Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Last Top Stories: Ikea green-lights Memphis store; construction 3 months behind

  • Ikea green-lights Memphis store; construction 3 months behind

    Ikea will forge ahead with plans to build a slightly larger Memphis store, having solved a financial problem but having lost nearly three months of construction time, company officials said Tuesday.Instead of being able to open the modern home-furnishings store in late summer/early fall 2016 as originally planned, “we are uncomfortably ..
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  • Memphis-based Evaporcool Solutions partners in California energy efficiency push

    Trying to avoid the cost of building a power plant, Los Angeles electric utility Southern California Edison will partner with Evaporcool Solutions LLC of Memphis to reduce energy used by its customers’ air conditioners.The project could save the utility millions of dollars and create more than 12 jobs in Memphis and Los Angeles, said Be..
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  • Carolyn Hardy named new chairman for Greater Memphis Chamber

    Carolyn Hardy named new chairman for Greater Memphis Chamber
    Credit: Mike Brown/The Commercial AppealA year ago, Phil Trenary (left) and Carolyn Hardy were among those who spoke to the Shelby County Commission during an economic development session at a retreat held at the University of Memphis Fogelman Executive Center. Carolyn Hardy, a we..
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  • Spiders infest North Memphis neighborhood in horror movie proportions

    Spiders infest North Memphis neighborhood in horror movie proportions
    Credit: MIKE BROWNNovember 24, 2015 — A sheet laying grass spider crawls up the exterior wall of a home on Ward in North Memphis. The spiders have created a block-long web and are spreading to the homes by letting their web get carried by the breeze. (Mike Brown/The Commercial Appeal) ..
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  • Quick reaction: Memphis loses to Texas-Arlington, 68-64 | Sports | dailyhelmsman

    Quick reaction: Memphis loses to Texas-Arlington, 68-64 | Sports | dailyhelmsman
    Three games into the 2015-16 season, everything, a close loss at then-No. 8 Oklahoma aside, had gone according to plan for the Memphis men’s basketball team – until tonight.The Tigers fell to Texas-Arlington 68-64 with 11,184 in attendance at FedExForum Monday night. Here are a few quick takeaways from Memphis’ loss.--Memphis’ offense looked every bit as bad as the final box score indicated. The Tigers started the game 1-15 from the field, and never got going offensively as they finished 16-54 (..
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  • Partners Bring Outdoor Classroom Design Challenge to Memphis Catholic - Memphis Daily News

    Partners Bring Outdoor Classroom Design Challenge to Memphis Catholic - Memphis Daily News
    VOL. 130 | NO. 230 | Wednesday, November 25, 2015 Partners Bring Outdoor Classroom Design Challenge to Memphis Catholic By Don Wade Updated 2:27PM Memphis Catholic juniors and seniors (from left) Courtney Thomas, Amari Harris, Mickale O’Dell, Makayla Jackson, Gabrielle Moore, Nia Randolph, Jes..
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  • Memphis police use non-lethal round to disarm mental patient - FOX13 News, WHBQ FOX 13

    Memphis police use non-lethal round to disarm mental patient - FOX13 News, WHBQ FOX 13
    Memphis police use non-lethal round to disarm mental patient Posted: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 11:51 AM EST Updated: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 4:41 PM EST Memphis police were called to a home in Bartlett this morning after an armed suspect was threatening caretakers.Police on the scene told FOX13 a mental consumer was threatening the caretakers with a knife around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 6900 block of Country Manor.Officers co..
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  • State: Memphis needs to repay some of vehicle station grant - WRCBtv

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee officials say Memphis will have to repay at least part of a $3.8 million grant it received to build a vehicle-inspection station. The Commercial Appeal reports (http://bit.ly/1OpUAH8) the Federal Highway Administration has notified the Tennessee Department of Transportation that the state must reimburse it for the grant money. Agency spokeswoman B.J. Doughty says the department, in turn, will ask for reimbursement from the City of Memphis. The fed..
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  • Police Identify Man Found Dead at Memphis FedEx Hub - Memphis Daily News

    Police Identify Man Found Dead at Memphis FedEx Hub - Memphis Daily News
    Home> VOL. 130 | NO. 230 | Wednesday, November 25, 2015 Police Identify Man Found Dead at Memphis FedEx Hub AP Updated 2:02PM MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis police have released the identity of a man killed in an accident at the FedEx hub there.Police said 39-year-oldC..
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  • Memphis woman sentenced for tax refund scheme

    A Memphis woman who pleaded guilty to identity theft and stealing government money has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison, the office of U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III said.Felechia Williams, 33, schemed to collect tax refunds from the Internal Revenue Service using stolen identities between Jan. 26, 2012 and July..
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