Clarksville Property Taxes Won't Go Up
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:10:12
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- Homeowners in Clarksville can breathe a bit easier: Their property taxes aren't going up.The City Council approved a $71 million budget Thursday night.The mayor said with the eco...
Officials Say Memphis Crime Rate Distorted
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:00:19
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis officials say the city's high crime rate is distorted by the methods used to report crime. The city often is listed as one of the most crime-ridden cities in various n...
Man Charged In Fatal Boat Collision In Tennessee
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:00:17
David Phelps PARIS, Tenn. (AP) - A man has been charged in a boating collision in Henry County that killed one woman and injured her daughter. Henry County Sheriff Monte Belew told WBBJ-TV in Jac...
Hospital Donates Breast Pump To Zoo Elephant
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:00:17
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Just like human children, baby elephants need important antibodies and nutrients found in its mother's milk. With an elephant expected to be born soon at the Memphis Zoo, a lo...
Grizzlies announce Summer League schedule and roster
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:05:27
summer league roster , headlined by 2009 draft selections Hasheem Thabeet, DeMarre Carroll and Sam Young along with Grizzlies veterans Darrell Arthur and Hamed Haddadi, which will compete in the 2009 ...
Veterans worry about future of cemetery
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:40:26
Ronnie Williams, president of the Chattanooga Area Veterans Council, says veterans don't want to go the way of Nashville and Knoxville national cemeteries, which are closed to new burials except if th...
Fort Campbell soldiers invited to Obama barbecue
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:40:25
The boss, also known as President Barack Obama, has invited 25 Fort Campbell, Ky., soldiers and their families to join him for the White House Salute to the Military on Saturday.
Woman Gets $13,000 Phone Bill in Tennessee
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:33:06
CHURCH HILL, Tenn. (AP) -- Shirley Ann Billings of Church Hill talks on her cell phone, but not at a cost of more than $13,000.She reported to the Hawkins County Sheriff's Office that she'd received a...
Missing Knoxville soldier found in Memphis
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:31:10
Letner, 20, who is stationed at the U.S. army base in Fort Hood, Texas, had attended his father's funeral in Knoxville and was due back Tuesday morning in Fort Hood.
4 decades later, freedom rider returns to Miss.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:36:15
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Corey Carter could hear snippets of music in his head - a calm and subtle melody that hadn't found its shape. The 19-year-old college student simply needed a hero to visualize b...