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  • The Addams Family wraps up Broadway at the Tennessee series News Sentinel

    The creepy, kooky "Addams Family" dance their dark family dynamics into the Tennessee Theatre May 31-June 1. The musical starring Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Lurch, Pugsley, Uncle Fester and Grandma is the last of the theater's 2012-13 Broadway at the Tennessee ...

  • Memphians Show Heart in Giving to Oklahoma Tornado Victims

    MEMPHIS, TN (abc24.com) - The best of Memphis was on display Friday morning. Dozens woke up bright and early to load a truck full of donations for Oklahoma tornado victims.When Newby's owner Todd Adams started collecting donations Tuesday, he didn't know what would happen. The end result was Memphians of all ages showing our city's heart."People have donated and donated and ...

  • The MED to Start Violence Intervention Program

    MEMPHIS, TN (abc24.com) - The old saying is revenge is a dish best served cold. And in Memphis, we serve up a lot of cold dishes - revenge and deadly violence go hand in hand. But there's a new soldier in the war on crime in the Bluff City: The MED.Respect is something most of us earn. Sometimes on the streets of Memphis, respect is thought to be earned with a gun and violence. Now when ...

  • Seven Memphis motels closed for prostitution other crimes

    May 24, 2013 — Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich (left) and Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong talk before a press conference in the parking lot of the Summer Motel on Summer Ave. after it was closed by authorities along with six other motels deemed public nuisances. Police have responded hundreds of times to the motels for complaints from theft to forcible rape and ...

  • Safe in Memphis Ex-robber rapper takes on youth violence

    Rapper Derrick Harris a. k. a Lil Noid talks with Pat Mitchell Worley, director of communications and development at the Memphis Music Foundation, located on S. Main St. Harris was one of the original members of the Memphis rap group Three 6 Mafia, he now works with youth in the city to help turn them toward more positive things instead of gangs and violence. (Aaron Turner/ Special to The ...


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  • Code Orange ozone alert for Memphis area this weekend

    Little cloud coverage led health and environment officials to declare a "Code Orange" for ozone levels Saturday. Officials will continue to keep a close eye on the ozone conditions for the weekend, even though they are expected to decrease to a safer level Sunday, said Michael Goldstein, air pollution meteorologist for the Shelby County Health ...

  • Schools out Colliervilles spray parks open

    May 23, 2013 - Johnson Spray Park at 419 Johnson Park Drive was full of activity Thursday as residents took advantage of the Collierville spray park. (The Commercial Appeal/Mike Maple) Collierville opened its two spray parks this week, just in time for summer ...

  • Victims shot after drugs handed over at Tennessee pharmacy DA says

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Prosecutors say a Tennessee pharmacy owner killed during a robbery had handed over several bottles of oxycodone before he was shot to death. Grainger County District Attorney General Jimmy Dunn made the comments Friday, one day after the owner of Down Home Pharmacy in Bean Station, a town in East Tennessee, was killed during the robbery. Police say a customer was also ...

  • Memphis Family Turns Love for Grizzlies into Booming Business

    MEMPHIS, TN (abc24.com) - A local family has turned their love for the Grizzlies into a booming Grizz-wear business.You've probably seen the Hoop City shirts around town. They're about Memphis and 100% made in Memphis."We were nicknamed Hoop City," says Tim Flowers. "We wanted to have a t-shirt that said in fact that, Hoop City." But Flowers couldn't find one ...

  • Owners of Club 152 on Beale Street Strike Deal to Reopen

    MEMPHIS, TN (abc24.com) - The popular Beale Street hot spot Club 152 will be back open for business Friday, after the club was shut down by the District Attorney's office last week for drug activity.Police shut down the club Thursday, May 16, after an undercover operation revealed illicit drug sales by club employees. Investigators say undercover officers purchased illegal drugs on at least ...

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