Avery warming to role as mayor, rethinks run

Commercial Appeal - Fri Nov 06

Dottie Jones, director of the county Division of Community Services, jokes with Shelby County Acting Mayor Joyce Avery about removing the photo of A C Wharton at the Raleigh Springs Mall services branch.

Recent Wet Weather Keeps Exterminators Busy

WPTY - Fri Nov 06

Rats, roaches and ants! That's what's keeping local exterminators busy. They say the record rainfall has flooded them with new service requests.

Ramsey wins straw poll among conservatives; Gibbons is last

Memphis Commercial Appeal - Fri Nov 06

Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey today touted his first-place finish among the four Republican gubernatorial candidates in a straw poll at the Tennessee Conservative Union's annual meeting in Knoxville Thursday night.

Indictment Takes Alleged Big Belly Rapist Back To Court

WREG - Thu Nov 05

The man police believe is the "big bellied rapist" is in a Tennessee mental institution.

Cause of Death of Children Killed in House Fire

WPTY - Thu Nov 05

Crime scene tape surrounds a Memphis home on Effie where two children died after they were left home alone when the house burned.

Report released on boys who died in South Memphis fire

Memphis Commercial Appeal - Thu Nov 05

The Shelby County Medical Examiner's Office released today the preliminary results of autopsies on two boys who died in a fire Oct.

Mayoral Candidates Jump In The Hotseat

WLMT - Thu Nov 05

Monday, November 9, 2009, Shelby County Commissioners will pick a new county mayor.

Reaction to Schools' Report Card

WPTY - Wed Nov 04

The head of Memphis City schools wants a longer school year at a big price tag. This, after the district flunked the state's education report card.

The Mayor For Whom No One Voted

WREG - Wed Nov 04

There they sat, all scrubbed and pretty. Four people want to be the next Shelby County Mayor.

Man Indicted in Murder of 11-Month-Old Memphis Boy

WPTY - Tue Nov 03

" Shelby County District Attorney Bill Gibbons announced Tuesday that the state Grand Jury for Shelby County indicted a Memphis man for the February murder of a young child who was left in the defendant's care.