Insurance Pros in Politics Being an Agent Prepared Tennessee Sen. Ketron for...
Insurance was a great training ground for now State Sen. Bill Ketron, who has been a member of the Tennessee Senate since 2002 while also serving as president of his own independent agency founded by...
View ArticleMPD officer fired after failure to show up for hearing
Jason Webb, 39, was fired Monday, Memphis Police Department spokesman Sgt. Karen Rudolph said. He faced charges of violating departmental policy on personal conduct as well as being under criminal...
View ArticleMan who killed wife was provoked by finding out about affair attorney says
The lawyer for a man accused of gunning down his wife in front of his two daughters told jurors during closing arguments Thursday that his client was provoked after discovering his wife was having an ...
View ArticleUniversity of Memphis asks city about acquiring Audubon Park
The University of Memphis has asked the city of Memphis about acquiring Audubon Park, according to George Little, the city's chief administrative ...
View ArticleMemphis Lady Fighting Blight In Her Neighbordhood
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - It is a fight against blight for one woman in Southeast Memphis. She is frustrated because a few rental property owners are not taking care of houses on her ...
View ArticleMan Reacts After Co-Worker Bites Off His Ear At Work
Memphis, TN (localmemphis.com)-- A Memphis mechanic is recovering after a co-worker bit off his ear during a fight. "I'm still in shock," said the mechanic, who...
View ArticleSentencing Guidelines Mean Lesser Sentence In Some Cases
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - A judge sentenced former Memphis police officer Alex Beard to six months in prison for causing a crash that killed a mother and daughter in downtown Memphis last year....
View ArticleGrizzlies seek youth talent at Blue Bunch auditions
at SubRoy Studios on Whitten Road at 9 a.m. Boys and girls between the ages of 7-12 are invited to audition for this all-new, high-energy Grizzlies junior dance team. The Blue Bunch will join the Grizz...
View ArticleReport Implicated Tennessee DL out vs. Oregon
Tennessee defensive lineman Maurice Couch won’t play Saturday against Oregon. (Frederick Breedon/Getty Images) Tennessee senior defensive lineman Maurice Couch, who was implicated in Yahoo!...
View ArticleGraceland Civil Rights Museum in Memphis ranked among nations most iconic...
Graceland was named Best Iconic American Attraction in a recent USA Today and 10Best readers choice poll, garnering almost half of all votes in its category for a landslide ...
View ArticleCollierville man admits to taking photos of juveniles women in tanning booths
A Collierville hospice worker admitted in court Thursday to taking photographs and videos of unsuspecting women and a 16-year-old while they were in tanning ...
View ArticleTennessees education commissioner reacts to critical petition from school...
a sharply worded petition about his management style from Tennessee's local school superintendents by saying that some people will disagree with the decisions that he says he's making...
View ArticleDell shareholders offer mixed feelings as CEO buyout approved
Michael Dell was able to fend off a challenge from activist investor Carl Icahn to buy out Dell Inc. After nine months of regulatory wrangling, Dell Inc. shareholders faced the final minutes of the...
View ArticleMemphis woman among those arrested in Washington immigration protest
WASHINGTON - One hundred and five women, including one from Memphis, protesting the impact U.S. immigration laws have on undocumented women and children were arrested Thursday for illegally blocking...
View ArticleController pleads guilty to embezzling $700k from aviation company in Memphis
Lawrence Richard Geisewite, 47, pleaded guilty to 15 counts of federal bank fraud by forging checks at Intrepid Aviation where his job included overseeing payroll, reconciling bank statements and...
View ArticleI-240 widening project to force shutdown of westbound Poplar bridge this weekend
A construction project that already has bedeviled traffic on the busiest stretch of interstate in Memphis now is about to complicate matters on one of the city's main ...
View ArticleSearch Still On For Driver Involved In Hit Run
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Still no arrests in a hit and run that left two dead on I-40 in August.Memphis Police have made it the crime of the week.Investigators say the driver of a truck ran...
View Article10-Year-Old Banned From Writing About God By Memphis Teacher Told to Remove...
A Memphis-area mother is angry with her daughter's elementary school after a teacher told her 10-year-old she could not have God as the subject of her class assignment to write about her ...
View ArticleDonation By Memphis Police Association Helping Police Animals
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Retired Memphis police dogs don't have to worry about being on death row. The Memphis Police Association is paying to keep the old dogs alive.Earlier this...
View ArticleSouthaven approves $65 million 2014 budget with no tax increase
Southaven's Board of Aldermen approved a $65 million 2014 fiscal year budget that does not raise property taxes and that does not include pay raises for its ...
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