FedEx cuts 4Q profit forecast, blames fuel costs
Fri, 09 May 2008 18:50:36
News ) cut its fourth-quarter earnings expectations Friday, blaming continuing increases in fuel costs.The Memphis-based shipping company said it expects profits of $1.45 to $1.50 per share for the th...
Driver gets in wreck, sees his home catch fire, gets ticket
Fri, 09 May 2008 18:50:33
Justin Hill was turning into his driveway. Minutes later he was being flown to a hospital as his home went up in flames. Then he got a traffic ticket.Hill, 42, got into a crash after turning into the ...
GOP proposal on judicial selection changes faces deadlock
Fri, 09 May 2008 17:15:03
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Republican-led effort to overhaul the state's method of selecting appellate court candidates appears to be running out of steam. Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey, a Blountville ...
First members of 101st to die in Afghanistan identified
Fri, 09 May 2008 17:14:58
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - The first members of the 101st Airborne Division out of Fort Campbell to die in Afghanistan have been identified and one is a Kentuckian. The Defense Department confirms ...
IDI gets Foreign Trade Zone in West Memphis
Fri, 09 May 2008 16:55:41
's West Memphis complex has been named a Foreign Trade Zone. The 340 acres of industrial land, known as Interstate Commerce Center, is the fourth general purpose Foreign Trade Zone in the region. ...
Mid-South Teacher Accused of Sex With Student
Fri, 09 May 2008 14:13:36
george.brown@wreg.com (Tiptonville, TN 5/9/2008) A science and math teacher at Lake County High School has been suspended after allegations she had sex with a student. According to Superintendent Joey...
Area home sales continue decline, down 28% from April last year
Fri, 09 May 2008 13:11:18
Home sales continued to tumble in April compared to last year, dropping 28 percent in Middle Tennessee. New sales figures from the Greater Nashville Association of Realtors show 2,135 homes sold in ...
Buckley named Wilson Bank & Trust Southern Region president
Fri, 09 May 2008 13:11:17
's Southern Region. He most recently served as regional president for the bank's Eastern Region in DeKalb, Smith and Trousdale Counties. Buckley will oversee the bank's Murfreesboro and Smyrna ope...
Titans ready to look toward future
Fri, 09 May 2008 11:11:35
Tennessee Titans have some salary cap space for 2008 and would like to use it on some of their own players.The Titans held a minicamp with a closed session Thursday and an open practice Friday without...
Country music superstar Eddy Arnold dies at 89
Fri, 09 May 2008 11:11:34
(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey,File)** In this Jan. 18, 2002 file photo, country music legend Eddy Arnold is shown in his memorabilia-filled office in Brentwood, Tenn. Arnold died at a care facility near Nas...