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TORNADO AFTERMATH In twister’s path but hunkered down in modern safe room
May 23, 2013 - Moore, Okla., residents Vickie and Rick Green stand outside their home's garage where they recently installed an underground storm shelter. The couple recently had the shelter, in which they waited approximately 20 minutes for Monday's tornado to pass, installed. (Naudia Jawad/The Commercial ...
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Medal of Honor recipient Vernon McGarity dies in Bartlett
According to the U.S. Army Center of Military History, McGarity was a Technical Sergeant in the 393d Infantry, 99th Infantry Division, during the ...
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Man fires shots at Memphis police kills himself officials say
The incident began about 12:45 a.m. when a complainant came to the Raines Station precinct. She told police that a man wearing camouflage and carrying a shotgun fired at her near Craft and ...
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Bartlett Germantown approve school referendum for July 16
The actions ended a week in which all six Shelby County suburbs approved ordinances for referendums on the same date. Arlington, Lakeland and Millington have submitted paperwork to the Election Commission. Bartlett, Collierville and Germantown will deliver their requests ...
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Shelby County unified school board focuses on its buildings in proposed suburban districts
A unified school board committee on Thursday previewed what promises to become a vigorous debate when it talked about how to dispose of schools within the boundaries of proposed suburban municipal school ...
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Olive Branch ceremony to honor fallen Airmen
A repatriation ceremony — the act of returning to the country of citizenship — will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday with a procession from the Olive Branch soccer ...
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Classes out for Shelby County Schools ending era of suburban only district
Excited students ran through the halls as they always do on the last day of school, but this year there was a noticeable difference in the goodbyes in Shelby County Schools ...
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Bond buy puts DeSoto on track for facilities streamlining
A major overhaul of DeSoto County government facilities expected to take three years will roll on schedule with the Board of Supervisors’ approval of the bid of Stephens Inc. to purchase $10.5 million in general obligation bonds to help finance the ...
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Safe in Memphis Fear of faith in police
Police officers and civilians glanced at each other and nodded as coordinators listed the challenges facing the Community-Police Relations ...
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2 Dead in Drugstore Shootings in Tennessee
An East Tennessee pharmacy owner and a customer have been killed during a robbery that left a pharmacy tech and another employee wounded. District Attorney Jimmy Dunn said a former police officer in Bean Station was taken into custody shortly after the shooting and robbery Thursday at the Down Home Pharmacy. Dunn said the former officer, 37-year-old Jason B. Holt, took "a large ...
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Tenn. bill to allow grocery store wine sales fails
When the recession hit and RV sales plunged (58 percent from 2006 from 2009), unemployment in Goshen, Ind. soared to the highest in the nation: a staggering 20.9 percent in March ...
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DeSoto County Adding More Tornado Sirens
DESOTO COUNTY, MS (abc24.com) - What if a tornado like the one that hit Oklahoma struck here? DeSoto County's Emergency Management Agency is asking that question this week.Their goal is to make sure the county is as prepared as possible, that includes being able to warn every citizen of severe weather."I see it really having the potential to save some lives after what happened in ...
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Boy Scouts to Accept Openly Gay Boys Gay Adults Still Banned
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) - The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts.Of the local Scout leaders voting at their annual meeting in Texas, more than 60 percent supported the proposal.Under the proposal drafted by the Scouts' governing board, gay adults will remain barred from serving as Scout ...
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Germantown proposes cutting Tennessee Shakespeare Company from budget
Vanessa Morosco and Tony Molina as the Macbeths in Tennessee Shakespeare Company's production of "Macbeth". Germantown has proposed funding cuts to the Tennessee Shakespeare Company, leading to a letter-writing campaign from supporters in hopes of getting the money returned. The $70,000 was part of cuts as the suburb tries to hold its property tax rate increase to 44.5 cents, but ...
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Oklahoma tornado stunned storm chasers from Memphis
Left to right: Storm chasers Christian Johnson, Jeremy Johnson and Jake Riley. Christian and Jake are from StormChaseTN. (Photo courtesy of Jeremy ...
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Memorial Day changes in Shelby County
City Hall will be closed. Residential garbage collection will be delayed a day. The Arlington Preservation Tennessee Antiquities is holding a Memorial Day service at 9 a.m. at Arlington Cemetery on Chester ...
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Beale Street Club Owners Hope to Re-open Friday
MEMPHIS, TN (abc24.com) - Club 152, which was shut down last week by the District Attorney, expects to be back in business by this weekend. With the Sunset Symphony and a Grizzlies playoff game this weekend, club owners have a sense of urgency to get Club 152 reopened as soon as possible. The club's lawyer spent all day in negotiations with prosecutors. The nuisance order was set to be ...
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DeSoto Co. Residents Urged to Report Flood Damage
HERNANDO, MS (abc24.com) - Supervisors and first responders in DeSoto County are urging homeowners to report flood damage. How many reports they receive will determine whether the county gets state help for cleanup and recovery.Tuesday's storms are long past, but DeSoto County is still dealing with what the weather left behind."Our people were out all night Tuesday night, all day ...
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Norfolk Southern Opens Bulk Transfer Facility in Tennessee
has unveiled its new $5.9 million Thoroughbred Bulk Transfer terminal in Knoxville, Tenn., which will allow customers to transfer a large array of commodities between railcars and trucks.The Class I railroad's new terminal, adjacent to its railyard, is near Interstate 275, I-40 and I-75. The facility, which features 48 car spots and a truck scale, can handle dry and liquid bulk commodities ...
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Beale Street club reaches tentative agreement to reopen
The Beale Street nightspot was closed last week as a public nuisance after authorities said a six-month undercover investigation found illegal drug sales, fights and other criminal activity ...
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DeSoto cleans up assesses damage after deluge
Dozens of homes in DeSoto County flooded from heavy rains this week as Mississippi Emergency Management Agency teams aided in assessing the full extent of damage. Meanwhile, the Board of Supervisors on Wednesday released information to the public for reporting storm-related ...
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Grizzlies coach focused on Spurs not his contract
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Lionel Hollins has been more successful than any Grizzlies coach and will be a free agent after June 30.He has the Grizzlies in the Western Conference finals for the first time and has won more games with this team than any other coach.He probably wouldn't have a problem getting another job, but says he's very happy with the one he has.New owners took over in November ...
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2 charged in slayings of 6 on Tenn.-Ala. border
FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. -; Authorities say two men have been charged in six killings, including a toddler and unborn baby, near the Tennessee-Alabama border last fall during a dispute over drug ...
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VW Plant Reaches Production Milestone
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Volkswagen has reached another production milestone at its assembly plant in Chattanooga.The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that the 250,000 Passat midsize sedan has rolled off the assembly line.The milestone announced Thursday comes barely more than two years since production began at the Tennessee plant.The Chattanooga plant completed its first customer ...
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Smoking Alcohol a Dangerous New Trend
DALLAS (CNN) - A new trend in the bar scene is 'smoking' alcohol, which involves your favorite hard liquor and dry ice.Breathing in the alcohol vapors gets you buzzed fast and some say you don't ingest any empty calories. But, doctors say "smoking" your alcohol can be extremely dangerous.Hammering away at dry ice is now part of Broderic Allen's weight loss solution. ...
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Memphis needs to become metro city government
The politics involved in discussions on whether or not the city of Memphis and Shelby County should be consolidated into a metropolitan government are often heated and always divisive. The issue is a controversial one with many opinions; one advocacy group believes that the failure to consolidate may hamper the development of city and wider county area.
Memphis and Shelby County are among 31 other pairs of cities and counties in the United States considering consolidation into a metropolitan government, as well as 6 taking steps towards consolidation and a further 43 that have either merged fully or partially. As the county seat of Shelby County, Memphis is the economic, transport and communications hub of the county, the land area of the city alone takes up almost of the entire county. Read more
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