Thursday, February 11, 2016

Memphis Weather: Frigid temps, clear skies in Thursday forecast and other top stories.

  • Memphis Weather: Frigid temps, clear skies in Thursday forecast

    Memphis Weather: Frigid temps, clear skies in Thursday forecast
    by: Lindsey Monroe Updated: Feb 11, 2016 - 11:44 AM 11 AM Weather Update from Lindsey Monroe: Good Thursday! Temperatures are now in the upper 30s/lower 40s in northern MS. Skies are mostly sunny and winds are light and variable. We’re looking at a mostly sunny sky through the afternoon. Northeast winds 5-10 mph. Today’s high is 49. Average is 54. TONIGHT: Mostly clear and still fairly cold. Northeast winds 5-10 mph. Lows tonight drop to near 30° with wind chills in the lower 20s. R..
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  • Former Memphis Zoo tiger kills tiger at Sacramento Zoo

    Former Memphis Zoo tiger kills tiger at Sacramento Zoo
    SACRAMENTO — Sacramento Zoo officials say a female Sumatran tiger was killed Wednesday by a tiger from the Memphis Zoo. The zoo says in a statement that the male tiger became aggressive with 15-year-old Baha minutes after a physical introduction Wednesday morning. Since his arrival last December, 12-year-old Mohan had visual contact with Baha, zoo officials said. Staff decided to physically introduce the tigers Wednesday. Baha had been at the Sacramento Zoo since 2002 and had successfully bred..
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  • Memphis-Shelby County Encourage Residents to Go Green With ...

    The Memphis-Shelby County Office of Sustainability launched an initiative on Feb. 1 that will reward residents for going green. We Sustain Shelby is a five-month campaign focused on reducing waste as well as cutting energy and water use in an effort to create a more sustainable community.  The Memphis-Shelby County Office of Sust..
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  • Former President Clinton to speak Memphis early voting rally

    Former President Clinton to speak Memphis early voting rally
    Former President Clinton to speak at Memphis early voting rally The Associated Press Published: February 11, 2016, 6:33 am Updated: February 11, 2016, 7:23 am Photo: WKRN MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to speak at an early voting organizing event in Memphis to rally supporters of his wife, Hillary Clinton, in the Tennessee primary. Bill Clinton is scheduled to speak at a high school on Thursday evening. According to a news release from ..
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  • Bryan Brothers in Memphis Open #1

    Bryan Brothers in Memphis Open #1
    Please enable Javascript to watch this video Please enable Javascript to watch this video The most successful tennis duo of all time takes to the court this week in Memphis. As a team, the Bryan Brothers, twins Bob and Mike, have won more than 100 doubles titles and 16 grand slams. WREG was live at the Memphis Racquet Club, where the brothers are set to compete in the Memphis Open,  one of the longest-running American Tournaments on the ATP World Tour. The Memphis Open is happen..
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  • Memphis Police say two murders and two shootings happened ...

    Memphis Police say two murders and two shootings happened ...
    Please enable Javascript to watch this video MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A violent day in the Mid-South. Four seperate shootings in a matter of hours. Two people were killed and a third person is in the hospital. The first shooting happened on Nelson in the Beltline area just after 1 p.m. Police said a man was found shot to death in a home, and the suspect, who knew the victim, stayed on the scene. Around 4 p.m., investigators were in Whitehaven trying to solve a disturbing murder at Bundles of H..
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  • Memphis Weather: Freezing temps, cloudy skies for Wednesday

    Memphis Weather: Freezing temps, cloudy skies for Wednesday
    by: Lindsey Monroe Updated: Feb 10, 2016 - 10:44 PM 10:45 PM Weather Update from Joey Sulipeck: We have another cold night on the Memphis city streets – and the entire Mid-South as well.  Temperatures will hover in the 20’s, and then we’ll see a slow and gradual warm up into Friday.  Then it gets colder for Saturday.  Then we see a chance for wintry mix Sunday night into Monday.  Then rainy and warming up a lot. Tonight: mostly clear and cold – Low 28 (wind-chill 23) Tomorrow: partly..
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  • Strickland Wants Contract, Pay Boost for Memphis' Next Police ...

    VOL. 131 | NO. 31 | Friday, February 12, 2016 Strickland Wants Contract, Pay Boost for Memphis' Next Police Director By Bill Dries Updated 3:01PM Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland wants to offer the next Memphis Police Department director a multi-year contract for more than the $150,000 the city is currently paying interim police director Michael Rallings. Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland says he wants to boost the Memphis Police Department director’s salary from the..
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  • Company providing Memphis Police Body Cameras being sued for ...

    Company providing Memphis Police Body Cameras being sued for ...
    Please enable Javascript to watch this video MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The Memphis Police Department has hundreds of body cameras waiting to be used, but the company that provided them, Taser International, is now at the center of a new legal battle. Taser is being sued by one of its competitors, Digital Ally,  for unfair and anti-competitive practices. The lawsuit claims Memphis is one of the cities where Taser used bribes and compensation to win contracts without virtually any competition. It..
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  • Guinn: Biz community needs to be partner in battle against blight

    Guinn: Biz community needs to be partner in battle against blight
    In an op-ed from Steve Guinn, co-chair of the Greater Memphis Chamber's blight committee, he suggests three actions Memphis city government should take to ...
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GMF connected to other troubled Memphis apartments, plus a ... .Failures with GMF troubled housing extend beyond non-profit and ... .
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