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Bartlett Germantown approve school referendum for July 16

The actions ended a week in which all six Shelby County suburbs approved ordinances for referendums on the same date. Arlington, Lakeland and Millington have submitted paperwork to the Election Commission. Bartlett, Collierville and Germantown will deliver their requests ...
Shelby County unified school board focuses on its buildings in proposed suburban districts

A unified school board committee on Thursday previewed what promises to become a vigorous debate when it talked about how to dispose of schools within the boundaries of proposed suburban municipal school ...
Olive Branch ceremony to honor fallen Airmen

A repatriation ceremony — the act of returning to the country of citizenship — will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday with a procession from the Olive Branch soccer ...
Classes out for Shelby County Schools ending era of suburban only district

Excited students ran through the halls as they always do on the last day of school, but this year there was a noticeable difference in the goodbyes in Shelby County Schools ...
Bond buy puts DeSoto on track for facilities streamlining

A major overhaul of DeSoto County government facilities expected to take three years will roll on schedule with the Board of Supervisors’ approval of the bid of Stephens Inc. to purchase $10.5 million in general obligation bonds to help finance the ...

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Equus

Sidney Lumet's "Equus" is an incredibly uncomfortably film, both in how it makes the audience feel, and how it plays itself out on screen. Based on the play by Peter Schaffer ("Amadeus"), it tries to maintain its theatrical roots and also expand onto the big screen. It never fully decides what it wants to be, and the results are uneven and unsatisfying. The story is one of the oddest you'll find i ... ...

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Safe in Memphis Fear of faith in police

Police officers and civilians glanced at each other and nodded as coordinators listed the challenges facing the Community-Police Relations ...
2 Dead in Drugstore Shootings in Tennessee

An East Tennessee pharmacy owner and a customer have been killed during a robbery that left a pharmacy tech and another employee wounded. District Attorney Jimmy Dunn said a former police officer in Bean Station was taken into custody shortly after the shooting and robbery Thursday at the Down Home Pharmacy. Dunn said the former officer, 37-year-old Jason B. Holt, took "a large ...
Tenn. bill to allow grocery store wine sales fails

When the recession hit and RV sales plunged (58 percent from 2006 from 2009), unemployment in Goshen, Ind. soared to the highest in the nation: a staggering 20.9 percent in March ...
DeSoto County Adding More Tornado Sirens

DESOTO COUNTY, MS (abc24.com) - What if a tornado like the one that hit Oklahoma struck here? DeSoto County's Emergency Management Agency is asking that question this week.Their goal is to make sure the county is as prepared as possible, that includes being able to warn every citizen of severe weather."I see it really having the potential to save some lives after what happened in ...
Boy Scouts to Accept Openly Gay Boys Gay Adults Still Banned

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) - The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts.Of the local Scout leaders voting at their annual meeting in Texas, more than 60 percent supported the proposal.Under the proposal drafted by the Scouts' governing board, gay adults will remain barred from serving as Scout ...

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Knicks, Pacers, Grizzlies, Thunder in semis

New York, Oklahoma City, Indiana and Memphis all won their first-round NBA playoff series with Game 6 victories, reaching the Conference semifinals.

The New York Knicks got the staggers Friday and almost gave up a 26-point lead but steadied to beat the Boston Celtics 88-80 while Oklahoma City Thunder booked its spot in the last eight for the third straight season by downing the Houston Rockets 103-94, reports Xinhua.

The Indiana Pacers withstood a big final-quarter comeback from Atlanta and beat the Hawks 81-73, and the Memphis Grizzlies completed a comeback from a 0-2 series deficit by beating the Los Angeles Clippers 118-105. With Miami, San Antonio and Golden State already into the next stage, the last spot will be decided when Brooklyn host Chicago in their Game 7.

Boston cut a 49-75 deficit to four points but Carmelo Anthony made a jumper to give New York an 81-75 lead and then sank a 3-pointer. Then J.R. Smith converted a three-point play to restore the double-digit lead the Knicks had nursed most of the game.

Anthony finished with 21 points for the Knicks, who won a playoff series for the first time since the Patrick Ewing era in 2000. They will host the Pacers in Sunday's opening game of their Conference semifinal series. ...