Tuesday, July 18, 2017

A century later, legacy of WWI lives on in Memphis and other top stories.

  • A century later, legacy of WWI lives on in Memphis

    A century later, legacy of WWI lives on in Memphis
    CLOSEMARKING 100 YEARS SINCE THE U.S. ENTERED WORLD WAR I100 years ago, the United States entered WWI | 2:00Here's a look at the U.S. involvement in WWI, which began on April 6, 1917, with a declaration of war against Germany. USA TODAY1 of 2CLOSEMARKING 100 YEARS SINCE THE U.S. ENTERED WORLD WAR I4 memorable quotes that help define World War I | 1:04April 6, 2017 marks the 100-year anniversary of the United States' entry into World War I. Here are four quote..
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  • AG opinions put Memphis ASD students in limbo

    AG opinions put Memphis ASD students in limbo
    Buy PhotoAspire Coleman Elementary School sixth grade humanities teacher Arion Clanton (left) helps students with a lesson on the Odyssey during a unit on Greek mythology and history Wednesday afternoon. Coleman is trying to add an 8th grade to round out it's middle school and keep older students from having to transfer twice before they get to high school.(Photo: Jim Weber/The Commercial Appeal)Buy PhotoStory Highlights36 Coleman students and 37 Florida-Kansas students don't know where they wil..
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  • Memphis industrial space remains in demand

    Memphis industrial space remains in demand
    Developer Core 5's two speculative warehouses planned for Horn Lake is among the strong industrial activity in the Memphis area.(Photo: Core 5)The Memphis-area market for industrial real estate remains strong, having just recorded its 15th consecutive positive quarter in the demand for space, according to a report released Wednesday by CBRE."Memphis has significant market activity and low available inventory, which means developers would benefit from capitalizing on the lack of supply in order t..
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  • 'Banned in Memphis' returns once-censored films to screen

    'Banned in Memphis' returns once-censored films to screen
    H.B. Warner is "The King of Kings," Jesus Christ, in the 1927 Cecil B. DeMille film, which screens Wednesday at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.(Photo: The Criterion Collection)In 1947, Lloyd T. Binford, chairman of the Memphis Board of Censors, sent a letter to David O. Selznick with his opinion of the Hollywood producer's latest would-be blockbuster, the Technicolor "Duel in the Sun," starring Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones.''This production contains all the impurities of the foulest human d..
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  • Memphis Census News is Troubling

    Memphis Census News is Troubling
    For the last week or so, local residents have been digesting the news from the U.S. Census Bureau that the metropolitan Memphis area, encompassing nine counties in three states, managed to increase its population by the grand total of 888 people during the period July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016. This was troubling news to the boosters among us, especially since the Memphis figures compare unfavorably to the other major cities in Tennessee. We have known for some time that Nashville, aga..
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  • 'Step Brothers 3': Don Trip, Starlito continue Memphis/Nashville union

    'Step Brothers 3': Don Trip, Starlito continue Memphis/Nashville union
    Tennessee rappers Don Trip and Starlito serve up another winner with "Step Brothers Three."(Photo: Handout)For Memphis rapper Don Trip and Nashville MC Starlito, the secret to their successful collaboration as hip-hop duo Step Brothers is a simple one.“When we came up with this idea, we didn’t ask nobody, we didn’t have to answer to nobody, we just did it,” says Don Trip. “And we knew the only resources we needed was each other.”The pair recently released their third album together, "Step Brothe..
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  • Memphis police identify 4 recent homicide victims

    Memphis police identify 4 recent homicide victims
    Crime(Photo: The Jackson Sun)Memphis police have released the names of four recent homicide victims all killed in separate incidents last month.On March 5, Uti Makasini, 23, of Redwood, California, was shot and killed during a robbery at the Fairfield Inn & Suites at 6010 Macon Cove near Sycamore View and Interstate 40.Police said the preliminary investigation showed that Makasini was on the phone with an unknown person possibly making arrangements for a drug transaction. After he hung up, two m..
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  • Memphis man charged after falsifying information on election ...

    Memphis man charged after falsifying information on election ...
    by: Jeremy Pierre Updated: Apr 5, 2017 - 10:18 PM MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A Memphis man is in jail charged with a felony after the Shelby County Election Commission found they were given some false information. James Dennis McKinnie faced a judge Wednesday morning for his impersonation charge. False information was given to the commission in December of last year. The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office told FOX13 James Dennis McKinnie in December changed his address and name to Jadavant Jeditz ..
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  • Here's Your Memphis "Aaaww" For the Day

    Here's Your Memphis
    click to enlarge Courtesy of The Memphis Zoo The hippopotamus family at the Memphis zoo just got a little bit larger — in every sense of the word — with the birth of a 76-pound female calf to "Binti", one of the zoo's female Nile hippos. The calf, who has yet to be named, will make her debut at the zoo on Friday, April 7, at 8:00 a.m. in the $22.4 million exhibit, Zambezi River Hippo Camp. ..
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  • Sprouts confirms East Memphis store, announces opening

    Sprouts confirms East Memphis store, announces opening
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The Daily 202: With Obamacare repeal, House Budget Committee chair seeks to accomplish what she ran on .Tennessee's first IKEA opens in Memphis .
Stephen Gostkowski inducted into Memphis' Hall of Fame .Memphis Falls to Mississippi State Tuesday at AutoZone Park .

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