars is the half time entertainment and Memphis musician Kameron Whalum plays trombone in...
View ArticleCBHS Apologizes After Inappropriate Comment Posted On Website
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Some say "shame shame" on Christian Brothers High School, after a student posted an inappropriate and offensive comment.It was posted on the...
View ArticleCollierville plans to fill positions with part-time help
In addition, in the coming weeks, the town plans to hire a part-time public information officer who would work directly under the supervision of the town's spokesman, Mark ...
View ArticleMillington man charged with providing minor girls to Hispanic customers
A Millington man was charged Monday with the sex trafficking of minor girls as young as 15 to Hispanic men at his home in Millington, at the homes of the customers and in a van on the parking lots of...
View ArticleBirthday Girl Licks Police Car Windows Fakes Seizure Family Says Not True
MEMPHIS, TN-- Birthday girl gone wild. A Northaven woman celebrated her 25th birthday in jail. Early Sunday morning Jamie Williams was booked on several charges: DUI, reckless driving, disorderly...
View ArticlePolice investigate shootings at multiple sites in South Memphis
Police spokesman Sgt. Karen Rudolph said officers found victims in the 1800 block of Farrington, the 100 block of South Parkway and the 300 block of ...
View ArticleArizona-based The Joint opens first Memphis office
Patrick A. Kolwaite, owner of the new Memphis location of The Joint Corp. The Joint Corp ., an Arizona-based franchisor of chiropractic clinics, has opened its first location in Memphis. The Joint...
View ArticleMid-South Memories Sept. 10
Robb Mitchell/The Commercial Appeal files Keeping the Square safe Patrolmen W.E. Crews and Robert Goodwin on foot patrol outside the Bombay Bicycle Club on Overton Square Sept. 5, 1973. Overton Square...
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