City of Memphis remembers fallen MPD Officer Verdell Smith
Please enable Javascript to watch this video MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Friends and family of Officer Verdell Smith patiently waited to pay their respects to the man who gave his life to serve and protect the city of Memphis. Earlier in the day, Officer Smith and his family were escorted to Hope Presbyterian Church by Memphis Police. Once inside people held tight to one another, mourning a life gone too soon. The love and respect they had for Officer Smith was obvious to those who witnessed it...>> view originalAfter 59-year run in South Memphis, Carver High School is officially ...
George Washington Carver High School, an anchor of the Riverview neighborhood of South Memphis since the late 1950s, is the latest casualty of school closings aimed at shuttering low-performing and under-enrolled schools within Shelby County Schools. The school board on Thursday voted 5-3 with one abstention to close the 198-student school that has almost 1,000 empty seats. The vote came almost two weeks after Carver’s last bell rang as the district’s school year ended on May 27. Carver High Sc..>> view originalMickelson in Memphis is magic
Posted: Yesterday 7:38 p.m. 2 Jack Dotson is 14 years old. Thursday, he stood outside the ropes and watched Phil Mickelson hit a tee shot in the drink on No. 14. He was thrilled. Not in the shot's destination, necessarily, but by the man hitting it. "I like Phil," he said. How much does he like Phil? Well, the Dotson family is from Omaha, Nebraska. They were on their way to Disney World. But they stopped in Memphis on the way to Orlando specifically to take in the first round of..>> view originalMemphis Housing Authority offers top job to HUD official
By Ryan Poe of The Commercial Appeal Updated: Yesterday 5:18 p.m. 2 The Memphis Housing Authority board voted Thursday to offer its top job formerly held by Robert Lipscomb to Marcia Lewis, director of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Memphis hub.If she accepts the job, Lewis would receive the same salary interim director Maura Sullivan was paid, which was more than $117,000, board member Mickell Lowery said. Lowery didn't know the exact amount, and an MHA ..>> view originalGov. Bill Haslam addresses Memphis crime wave
Please enable Javascript to watch this video MEMPHIS, Tenn. --- As Memphis heals from the wounds of a fallen officer and inches ever closer to the 100 homicides mark, Governor Bill Haslam would like to remind Memphians that crime isn't a problem unique to the Bluff City. “Nashville’s seeing increased crime. Knoxville, Chattanooga are,” said Haslam, who was in town Thursday afternoon to sign the FOCUS Act, a bill aimed at increasing the number of Tennesseans with college degrees. Haslam ..>> view originalA Memphis resident responds to Brad Schmitt
John Doyle 5:52 p.m. CDT June 9, 2016John Doyle is executive director of the Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum and the Memphis Music Hall of Fame.(Photo: Submitted)A response to Brad Schmitt: I read your article (“Nashville vs. Memphis? We win!”) with interest and a bit of confusion. You reference my hometown as a city with “a pretty big inferiority complex,” yet admitted that it was you who, over the past 25 years, would “hope, dream, wish for the day when Nashville would be cooler than..>> view originalOyler Brings German Efficiency to Memphis Transportation
VOL. 131 | NO. 116 | Friday, June 10, 2016 Oyler Brings German Efficiency to Memphis Transportation By JOHN KLYCE MINERVINI Updated 2:46PM Memphis stands at the threshold of incredible possibility. In this series, we introduce innovative Memphians who are driving our city forward and forging its future success.Urban planners are born, not made. At least, that’s how it was with Nicholas Oyler. From the time he was in middle school, he couldn’t stop thinking a..>> view originalFormer Memphis QB Paxton Lynch signs $9.5 million contract with ...
By Tom Schad of The Commercial Appeal Updated: Yesterday 5:16 p.m. 2 Former University of Memphis quarterback and first-round draft pick Paxton Lynch finalized his first NFL contract on Thursday afternoon, signing a four-year deal with the Denver Broncos worth approximately $9.5 million. The contract includes a $600,000 guarantee in his fourth year and a signing bonus of $5,091,860, according to 9News in Denver. It also has a fifth-year team option that can be exercised after hi..>> view originalShawn Stefani, Tom Hoge, Seung-yul Noh share Memphis lead
By TERESA M. WALKERAP Sports Writer Shawn Stefani, Tom Hoge and Seung-yul Noh shared the FedEx St. Jude Classic lead at 5-under 65 on Thursday. Little wind and perfect though fast greens created near perfect scoring conditions at the TPC Southwind. Some extra rough requiring tight shots also provided a good test for players preparing for the U.S. Open next week at Oakmont in Pennsylvania. Hoge had a bogey-free round with five birdies in the morning group. This is only the seco..>> view originalPolice: 4-year-old shot in South Memphis
Police: 4-year-old shot in South Memphis Updated: Jun 9, 2016 - 10:16 PM A four-year-old has been injured in a South Memphis shooting, according to the Memphis Police Department. Police told FOX13 the child was shot in the Philar Apartments on Jacklyn Avenue around 9:21 p.m. The four-year-old was taken to Le Bonheur by private vehicle, and there is no condition report available at this time. Officers are going to the hospital to gather further details regarding the shooting...>> view original
Friday, June 10, 2016
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