MLGW, FedEx and City of Memphis donate bottled water to Flint ...
A forklift made trip after trip to load a FedEx truck parked outside Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division’s administration building Tuesday as the city with famously good water prepared a delivery for the city with notoriously foul water. Within minutes, five pallets containing 12,000 bottles of water were ready to be transported to Flint, Michigan, where a state of emergency has been declared as a result of dangerous levels of lead contamination in the municipal system. The shipment is expected..>> view originalGeoff Calkins' Take 5: Why Memphis gave Pastner that whopping ...
Five more quick thoughts on Josh Pastner: 1. Throughout all this, one of the questions has been, "Why in the world did Memphis give Pastner that whopping contract extension?" The explanation (not a good explanation, but the explanation) is two-fold. First, USC was coming after him. Second, Pastner was still winning a whole lot of games, still packing fans into the building (announced attendance was more than 16,000), and still recruiting at a high level. Indeed, he had the No. 3 recruiting clas..>> view originalMemphis police body camera rollout suspended indefinitely
FILE- In this Jan. 15, 2014 file photo a Los Angeles Police officer wears an on-body camera during a demonstration in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department’s effort to equip officers with body cameras has run up against an unlikely obstacle, the ACLU of Southern California. The civil rights organization sent a letter Thursday, Sept. 3, to the U.S. Justice Department urging it to deny funding for the cameras until the LAPD revamps its camera policy, which the ACLU sa..>> view originalWoman dies in North Memphis house fire
Credit: MIKE BROWN Memphis firefighters look back at a house at 733 Dunlap after they extinguished a fire there Monday morning. The body of a 56-year-old woman was found in the home. Her name was not released, but neighbors said she was a longtime resident of the Smokey City area. A 56-year-old woman died in a house fire Monday in North Memphis, fire officials said. It was unclear what started the fire just before 9 a.m. in a bedroom of the home in the 700 block of Dunlap Street, M..>> view originalCousin of pastor who speaks again gun violence murdered in ...
Rev. Enoch Fuzz’s pregnant cousin shot to death in Memphis WKRN web staff Published: January 25, 2016, 8:55 pm Updated: January 25, 2016, 9:35 pm Edwina Thomas (Courtesy: Enoch Fuzz) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – The cousin of Reverend Enoch Fuzz, a Nashville pastor known for speaking out against gun violence, was gunned down in Memphis over the weekend. The pastor confirmed to News 2 his 35-year-old cousin, Edwina Thomas, and her 34-year-old boyfriend, Eddie Tate Jr., were s..>> view originalMemphis' Terrian Bass, Chris Johnson sing for glory on final season ...
Credit: Ray Mickshaw C.J. Johnson on “American Idol.” Photo by Ray Mickshaw A pair of Memphis singers are among the hopefuls participating in the current final season of "American Idol," which will bring an end to the 15-year run of one of the most-watched programs in U.S. television history. Terrian Bass, 19, who has performed in her father's church since she was a little girl, and Chris "C.J." Johnson, 28, a gigging musician who specializes in what he calls "pop-rock with sou..>> view originalMemphis postal worker arrested in attack on supervisor
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Police say a post office worker has been arrested on charges that he punched his supervisor and hit her with a chair. Memphis police spokesman Louis Brownlee said Shelby County sheriff's deputies arrested 59-year-old Richard Martin on an aggravated assault charge Monday. Police said Martin entered the supervisor's office screaming slurs, and he started punching her. Police say the supervisor fell to the floor. Martin then allegedly grabbed a chair and kept hitting her with..>> view originalAt a glance: University of Memphis vs. UCF
Memphis vs. UCF When, where: 6 p.m. CST Tuesday, CFE Arena, Orlando TV, radio: CBS Sports Network; WREC-AM 600, WKBQ-FM 93.5 Records: Memphis 12-7, 3-3 American Athletic Conference; UCF 10-7, 4-2 Coaches: Memphis, Josh Pastner (160-65 at school and overall); UCF, Donnie Jones (77-77 at school, 132-118 overall) Series: Memphis leads 18-1 Lineups Memphis: Jr. G Sam Craft (6-0, 210, 4.7 ppg, 1.2 apg), Sr. G Ricky Tarrant Jr. (6-2, 184, 12.5 ppg, 3.7 apg), So. G Markel Crawford (6-5, 205, 6.3 ppg,..>> view originalKroger to Roll Out Online Ordering In Memphis
VOL. 131 | NO. 18 | Tuesday, January 26, 2016 Kroger to Roll Out Online Ordering In Memphis By Andy Meek Updated 2:21PM Kroger plans to bring its online ordering system to the Memphis area soon, expanding a program it’s already rolled out elsewhere in Tennessee that includes employees bringing orders outside to the waiting customer.Kroger shoppers in Memphis will soon have the ability to order online and have their purchases delivered to them curbside. The g..>> view originalFight continues to remove Confederate statues in Memphis
by: Jeremy Pierre Updated: Jan 25, 2016 - 6:18 PM The fight to remove Confederate monuments continues across the country. Controversy over the Nathan Bedford Forrest statue in downtown Memphis is still raging, even though some city leaders promised to have it removed. "It doesn't seem like any action is going to be made,” Tami Sawyer told FOX13. Sawyer is part of the newly-formed Black Lives Matter Chapter of Memphis. She said removing the statue is a top priority for 2016, but she i..>> view original
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