More on the University of Memphis' football recruiting philosophy and other top stories.

• More on the University of Memphis' football recruiting philosophy

  By Tom Schad of The Commercial Appeal In Sunday's paper, we took a behind-the-scenes look at the recruiting process by shadowing Memphis inside linebackers coach Dan Lanning for a day during the spring evaluation period. It's a story about Clif Bars, Rihanna, thank-you notes and lots of other nuggets from the day-to-day grind of the process. If you missed it, be sure to check it out here. While reporting that story, I asked Lanning and Memphis coach Mike Norvell lots of general questions about ..

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• Suspect charged in death of Memphis officer

  

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• Memphis Misses Promise Zone List

  

  VOL. 131 | NO. 113 | Tuesday, June 07, 2016 Memphis Misses Promise Zone List By Bill Dries Updated 3:04PM Memphis wasn’t on the list announced Monday, June 6, of nine communities – including Nashville – that will receive federal Promise Zone assistance from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. But Memphis is getting some technical assistance from federal officials for its next Promise Zone application, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen said Monday. The ..

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• Cardinals send Kolten Wong down to Triple-A Memphis

  

  × Cardinals send Kolten Wong down to Triple-A Memphis ST. LOUIS, MO-The St. Louis Cardinals optioned second baseman Kolten Wong to Triple-A Memphis following Sunday night’s 6-3 win over San Francisco. The move opens up space on the team’s 25-man active roster for the anticipated activation off the disabled list of infielder Jhonny Peralta. Wong, 25, appeared in 49 games, starting 35, with St. Louis this season, batting .222 (28-126). Peralta injured his left thumb on March 5 during a ..

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• Reviewing priorities Here's what happened to the original 69 priority ...

  

  When Tennessee issued its first list of “priority schools” — the lowest-performing 5 percent of schools in the state — Memphis emerged as the battleground for school turnaround work. The city was home to 69 of the 83 schools identified by the Tennessee Department of Education in 2012 as eligible for intervention by the state-run Achievement School District or inclusion in a local Innovation Zone. Almost four years later, only 15 of the original schools are still operating without such intervent..

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• City Council preview: SkyCops, minority participation and FedEx ...

  

  [Editor's note: Starting this week, reporter Michelle Corbet will be previewing highlights from each Memphis City Council meeting agenda.] When the Memphis ...

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• Prison breakout investigation blames employees' complacency

  

  By MICHAEL VIRTANENAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - An investigation into the escape of two murderers from an upstate prison last year concluded Monday that chronic staff complacency, complicit employees and failures of basic security procedures were to blame. State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott's report about the breakout of David Sweat and Richard Matt said security lapses at the maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility at Dannemora, 25 miles south of the..

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• Police continue search for suspected murderer of Memphis mother

  

  Police continue search for suspected murderer of Memphis mother Updated: Jun 6, 2016 - 3:11 PM A Memphis mother was kidnapped and killed this weekend, and police are still searching for the one-time boyfriend of Zeneatrice Crawford. Monday morning, the sister-in-law of Crawford stood outside her Hubert Avenue home in tears. She told FOX 13 Crawford's children are not doing so well. In fact, Crawford's 10-year-old daughter, along with another child, were abducted at the same ..

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• Verso announces plans for new CEO

  

  David Paterson, the company's president and CEO, has informed Verso's board of directors that he will transition to chairman of the board when the company ...

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• 10 sentenced on drug trafficking in Tenn.

  

  The Jackson Sun 12:03 p.m. CDT June 6, 2016Buy PhotoPolice news(Photo: The Jackson Sun)Buy PhotoTen defendants in a multi-state narcotics trafficking conspiracy have been collectively sentenced to more than 590 months in federal prison. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentences in a news release Monday.According to information presented in court, between August 2014 and June 2015, the defendants conspired with each other to d..

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