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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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West Memphis awarded $11M grant for rail improvements
The port of West Memphisreceiveda $10.9 million grant to expand its rail capabilities. Today the U.S. Department of Transportation announced a $10.9 million TIGER 2012 grant to the City of West Memphis, Ark. for the expansion of its port. The funds will be used to improve railroad infrastructure, increase capacity and extend a rail line at the International Rail Logistics Park. Todays ...
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Sheriff says deputy sneaked in drugs smokes
Sheriff Robert Arnold terminated the employment of Deputy Keith Knowles on May 10. The sheriff said he was disappointed to find a deputy with a long career was supplying inmates with forbidden ...
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Memphis party rental company makes fastest growing list
Memphis-based Mahaffey Tent & Party Rentals is ranked 85th on Fortunes 2013 Inner City 100, a list of the fastest growing inner city companies in the U.S. The Inner City 100 is in its 15th year and is compiled through a collaboration between Fortune and The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, a nonprofit research and strategy organization founded by Michael Porter, a Harvard Business School ...
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Spurs block Grizzlies in Game 2 of NBA Western Conference final
San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan (21) shoots between Memphis Grizzlies defenders Zach Randolph, left, and Marc Gasol, right, during the second half in Game 2 of a Western Conference Finals NBA basketball playoff series, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in San Antonio. San Antonio won ...
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Off the Dribble N.B.A. Playoffs Spurs Use Motion and Misdirection to Lead Grizzlies
Since 2007, the year the San Antonio Spurs won their last N. B. A. championship, no team has won more regular-season games than they ...
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West Memphis Gets $11M Grant for Port
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (AP) — West Memphis is to receive a $10.9 million grant to expand the city's port.The grant from the U.S. Transportation Department announced Wednesday will go toward rail improvements.The work will enable the port to handle more freight. The Transportation Department says the project will not only help the port but will spur other business activity by stimulating ...
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Olive Branch Elects New Mayor
OLIVE BRANCH, MS (abc24.com) - Voters in Olive Branch have elected Assistant Fire Chief Scott Phillips as their new mayor.Phillips won with 51 percent of the vote over business owner Art Shumway in Tuesday's Republican primary run-off election.Since there are no democrats or independent candidates running in the mayor's race, Phillips will be the only name on the ballot during the ...
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Musselwhite Wins GOP Bid for Southaven Mayors Race
SOUTHAVEN, MS (abc24.com) - Darren Musselwhite is officially in the running as Southaven's next mayor after securing his candidacy in Tuesday night's Republican primary run-off election.Musselwhite, a local insurance agent, won over police officer Jerald Wheeler with 70 percent of the vote.He will face Democrat Coria Williams and current Mayor Greg Davis, who's running as an ...
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Taxpayer-Funded HARP Program Improved but Far from Fixed
MEMPHIS, TN (abc24.com) - You paid for it: expensive, taxpayer-funded home renovations that left many homes in worse shape than before. ABC 24 News first exposed problems with the HARP program last fall. Memphis leaders promised to revamp its troubled home repair program as of April 1st. Now the question is whether the city kept that promise.According to Housing and Community Development ...
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Spurs hold off Grizzlies in overtime
The San Antonio Spurs held off the late-charging Memphis Grizzlies to triumph 93-89 in overtime on Tuesday and stretch their lead in the NBA Western Conference finals to 2-0.Tim Duncan's 17 points included six of the Spurs' eight points in overtime, when he also delivered a key block to help San Antonio hang on after they let a 13-point fourth-quarter lead evaporate."I hate that ...
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Fitch Affirms Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company Upgrades El Paso Natural Gas Company Outlook Stable
Fitch: Recession Concern Dampens European Investor Sentiment An increasing number of investors expect fundamental credit conditions will deteriorate across sectors, according to a Fitch Ratings investor survey. The more circumspect sentiment was most notable for the sovereign segment, where the proportion of survey respondents anticipating worsening conditions more than doubled to 55%, from 24% ...
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Literacy Mid-South announces new funding move to East Memphis
Literacy Mid-South announces plans to move to East Memphis and that it will use $50,000 in new funding for its Collaborations Fund, which will provide money to education and literacy groups. "We're branching out big time," said Kevin Dean, executive ...
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POLL Tennessee Voters Support Benefits For Same-Sex Couples
new poll from Vanderbilt University shows that support for legally recognizing same-sex couples continues to grow in Tennessee, but at rates slower than the rest of the country. A 49 percent plurality now support civil unions or marriage equality, while 46 percent remain opposed to both. Still, 62 percent believe that gays and lesbians should receive health insurance and other employee benefits ...
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Councilman Seeks Temporary Emissions Exemption for Memphians
MEMPHIS, TN (abc24.com) - Memphis City Council jumped the first hurdle when it comes to Memphians getting out of emissions inspections. Councilman Lee Harris is trying to pass an ordinance that will exempt Memphis drivers from getting inspected for two years. This comes at a crucial time since the city will stop funding inspections and the state is planning to take over in June. Tuesday, the ...
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Tim Duncan Tony Parker and San Antonio Spurs survive Game Two overtime to beat Memphis Grizzlies
Spurs lead series 2-0 The San Antonio Spurs clung on to beat the Memphis Grizzlies in Game Two overtime to take a 2-0 Western Conference finals series lead.For three quarters the Grizzlies looked like they were going to be on the end of a second successive blowout, down by 15 points at half-time and going into the final stanza still down by 12. Tony Parker had a playoff career high 18 assists to ...
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St. Benedict principal leaving after overseeing years of growth
April 23, 2013 — George Valadie, principal of St. Benedict at Auburndale. is leaving the private Catholic Cordova high school at the end of the school year. He has been named president of Notre Dame High School in Chattanooga. He is returning to his hometown and his alma mater. Students Maddie Towne (left) and Anastasia Mosby (right) (Karen Pulfer Focht/ The Commercial Appeal) In ...
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Jackson too creepy for Clippers MAY 22
Lakers executive Jeanie Buss. While the source insisted it wasn't a reflection on Jackson's coaching ability, it would simply be "too creepy" for ...
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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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