MATA to launch new eliminate old bus routes in Memphis
MATA will launch two new bus routes Sunday in hopes of boosting efficiency and meeting new demands just months after making the unpopular announcement that it would eliminate three underperforming ...
View ArticleShelby County Commission committee briefs
Inmate health costs reviewed The hospitals and health committee of the Shelby County Commission on Wednesday approved a nearly $18.3 million annual contract with Correct Care Solutions to provide...
View ArticleMemphis boy 11 in court on armed robbery charges
The fifth-grader, who is 4-foot-10 and 84 pounds, had been locked up since Thursday on charges he teamed with two older friends to rob a couple at ...
View ArticleMemphis mother and daughter charged with identity theft
A Memphis woman and her mother were arrested Wednesday on charges of identity theft after investigators seized from their home more than $12,000 worth of fraudulently purchased items ranging from iPads...
View ArticleGov. Haslam supports Common Core standards for Tennessee
NASHVILLE -- As state lawmakers open two days of public hearings on Tennessee's use of national Common Core education standards, Gov. Bill Haslam said Wednesday he feels "very...
View ArticleStudent found with knife at Germantown school
A Houston High student was found with a Swiss Army knife on the Germantown campus Tuesday, leading to his expulsion, according to Germantown police ...
View ArticleMillington Officer Charged With Aggravated Assault
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - A Millington police officer has been charged with aggravated assault after deputies say he left his wife unconscious after a fight.Shelby County Deputies said...
View ArticlePlans For Massive Fairgrounds Project Finally Moving Forward
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Memphis Mayor AC Wharton said ten years later, it is finally time to move ahead with a massive project at the old fairgrounds property.A committee came up with an idea...
View ArticleMums The Word On Fall Color In The Garden
Fall colors, what’s in? what’s out? In the plant world, the answer is mum. See what we did there? The mum is the next flower to show of it’s color as we sprint through...
View ArticleEast Memphis Man Busted For Child Pornography
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - A Memphis man is behind bars this morning after police say they found hundreds of images and videos of child pornography on his computer.Police ran an undercover...
View ArticleWendi C. Thomas 24-hour suicide prevention hotline getting more calls than ever
September 18, 2013 — Juan Fuentes, a bilingual advocate at the Memphis Crisis Center, hangs up the phone after helping a Spanish speaking caller. Friday begins the first Memphis Crisis Center...
View ArticleMemphis Fairgrounds plan would cost $233 million
Sept 18, 2013 - Design Shop Architect Scott Guidry measures where a sidewalk will be built around a new barn-style classroom under construction at the Children's Museum of Memphis. The museum...
View ArticleMo Money Tax Preparers Barred From Operating
WASHINGTON, DC (localmemphis.com) - A federal court in Memphis, Tenn., permanently barred the owners of Mo’ Money Taxes, Markey Granberry and Derrick Robinson, as well as a former...
View ArticleFormer Humboldt Teacher Arrested
JACKSON, Tenn. – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation today arrested a Jackson, Tenn. man on one count of identity theft after he was indicted by the Gibson County grand jury Monday for...
View ArticleMLKs secretary to auction King trove next month
Syrian President Bashar Assad says a U.N. report that found "clear and convincing evidence" of a sarin nerve gas attack in Syria last month is "unrealistic" and...
View ArticleFive People Shot in Whitehaven
MEMPHIS, TN-One person is dead and four others are injured in a shooting in Whitehaven.Memphis Police responded to two scenes just before 9:00 p.m., Wednesday night. The first scene was at 4015 East...
View ArticleArlington Lakeland voters go to polls Thursday
The biggest race is for Lakeland mayor, where incumbent Scott Carmichael faces the challenge of former mayor Jim Bomprezzi and County Commissioner Wyatt ...
View ArticleOne dead four wounded in shootings at two locations in Whitehaven
Five people were shot at two locations in Whitehaven on Wednesday night, leaving one dead and the others critically injured, according to the Memphis Police ...
View Article1 Dead 4 Injured In Whitehaven Shooting
MEMPHIS, TN-One person is dead and four others are injured in a shooting in Whitehaven.Memphis Police responded to two scenes just before 9:00 p.m., Wednesday night. The first scene was at 4015 East...
View ArticleMPD Woman Targeted Single Moms In ID Theft Scheme
"I've had my ID stolen before and I mean for us to be single parents and women to do this out of all people knowing what us other women go through, I think it's horrible and...
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