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  • Mayor laudes bulldozing of blighted Whitehaven apartments

    The Park Place Apartments — long empty, overgrown by vines and strewed with broken glass — seem to Memphis Mayor A C Wharton like a decent enough place for a drug ...

  • Memphis Police Department identifies officers who shot civilian

    According to police, the incident began about 6:40 p.m. when Hunter was pumping gas into his 1993 Chevrolet Caprice Classic. The officers had apparently seen Hunter driving the car before with improper vehicle registration. They approached Hunter, 28, but he got into his car and accelerated, hitting both officers. They opened fire into the car, killing Hunter. Neither officer was seriously ...

  • Two Memphis police officers fired for threatening comments

    Two officers were fired from the Memphis Police Department Wednesday after being on paid leave since February for making "threatening" comments while at their assigned ...

  • MLB St. Louis 5 San Diego 3

    Tyler Lyons allowed a lone run over seven innings in his big league debut Wednesday to bring St. Louis a 5-3 triumph over San Diego. Lyons (1-0) was called up from Class AAA Memphis to make the start and he took advantage of the opportunity, giving up four hits while striking out four and walking one. Prior to Wednesday no team in the majors had reached 30 victories for the season, but two of ...

  • DeSoto County Parent Making Strides for Autism Support

    OLIVE BRANCH, MS (abc24.com) - Every parent prays that his or her child grows to be safe and healthy. You can imagine parents’ anxiety when they learn their toddler has autism.The developmental disorder can affect a child’s mental, emotional, and even physical growth. As the number of those diagnosed continues to rise, it’s forcing school districts to develop unique programs to ...


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  • Memphis area longboarders hope to ride from coast to coast for St. Jude

    Starting Monday, Darrian Balongie, 24, of Memphis and Morgan Dossett, 29, of Bartlett plan to cover 4,300 miles from Boston to San Diego on their skateboards to raise money for St. ...

  • Scarlet letter averted but Memphis still has long fiscal road ahead

    The Memphis City Council meeting was tense. The deadline was tight. Memphis Mayor A C Wharton chose easy-to-understand metaphors to explain a complicated ...

  • Memphis City Schools arrive at roads end

    May 22, 2013 — White Middle School 8th grader Allison Raney, 14, (right) gets emotional as she gives a hug to fellow 8th grader Eve Abraha, 14, outside the school on final day of the 2012-2013 school year. When the students return next year they will no longer be Memphis City Schools students. (Mike Brown/The Commercial ...

  • Scott Phillips to Take Over as Olive Branchs New Mayor

    OLIVE BRANCH, MS (abc24.com) - Long-serving Olive Branch Mayor Sam Rikard did not run for re-election this year. Scott Phillips was voted into office during Tuesday's Republican run-off.That means for the first time in 16 years, there will be a new mayor in Olive Branch's city hall."They've established a small office in city hall to help with the transition," says ...

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