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Scott Phillips to Take Over as Olive Branchs New Mayor
OLIVE BRANCH, MS (abc24.com) - Long-serving Olive Branch Mayor Sam Rikard did not run for re-election this year. Scott Phillips was voted into office during Tuesday's Republican run-off.That means for the first time in 16 years, there will be a new mayor in Olive Branch's city hall."They've established a small office in city hall to help with the transition," says ...
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Grizzlies Game 2 comeback a mirage
Marc Gasol and the Grizzlies are facing an 0-2 hole in their series with the Spurs. (Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images) It’s tempting to claim that Memphis has turned the corner against San Antonio after transforming a would-be blowout ...
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Grizzlies and Red Cross team up to assist tornado victims in Oklahoma
- The Memphis Grizzlies, Grizzlies guard Tony Allen and the American Red Cross are teaming up to come to the aid of tornado victims in the surrounding Oklahoma City area. The Red Cross and the Memphis Grizzlies will collect donations for those affected by the devastating tornadoes that hit Oklahoma at Game 3 (Saturday, May 25, 8 p.m.) and Game 4 (Monday, May 27, 8:00 p.m.) of the Western ...
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Broad Avenue Receives Grant for Water Tower Depot Project
MEMPHIS, TN (abc24.com) - More positive changes are coming to Broad Avenue in Memphis. The arts district celebrated Wednesday after receiving a $350,000 grant from ArtPlace America for the Broad Avenue Water Tower Depot project.The money will be used to transform an active warehouse loading dock area into a community-focused outdoor arts gathering and performing space.It will also be used to ...
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Mid-South Church Seeking Donations for Tornado Victims
MEMPHIS, TN (abc24.com) - Bottled water and diapers are among the biggest need for a Mid-South church headed to Oklahoma. Life Church on Germantown Parkway near Dexter in Cordova is offering an opportunity to help. They are collecting truck loads of donations as they prepare to bring a group of volunteers to Oklahoma to assist with disaster relief. They'll be accepting donations at their ...
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Mayor Wharton Announces New Bike Lane Project
MEMPHIS, TN (abc24.com) - The City of Memphis is embarking on a major initiative to make your bicycle ride even better.The city announced the Green Lane Project Wednesday morning, which will create more protected bike lanes across the city.A couple of years ago, Memphis was rated as one of the least bicycle friendly cities in the U.S. Since then, the Wharton administration has made biking a real ...
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Southaven Residents Cleaning Up from Storm Damage
SOUTHAVEN, MS (abc24.com) - People spent the day cleaning up and drying out from Tuesday's stormy weather.Southaven Mayor Greg Davis called a state of emergency during the worst point of the storm. People across the city reported flooding in their homes."It's just been disastrous," says Tony Lee. Their family's furniture likely won't be saved. Clothes are ruined, ...
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Green lanes will add to bicycling choices in Memphis
Memphis will install 15 miles of protected bicycle lanes which separate bicyclists and vehicular traffic by installing plastic posts or landscaping and turning them into so-called "green ...
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New Collierville detention pond helped prevent flooding
The National Weather Service said the Collierville had heavy rains amounting to .36 inches in a one-hour period Tuesday and .39 inches in a three-hour ...
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New crop of green thumbs get gardening bug in Bartlett
At the intersection of Summer Avenue and Yale Road, there’s a family business that’s experiencing a dramatic growth in sales year over year. Despite the recession—or perhaps because of it—Bartlett Nursery is selling more plants and gardening supplies to a wider array of people than any year before in their 21-year ...
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Memphis Alzheimers day center builds empathy with dementia sensitivity exercises
After five minutes at a dementia sensitivity event Wednesday, Mae Walls knows how her mother, who has had the disease for six years, feels: Overwhelmed, frightened and ...
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DeSoto supervisors declare state of emergency for flooding
DeSoto County supervisors declared a state of emergency Wednesday as a first step in receiving federal and state funds to help clean up from flooding Tuesday ...
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Olive Branch winners confirmed after affidavit ballots tallied
Affidavit ballots were counted Wednesday and widened only slightly the lead Scott Phillips had over Art Shumway to become the next mayor of Olive ...
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Safe in Memphis Getting to know your nextdoor.com neighbor
Even though she still lives in the house she grew up in, Verlinda Henning doesn't know all of her neighbors. But she does feel more connected to them than ...
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Unified Schools Budget Presented to County Commission
MEMPHIS, TN (abc24.com) - The budget for the soon-to-be merged Memphis and Shelby County school systems was presented to county commissioners for the first time Wednesday.School officials are hoping the commissioners will find the money to balance the budget, which is currently $30 million in the red."We've been clear in our approach that we're going to keep the cuts as far away ...
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Memphis Police Officers Fired for Making Threats
MEMPHIS, TN (abc24.com) - Two officers have been terminated from the Memphis Police Department for making threats at their precinct.Officers Parker Culver and Marc Henderson were both relived of duty in February after it was reported they threatened to take over the weapons room at Ridgeway Station and shoot members of Memphis city government. According to investigators, Culver and Henderson ...
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Spurs get by Grizzlies once more
The San Antonio Spurs' Manu Ginobili (left) battles with the Memphis Grizzlies' Darrell Arthur during the second quarter of the Spurs' 93-89 victory in Game 2 of their NBA Western Conference finals playoff series in San Antonio, Texas, on Tuesday. Mike Stone / ...
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Tennessee Transfer Highlights WKU Class
Brian Thomas, assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Western Kentucky University, has announced that the swimming and diving program will welcome 23 new student-athletes to campus this fall for the 2013-14 campaign.The Hilltoppers and Lady Toppers will look to ride the momentum of an historic 2012-13 season that produced 15 NCAA "B" qualifiers, 20 new program records and a Sun ...
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Tennessee recoups unemployment benefits
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- State Labor Department officials say they have recouped about $15.3 million worth of fraudulently collected unemployment benefits by garnishing tax refunds and other federal payments to people who were not entitled to receive the assistance. A scathing audit released earlier this year showed that the state overpaid $73 million in unemployment benefits. The ...
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Landers Center Serving as Oklahoma Relief Donation Drop
SOUTHAVEN, MS (abc24.com) - Landers Center in Southaven will serve as a drop-off location for Oklahoma Tornado Relief on both Wednesday and Thursday, May 22 & 23, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.This drop-off ...
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Former death row prisoner goes free in Memphis after plea agreement
Former death row prisoner Timothy McKinney drew his first breaths as a free man Wednesday after spending 15 years, five months and 25 days behind bars for the 1997 murder of a Memphis police ...
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Audit finds $51K missing at Hamblen animal shelter
MORRISTOWN, Tenn. (AP) -- An audit by the state comptroller's office has found that more than $51,000 in animal adoption fees and donations for the Morristown-Hamblen Humane Society was not deposited into the facility's bank ...
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Mayor Wharton announces plans for 15 miles of protected bike lanes
The city named as one of the worst for biking in the U.S. by Bicycling Magazine only five years ago is now aiming to be the best in Tennessee. Mayor AC Wharton is announcing plans this afternoon for a 15-mile network of protected bike facilities to be built over the next two years as part of the Green Lane Project. In 2010, Wharton committed to build 55 miles of new bike facilities which include ...
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April Architecture Billings Index falls back into negative range
Two months after hitting its highest point in two years, the Architecture Billings Index has dropped back into negative territory, with a score of 48.6 for April. The index is used by the American Institute of Architects to indicate a 9-12 month glimpse into nonresidential construction spending. A score above 50 indicates an increase in billings. The February score was 54.9, but dropped to 51.9 ...
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Schools make pitch to County Commission for increased funding
Presenting on Wednesday a budget that it claimed to be bare bones, representatives from the unified school system made its case to the Shelby County Commission's budget and finance committee as to why the requested $30 million increase is necessary to education the county's ...
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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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