Five running for seats on Lakeland City Commission
Five candidates are running for city commissioner in Lakeland. The two top vote-getters will be elected to serve four-year terms. Early voting in Lakeland is Saturday. The election is Sept. ...
View ArticleMayor ex-mayor county commissioner seek Lakelands top office
Mayor Scott Carmichael is hoping to hold onto a fourth term against Shelby County Commissioner Wyatt Bunker, and former mayor and retired Memphis police lieutenant Jim ...
View ArticleUniversity of Memphis begins construction on new residence hall
An artist rendering of a new, five-story dormitory that will replace Richardson Towers at the University of Memphis when it opens in Fall 2015. (Courtesy University of ...
View ArticleShelby County suburbs meet on schools as negotiations continue
Leaders of the three major suburbs met individually with Shelby County leaders this week regarding the future of education as the cities continue their march to municipal ...
View ArticleMemphis Southeastern buys second-largest voting stake in News Corp.
Not long after it tangled with computer pioneer Michael Dell, a Memphis activist bought a major stake in publishing baron Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., owner of The Wall Street ...
View ArticleSuspected I-55 Bandit Bank Robber Surrenders
The FBI announced Wednesday that 19-year-old Andrew Maberry, of O'Fallon, Ill., was arrested and charged with one federal count of bank robbery in a July heist at Commerce Bank in the St....
View ArticleMemphis man barricades himself in home after shooting at girlfriend
Spokeswoman Sgt. Karen Rudolph said police at the scene believe a man shot at his girlfriend as she left his home, then locked himself inside the house. She said the girlfriend was not injured, and...
View ArticleWendi C. Thomas Kill two people serve six months. Kill no one serve 12 years
Two people were killed in this wreck involving former Memphis police officer Alex Beard in August 2012. Beard, 24, pleaded guilty to two counts of vehicular homicide and two counts of aggravated...
View ArticleShelby County Schools students named to National Merit list
Based on their performances on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test, 28 Shelby County Schools seniors have been named 2014 National Merit Scholarship semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship...
View ArticleMalco of Memphis raises money for hospitals
Malco's annual "Kids Summer Film Fest" this year raised more than $50,000 for Southern children's hospitals, according to Karen Scott, director of marketing for...
View ArticleTickets and tailgating available for Southern Heritage Classic in Memphis
Tickets and tailgating decals for Saturday's Southern Heritage Classic will be available this week at the Liberty Bowl Stadium ticket office at 355 ...
View ArticleDomestic dispute may have led to Memphis shooting
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View ArticleMid-South Memories Sept. 12
Thomas Busler/The Commercial Appeal files Charlie Vergos, owner of the Rendezvous, checks progress on the upstairs addition to the famous basement in September 1991. Due to open a few weeks later, the...
View ArticleWeather Forecast Cooler temperatures ahead
Today will be mostly sunny in the morning, but skies will turn partly sunny this afternoon. That's when Memphis has a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, according to the National...
View ArticleCRIME REPORT Man arrested after allegedly shooting another man in chest with...
According to police, the incident happened Aug. 23 at 18 W. Biscayne in South Memphis. According to witnesses, Jones walked onto the porch and intentionally bumped the victim twice. He then walked back...
View ArticleDemocrats hit Speaker Ramsey over Obama tweet
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- State Democrats are criticizing Republican Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey over a Twitter post that said President Barack Obama was trying to become an ally with al-Qaida in ...
View ArticleObama a diminished figure on Capitol Hill says Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker
WASHINGTON - Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker, who has played golf and had dinner with President Barack Obama and was one of the few Republicans strongly behind the plan to bomb Syria in retaliation for...
View ArticleWendi C. Thomas A city black and poor can’t afford so few STEM students
President Barack Obama talks with Darius Hooker, 19, center, and Wesley Carter, 18, both from Memphis Tenn., who took part in Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC), as Obama hosts the White House...
View ArticleMPD Officer Officially Off The Job
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - A Memphis police officer is officially off the job Thursday.39-year-old Jason Webb was arrested in July after the FBI said he tried to pick up a prostitute and solicit...
View ArticleTwo Mid-South Events Help Those In Need By Fighting Hunger
"We feel very passionate about it because there's a need for hunger in this community and every little bit we can do that helps out and it's great for people to come out and...
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