Memphis Weather: Severe weather, flooding expected for Thursday and other top stories.

• Memphis Weather: Severe weather, flooding expected for Thursday

  

  Updated: Mar 31, 2016 - 4:19 PM 4 PM UPDATE: A Tornado Watch is in effect for a good portion of the FOX13 viewing area. Shelby County is not included in watch area. That Tornado Watch goes until  10 p.m. tonight. The trailing cold front could be the axis for severe weather later this evening. The timing of the cold front should bring it through Shelby County between 6 and 10 tonight. We are still watching a few discrete cells in North Mississippi that could be problem as the fron..

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• Flight attendants injured on plane to Memphis during severe ...

  

  Please enable Javascript to watch this video LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- An American Airlines flight was forced to land after severe turbulence injured two flight attendants. According to THV11, the plane was heading to Memphis from Dallas when it hit rough weather. The intense turbulence forced American Airlines flight 3358 to ground in Little Rock. Passengers told us the turbulence was bad enough that it flipped a beverage cart, injuring a male flight attendant and tearing a leather seat. “Th..

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• Zoo Won't Use Full Greensward This Weekend

  

  Memphis Zoo officials say this weekend they will not use the full Greensward footprint granted to them by the Memphis City Council for parking to ensure cars don’t interfere with other events planned for the Greensward. Zoo spokeswoman Laura Doty said in an email Thursday that the zoo plans to park cars “on an as-needed basis only on the original footprint on the northwest corner of the Greensward.” “We do not plan to use the extended footprint granted by the city council in an effort to ..

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• Memphis transfer list keeps growing

  

  Former University of Memphis forward Austin Nichols posting up in a game against UConn during the 2014-15 season. Nichols transferred from the U of M to the University of Virginia in July 2015. David Minkin Since Sunday, the University of Memphis basketball program has seen three players—Avery Woodson, Randall Broddie and Dante Scott—announce they would not be return..

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• Retirement Granted for Memphis Officer Who Killed Darrius Stewart

  

  Connor Schilling, the Memphis Police officer who shot and killed 19-year-old Darrius Stewart last summer during a traffic stop, has been granted a "line of duty retirement" by the city of Memphis pension board. In November, a Shelby County Grand Jury declined to indict Schilling despite a recommendation by Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich to indict the officer for voluntary manslaughter and employment of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony. Shortly after the July 1..

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• Don't Be Afraid of Hecklers: Another side of Memphis Comedy

  

  click to enlarge Don't be afraid of Josh McLane. Or do. Your call. Consider this as an addendum to this week's cover story about the Memphis Comedy Festival, and the indie comedy scene that birthed it. It's hard to address everything in 3000 words, and I thought it might be fun to include a few words about Memphis audiences. I also wanted to write about a few more Memphis comedians, and share an annotated version of Mitchell Dunnam's fantastic c..

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• Memphis Is Funny

  

  Nothing ever happens on a Tuesday night. Especially if it's a rain-drenched Tuesday night in downtown Memphis. The Brass Door on Madison manages a brisk bar business in spite of the weather, but the pub's downstairs music hall, where the big comedy show is scheduled to happen, is empty except for some old wooden library chairs and a lonely microphone. With its red velvet curtains and vintage wallpaper, the room has an effortlessly sleazy vibe that prompts Nashville comic Josh Wagner ..

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• Memphis Presence Helps Turn Tide on Controversial Legislation

  

  VOL. 131 | NO. 66 | Friday, April 01, 2016 Memphis Presence Helps Turn Tide on Controversial Legislation By Bill Dries Updated 3:18PM The Tennessee Legislature’s de-annexation debate is over for now. But the bill’s effect on the Memphis-Capitol Hill relationship has left a larger political imprint than the proposal. Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland, center, takes questions about a de-annexation bill at a Senate committee hearing March 23 in Nashville, with Chatt..

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• Tigers Open Conference Play Against UCF

  

  MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis will open American Athletic Conference play with a three-game weekend series against UCF that gets underway Friday at 6:30 ...

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• Food LINC aims for bumper crop of local foods in Memphis

  

  By Michael Collins of The Commercial Appeal Posted: Yesterday 11:00 p.m. 0 WASHINGTON — Memphis has been chosen to participate in a new federal program that aims to boost the sale of locally produced farm goods and give consumers better access to healthy, locally grown foods. The project, called Food LINC, seeks to improve the food supply chain by helping farmers tap into the demand for local and regional foods. "There is a strong demand for this," said U.S. Agriculture Secretar..

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Will it Hurt? Uncertainty Is Worst of All, Says Study .	Memphis area veterans, citizens honor 50th anniversary of Vietnam ... .
Memphis Zoo doc 'The Keepers' returns for week's run at Studio .	Daily Digest .