Alexander Shuler push TVA on alternative energy
As President Barack Obama and new Iranian President Hasan Rouhani converge on the United Nations on Tuesday, energy market watchers are asking whether recent conciliatory gestures from Iran are...
View ArticleGrizzlies vault into elite territory
The Grizzlies vaulted themselves into the ranks of the State's elite at No. 22 with a 4-0 start anchored by stout defensive play and the arm of veteran starting quarterback Connor ...
View ArticleMiss. sentencing prison policies up for debate
JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi judges and prosecutors are telling lawmakers they're tired of the uncertainty about how long people will stay in prison after sentencing.Many inmates can earn time...
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Drawing on its award-winning original journalism, NBC News heritage, and trusted sources; NBCNews.com presents compelling, diverse and visually engaging ...
View Article8 prisoners being transported from Tennessee escape in van in western Oklahoma
Authorities say eight prison inmates being transported from Tennessee escaped in a van with a gun in it in western Oklahoma. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Betsy Randolph says the guards in the...
View ArticleMATA nabs $2.2M federal grant for Trolley line
The Memphis Area Transit Authority has received $2.2 million in funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The Memphis Area Transit Authority has received $2.2 million in funds from the U.S....
View ArticleRiverfront Development Corp. removing fence at Beale Street Landing allowing...
To the relief of pedestrians, bicyclists and joggers, the Riverfront Development Corp. is removing parts of the fencing at Beale Street Landing that had blocked access to a sidewalk along Riverside ...
View ArticleVoter Registration Urged On Tuesday
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - State elections officials nationwide have declared Tuesday National Voters Registration Day to encourage people to register and ...
View ArticleFitch Rates Tennessee Valley Authoritys Global Power Bonds 2013 Series A AAA...
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AAA' rating to the following Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), TN's global power bonds: --Approximately $1 billion...
View ArticleDeSoto officials eye plugging county into next step Internet
DeSoto officials hope the county can take up a challenge from Mississippi-based C Spire Wireless to be fast-tracked for what the firm vows as extra-fast, affordable and accessible Internet home service...
View ArticleMemphis Single Mom Raising Money For Kidney Transplant
MEMPHIS, TN -- A Memphis mother fighting kidney disease needs a transplant, but she doesn't have the money.The mom is trying hard to raise the cash so she can be here to raise her 14 year old...
View ArticleThaddeus Matthews Claims He Is In A Season Of Persecution
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Local talk show host Thaddeus Matthews has a lot to talk about these days.But instead of talking into a microphone he will be talking to a judge.Monday night Matthews...
View ArticleUnited Way says thanks as DeSoto area agencies count blessings
On the County Courthouse steps in Hernando, DeSoto County Supervisor Bill Russell of Walls greets Search Dog South canine Ivan and handler Bob Weible, president of the group, at Tuesday’s...
View ArticleHorn Lake considers road adoption program
As part of new Mayor Allen Latimer's goal of cleaning up Horn Lake, the city is considering instituting an Adopt-A-Road program to keep streets and highways in the city free of ...
View ArticleFed grant will help improve landscaping lights and access to trolley Downtown
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View ArticleMother of Memphis teen shot by officer sues police for $10 million
The mother of a teen secretly befriended by and later shot by a Memphis police officer filed a federal lawsuit this week seeking answers and $10 million, her attorney ...
View ArticleAt historically black LeMoyne-Owen College some students from other races...
September 18, 2013 — David Aguilar joins fellow LeMoyne-Owen College freshmen in taking the New Student Oath during the school’s annual fall convocation Wednesday afternoon at...
View ArticleLorenzen Wrights estate reaches settlement with city of Germantown
Pat Vassar, aunt of slain University of Memphis and Grizzlies basketball player Lorenzen Wright, gets emotional at a candlelight vigil for her nephew Sept. 22, 2011. His younger brother Tomonique...
View ArticleExplaining the Achievement Schools Grading System
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - When we were in school if you got a 90 on a test, it was a "B". In the achievement schools in Memphis a 90 is grade "A". But they...
View ArticleTunica County Lands Automotive Manufacturing Plant
MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com) - Tunica County may lose its rank as having the highest unemployment rate in Mississippi thanks to a new project announced Tuesday.It's nothing but a corn field...
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