Families Offer Big Reward To Solve Sons Murders
MEMPHIS, TN (loclmemphis.com)-- Two Memphis mothers are making two heartfelt pleas: "Help us find who killed our sons."Anthony Conte and Robert Schmidt were brutally shot to death...
View ArticleMid-South Sex-Ring Reaction Sin Sin Sin
(localmemphis.com)-- No longer just a big city crime, residents in several small Mid-South towns say they can't believe a sex-trafficking ring was operating in their neighborhoods. One local...
View ArticleFormer Southaven contractor pleads guilty to fraud charge
James. M. "Jamie" Harris Jr., a former contractor with the city of Southaven, has pleaded guilty to a federal charge that he made false statements to an area bank to get money from a...
View ArticleHorn Lake approves budget with 4-mill tax hike
Horn Lake aldermen Tuesday evening approved a budget for fiscal 2014 that includes a 4-mill property tax increase but spares job cuts among city employees that had been ...
View ArticleTwo Collierville stores penalized for selling beer to a minor
The Collierville Beer Board decreed that the Circle K at 829 Poplar can't sell beer for 14 days. This is the store's third violation since ...
View ArticleMid-South Memories Sept. 11
Thomas Busler/The Commercial Appeal files Sept. 8, 1989 — Gaby Kennard, a mother of two from Australia, stopped in Memphis on her solo flight around the world. She came here from Atchison,...
View ArticleSpecial treatment planned for 14 more Shelby County schools
The Achievement School District, a state-run borderless district whose aim is to raise test scores in public schools that are performing among the state's bottom 5 percent, announced that it...
View ArticleWeather Forecast More rain likely
The possibility for rain continues today with another 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs will be in the mid 90s, according to the National Weather ...
View ArticleCRIME REPORT Man charged in triple shooting in South Memphis
According to police, the shooting happened around 7:20 p.m. at Farrington and Powell in South Memphis. Acting on a CrimeStoppers tip, police identified Ward as the man responsible for the shooting. A...
View ArticleDow Jones not so industrial anymore
The Dow Jones Industrial Average isn't that industrial anymore. The Dow Jones Index passed a historic milestone yesterday that had nothing to do with earnings or anything going on with the...
View ArticleTenn. bill to allow grocery store wine sales fails
Hollister sales associate Umme-Hani Khan thought she was doing everything right: She wore flip-flops and long-sleeved shirts and jeans she bought at the trendy clothing store, and the hijabs, or...
View ArticleTo our readers Tech problems affecting Wednesdays edition
Thank you for letting us know. Everyone and every company experiences technical problems at some point. It is inevitable. Hopefully readers will have understanding in regards to this unintended ...
View ArticleBlack bear strolls through Tennessee town
convention center and even across the street and crosswalk. family caught the whole thing on their cell phones before the bear then took off. not exactly who you want to encounter on the streets in ...
View ArticleGulf continues to grow between Americas 1 everyone else
The richest 1 percent of Americans earned more than 19 percent of the country's household income in 2012, The Associated Press reports, the biggest share since 1928, the year before the stock...
View Article2 killed when truck crashes into E. Tenn. home
Homeowner Dennis Hoffman said the truck was embedded almost to its cab in the front bedroom, which was empty. He said the impact awakened him and his wife. Neither was ...
View ArticleTennessee Lawmaker Wants To Block Low-Income Americans From Buying Junk Food
proposed a bill on Tuesday that would amend the government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) so that low-income Americans can’t use it to buy unhealthy food,...
View ArticleMemphis Music Hall of Fame inductees announced Video
The 2013 class of inductees of the Memphis Music Hall of Fame were announced yesterday at Jerry Lee Lee Lewis Cafe and Honky Tonk on Beale Street. (Video by Alan Howell | MBJ) Memphis soul legend Carla...
View ArticleMemphis police firefighters honor those killed in 911 terrorist attacks
As the bell tolled 15 times for those lost 12 years ago, Memphis Fire Director Alvin Benson and Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong saluted the memorial at the Memphis Fire Museum to honor the 343...
View ArticleLocal Family Keeps Close Eye On Syria Situation
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Here in the Mid-South, one family paid very close attention to the President's speech Tuesday night.Raffe Birdsong and Abdo Sakan re-located to Memphis from...
View ArticleThe Mid-South Remembers September 11 2001
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - The Mid-South is joining the rest of the country in remembering the anniversary of September 11, 2001.12 years ago today, nearly 3,000 people died when planes slammed...
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