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The national head of the NAACP got a standing ovation at FedEx Wednesday when he spoke at a company-wide forum on diversity.
Divorce documents for Mo' Money Taxes owner Markey Granberry point to lavish homes, cars, and a stash of money.
Memphis police arrested two adults and four teenagers for breaking into a high school and stealing dozens of computers.
Four men were arrested for using Khat, an illegal drug you chew.
Collierville police came together with dozens of people Wednesday morning to help keep children safe from sex predators.
Major progress has been made on the Beale Street Landing projects in the last few months.
A Memphis man wants his good name cleared after it was stolen and dragged through the mud. It's a case of identity theft that cost an innocent man time in the county jail.
According to Memphis City Schools, 80 to 90 students at Central High School received one-day suspensions Tuesday for violating the school's dress code.
ServiceMaster announced they want to fill 100 full-time positions in the Mid-South by August.
The City of Arlington will become the first Shelby County suburb to put the creation of a municipal school district up for a vote.
Memphis Mayor A C Wharton announced the appointment of a new interim animal shelter director Wednesday.
Syrian gunners pounded an opposition stronghold where the last dispatches from a veteran American-born war correspondent chronicled the suffering of civilians caught in the relentless shelling. An intense morning barrage...
He was born an Outlaw, but that's now what landed one Memphis man behind bars at 201 Poplar earlier today.
Andy Wise shares the web resources that get your children -- and your lost loved ones -- off nagging mailing lists for good.
Police say a woman was not seriously hurt when she fell asleep in the drive-thru lane of McDonald's and crashed into another restaurant. She did, however, have outstanding warrants.
Republican Gov. Bill Haslam says he expects lawmakers to pass a bill this year to force businesses to allow workers to store firearms in vehicles parked on company lots.
Two people are in custody after Pennsylvania police found dismembered dogs, weapons and books on the occult inside a couple's home.
President Barack Obama says a new national black history museum will help future generations remember the sometimes difficult, often inspirational role, that African Americans have played in the nation's history.
Helen of Troy had the face that launched a thousand ships. University of Alabama freshman Jack Blankenship has The Face that launched a thousand "bricks." His distorted, contorted and aghast expression could stop a clock.
When Michael Rorrer found 345 comic books neatly stacked in a basement closet as he cleaned out his great aunt's Virginia home after her death, he thought they were cool but didn't think much about their value.
Lawyers for the daughter of Moammar Gadhafi have filed a formal petition at the International Criminal Court seeking an authorized copy of the former Libyan leader's death certificate.
Mississippi authorities want to set March execution dates for two prisoners.
Lawmakers are lamenting Gov. Bill Haslam's proposal to change Tennessee's civil service law, saying it would eliminate preference given to military veterans.
A surging Rick Santorum is running even with Mitt Romney atop the Republican presidential field, but neither candidate is faring well against President Barack Obama eight months before Americans vote, a new survey shows.
A television music and travel series highlighting Tennessee is set for international broadcast beginning Friday.
A man accused of killing a 16-year-old girl he met online whose body was found stuffed into a barrel in western Arkansas has been charged with first-degree murder.
Four more bodies were found aboard the shipwrecked Costa Concordia a month after the cruise liner struck rocks off the coast of Italy.
A father is accused of chaining his daughter to a bed for five weeks with a dog leash and a short piece of chain. He said it was the only thing that kept the child safe.
The stakes are high for the final four Republican presidential candidates taking part in tonight's Arizona debate - the final debate before Super Tuesday.
An Indiana state legislator said he refused to honor the Girl Scouts for its 100th anniversary because they are a "radicalized organization" that supports abortion.
Online product reviews can help or hurt a business.
According to researchers from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, high fructose corn syrup sweeteners should not get all the blame for weight gain.
President Barack Obama joined musicians Mick Jagger, B.B. King and Buddy Guy in rocking the White House Tuesday night.
Angry Southaven residents filled the city's board of alderman meeting to demand the mayor's resignation again Tuesday night and question him about money.
He was off-duty, but investigators say a Shelby County Sheriff's Deputy was driving his department vehicle when he was arrested for drunk driving late Monday afternoon.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Covington Police Department are investigating the city's first homicide of the year and the case has a close connection to 2010's Henning post office murders.
A 13-year-old boy is expected to recover after he was shot in the leg Monday night. Now his father is on the run after witnesses told officers he was the one who pulled the trigger.
Drivers can breathe a sigh of relief the next time they find themselves approaching an accident because TDOT wants crashes along Tennessee highways cleaned up in 90 minutes.
Tennessee state Rep. John DeBerry is under fire for supporting the state's "Don't Say Gay" bill. Now opponents of the bill are targeting him.
Lawmakers are lamenting Gov. Bill Haslam's proposal to change Tennessee's civil service law, saying it would eliminate preference given to military veterans.
Rising gas prices are hurting everyone at the pumps, but if they continue to soar you may be paying more for your favorite foods or flowers.
Thousands of private tax documents were found dumped behind a Mo' Money Taxes location Monday after the landlord's leasing office said the company was evicted for not paying their rent.
Neighbors along a dead end road in Tipton County say they're tired of reaching a dead end at city hall when it comes to paving their street.
The FBI has asked a federal judge in Memphis to reconsider an order directing the agency to produce an index of records of informant Ernest Withers.
They're accused of killing four people, including a former Memphis police officer, and investigators say two members of the killing crew are brothers.
Hundreds of people turned out Tuesday for a chance at employment. In fact, some people camped out all night just to be first in line when the Great American Steamboat Company began accepting applications.
It's considered the largest multi-state settlement since the tobacco settlement in 1998. The federal government and attorneys general reached a landmark settlement of $25 billion with the five major banks.
Memphis City Council members are fired up over a federal mandate barring vehicles from passing inspection if their "Service Engine Soon" light is on.
Leaders of the nation's largest Protestant denomination have endorsed an optional alternative name for the Southern Baptist Convention: Great Commission Baptists.
Supporters of a measure to ban the teaching of gay issues to elementary and middle school students have put off consideration of the bill after being told of fellow Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's concerns about the bill.
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