Wrestler Jerry “The King” Lawler, fiance arrested and other top stories.

• Wrestler Jerry “The King” Lawler, fiance arrested

  Please enable Javascript to watch this video MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Memphis wrestling legend Jerry "The King" Lawler and his fiance, Lauryn McBride, are facing domestic assault charges, and it appears to be a big case of he said, she said. Police responded to a 911 hangup call to the couples East Memphis home Thursday night. According to the affidavit, the two were involved in a violent confrontation at Lawler's home on St. Nick Dr. in East Memphis. McBride claimed Lawler struck her in the he..

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• Memphis woman charged with killing pedestrian has 7 previous DUI ...

  

  Linda Cartwright × Memphis woman charged with killing pedestrian has 7 previous DUI convictions MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A woman charged with hitting and killing a man Thursday night has seven previous DUI convictions according to an affidavit. Police say Linda Cartwright, 55, admitted to hitting a person just before 10:30 p.m. Thursday at Brooks and Coughlin. Police say the unidentified person died at the scene. Witnesses told police they saw the car that hit the person pull into the Wheel Est..

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• Crowdfunding Campaign Launched to Bring Mrs. Winners to Memphis

  

  click to enlarge Back in February, Mrs. Winners president John Buttolph announced he was looking for franchisees to bring Mrs. Winners back to the Memphis market. The chain, which specializes in chicken and biscuits, went into bankruptcy in 2010, closing its Memphis locations.  Rachel Pedersen, who is the social media director of Mrs. Winners, wants to be that franchisee.  "I monitor all the social media channels, and one thing I noticed was that Memphis was not just asking but beg..

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• Memphis sweeps top three weekly home sales

  

  A Memphis home cracked the seven-figure threshold to take first place in the weekly top home sales. Located on Chartwell Cove in the Memphis 38120 ZIP ...

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• Carnival Memphis raises $126000 in Children's Charities Initiative

  

  By Michael Donahue of The Commercial Appeal "Hip hip hooray!" is Carnival Memphis' way of saluting its royalty. The recipients of this year's Carnival Children's Charities Initiative probably used some variation of those words when they heard how much was raised for their organizations at a party held June 8 at the Stax Music Academy gymnasium. The $126,000 total, raised by Carnival Memphis and its grand krewes and the Boll Weevils, is the most money raised since the inception of the initiative..

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• nexAir to Lease Space in Crosstown Concourse

  

  click to enlarge Atmospheric gas and welding supply distributor nexAir announced on Friday that it has signed a letter of intent to lease office space in Crosstown Concourse. The company's current headquarters are located near the airport area, but nexAir will move its operation and its 65 employees to a 33,000 square-foot space in the 1.1 million-square-foot former Sears headquarters. Dubbed a "vertical urban village," Crosstown Concourse will house multiple businesses related to health, ..

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