Woman hit by car and critically injured forcing shutdown of Sam Cooper
The incident occurred at 12:37 p.m. at Sam Cooper Boulevard and Tillman. The unidentified woman was taken to the Regional Medical Center at Memphis in critical ...
View ArticlePaul Pierce doubtful to play against Grizzlies
Brooklyn Netssmall forwardPaul Piercehas been listed as doubtful for Saturday night's game in Memphis due to a bruised right hand, the team announced. Pierce is shooting just 31.1 percent in...
View ArticleTemple beats Memphis 41-21
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- P.J. Walker threw for 328 yards and four touchdowns, including three to Robby Anderson, as Temple closed out its season with a 41-21 victory over Memphis on ...
View ArticleMiddle Tennessee upends South Alabama 65-55
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) -- Kerry Hammonds II and Neiko Hunter scored 14 points apiece and put in a solid second-half performance in helping Middle Tennessee overcome an eight-point halftime deficit to...
View ArticleTennessee St. routs Butler
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Michael German tossed two touchdown passes and Ryan Mitchell had two touchdown receptions as Tennessee State routed Butler 31-0 in the first round of the FCS playoffs on...
View ArticleUSC Upstate pulls away from Tennessee State 73-64
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) Torrey Craig scored a game-high 22 points to lead USC Upstate to a 73-64 victory over winless Tennessee State on Saturday. Craig was 8 of 17 from the field, hitting just two of...
View ArticleTennessee rolls past Wake Forest 82-63
Tennessee's Jarnell Stokes drives to the basket as Wake Forest's Madison Jones, left, defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Wake Forest in Paradise...
View ArticleConstruction on rooftop improvements at Pyramid will start soon Lipscomb says
Construction will start soon on a multi-million-dollar project to renovate the upper reaches of the now-vacant Pyramid arena, said Robert Lipscomb, Memphis director of housing and community ...
View ArticleEast Tennessee State beats Marshall 88-78
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) -- Kinard Gadsden-Gilliard scored 19 points and Hunter Harris had 17 points and 13 rebounds as East Tennessee State topped Marshall 88-78 on Saturday as part of the Roundball ...
View ArticleElectronic cigarette stores open in Southaven
Brad Vest / The Commercial Appeal November 30, 2013 — Chris Leigh, owner of Mid-South Vapors in Southaven, left, and one of his three employees, Jeff Keener, behind the counter of...
View ArticleDean of speeding tickets Owen Selby Jr. remembered as quiet man who just did...
A U.S. Marine who fought in the Vietnam War, he spent 31 years as a Memphis police officer. Most of his years as an officer were spent in the motorcycle patrol unit, and after 30 years on the force he...
View ArticleHalting Cowpens Creek flooding in Horn Lake on DeSotos to-do list
DeSoto County supervisors on Monday will consider cementing a pact with the city of Horn Lake to clear a buildup of ';woody and vegetative growth'; that’s been contributing...
View ArticleShelby Schools teacher leads smartphone innovation at Arlington High
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View ArticleU of Ms difficult budget process takes step forward this week
More details on efforts to deal with a projected $20 million budget deficit for 2014-15 could emerge Tuesday when University of Memphis Provost Dr. M. David Rudd expects to meet with an ad hoc...
View ArticleMiddle Tennessee overwhelms UTEP 48-17
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) -- Logan Kilgore threw for 325 yards, completing 19 of 27 passes, and two touchdowns as Middle Tennessee overwhelmed the University of Texas at El Paso 48-17 ...
View ArticlePierce Randolph out for Nets-Grizzlies game
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- The Brooklyn Nets and Memphis Grizzlies were both without key forwards Saturday, as Paul Pierce and Zach Randolph were out with ...
View ArticleMemphis prosecutor who spent career protecting children retires
November 21, 2013 — Dan Newsom sits in the gallery in Judge Jon McCalla’s courtroom. Newsom, who has served as a prosecutor for nearly 40 years with past 32 as a federal prosecutor,...
View ArticleSale of Wilson Ark. spurs plans for small town
Photos by Yalonda M. James/The Commercial Appeal November 26, 2013 — Wilson Mayor Becton Bell, 34, greets his friend and former Rivercrest High School classmate Willie Washington, 34, in the...
View ArticleObama Participates in Small Business Saturday
Obama and his daughters picked up around 20 books in support of Small Business Saturday in Washington earlier today.Below is the list of books purchased by the president that includes titles for every...
View ArticleWendi C. Thomas Christ Communitys CEO plays race card on abortion
"[Cherisse] Scott carried that pregnancy to term, but later had three abortions." Wow. Just wow. I think that statement tells the real story. And to think Wendi claims to be a...
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