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A Memphis police officer is accused of raping a 17 year-old Memphis high school student.
Athletes and fans are not the only ones headed to Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
Schools all over the Mid-South have a growing number of snow days to make up for.
Jay Leno has a message for David Letterman: Thanks.
Even the White House's top spokesman is getting in on the act of mocking former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin for looking to talking points written on her palm during a speech to "tea party" activists.
Toyota is recalling 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems - the latest embarrassing safety lapse at the world's largest automaker.
A man and a woman were shot and injured Tuesday morning during an apparent domestic dispute.
A bill to include motorcycles in the state's "lemon law" for defective vehicles is advancing in the House.
Mississippi lawmakers are considering whether school districts should be banned from starting the academic year before Sept. 1.
Monday was the first time James Gray operated a new, super-sized TDOT snow plow called the "Tow Plow." It's able to clear up to three lanes of traffic at once.
A wintry mix of precipitation will be ending across the Mid-South, chased by very cold temperatures. Most area schools closed Tuesday, although Memphis City Schools remained open.
Financial information for most Tennessee counties is now available online under a new service offered by the state comptroller's office.
People in Southaven say Monday's snow was the biggest they've seen in a number of years. Many families made the most of their snow day.
Watch Andy Wise go to work for a woman ripped off in a car deal, then read his checklist to protect yourself when you buy a vehicle from a private owner.
Toyota is close to recalling as many as 300,000 of its popular Prius hybrids over brake problems, according to Japanese media - a decision that would further embarrass a trusted brand suddenly beset by safety problems.
Early morning snowfall closed schools and made driving dangerous Monday for motorists across Mid-South, and officials believe the worst may still be to come.
Unexpected snowfall meant a day off from school Monday for students in DeSoto County.
If the mayor of Green Bay, Wis., gets his way, the old wooden roller coaster Elvis Presley loved to ride will be rolling north.
Michael Jackson's doctor has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the pop singer's death. Prosecutors announced the charge Monday against Dr. Conrad Murray, a Houston cardiologist who was with Jackson when he died June 25. He faces up to four years in prison if convicted.
Mississippi lawmakers say they're trying to put the brakes on street racing.
Tennessee hospital officials have approved a fee assessment they hope will raise about $200 million and help mitigate severe cuts to the state's expanded Medicaid program.
Tennessee officials are ensuring lawmakers that they're serious about the welfare of youth in their custody following a national report that ranks 1 of their facilities among the top in the nation for sexual abuse.
A Crenshaw police officer was shot late Sunday night while searching for a suspicious person inside a woman's home.
The New Orleans Saints' victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of "M-A-S-H" to become the most-watched program in U.S. television history, the Nielsen Co. said Monday.
Two years after a state law went into effect to penalize employers of undocumented workers, only one business has been formally charged.
The Tennessee House is set to vote on whether to turn back Gov. Phil Bredesen's veto of a bill to limit authority for requiring calorie counts on restaurant menus.
A federal appeals court has upheld Arkansas' lethal injection procedure, finding it is designed "to avoid the needless infliction of pain, not to cause it."
Black farmers are holding a rally in Memphis to ask Congress to approve a $1.15 billion discrimination settlement.
Over-the-road truckers have voted Interstate 40 in Tennessee the best stretch of highway in the country.
Dozens of dogs once living in a suspected puppy mill are on their way to starting a new life.
Some Mid-South roads had yet to recover from the last bout of winter conditions Sunday.
Privacy advocates are worried microchips implanted inside credit cards, access cards and even passports could be a criminal's keys to your castle.
Super Bowl viewers were rubbing their eyes at the sight of a TV spot pairing CBS late-night host David Letterman with longtime NBC archrival Jay Leno, plus media magnate Oprah Winfrey.
Even the long-awaited Super Bowl ad from conservative group Focus on the Family came with a punchline - a hard hit and a soft sell.
An explosion that sounded like a sonic boom blew out walls of an unfinished power plant and set off a fire during a test of natural gas lines Sunday, killing at least five workers and injuring a dozen or more.
The New Orleans Saints stymied Peyton Manning, then intercepted him to seal the Super Bowl, rallying to beat the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 Sunday night.
The documentary about the sanitation strike that brought Martin Luther King, Jr. to Memphis was a big hit at a film festival in Oxford, Mississippi this weekend.
A Mid-South superintendent has been suspended with pay pending the outcome of an exposure investigation.
Police say one person is dead and four critically injured after a shooting outside a nightclub near San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf.
Gov. Phil Bredesen's proposed cuts to the state's expanded Medicaid program would cost state hospitals hundreds of millions of dollars and may force some of them to shut down, health care officials say.
A sci-fi love story has given way to an earthbound romance at the weekend box office.
Memphis Police are on the trail of a serial rapist targeting women in the Northeast part of the city and Shelby County.
Former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton kicked off his campaign for Congress Saturday.
Sarah Palin, in a speech that was short on ideas but big on enthusiasm, took aim at President Barack Obama and the Democrats, telling a gathering of "tea party" activists that America is ripe for another revolution.
Clouds prevented space shuttle Endeavour from blasting off Sunday on the last planned nighttime shuttle launch, delaying its trip with a final few building blocks for the International Space Station.
The documentary based on a Memphis sanitation worker in the 1960's debuted in Oxford this weekend.
The Federal Aviation Administration says a plane towing a glider and another aircraft collided in Colorado, killing at least two people.
A Memphis police officer is the latest victim of a basketball brawl at a local high school.
The Clarksdale, Mississippi Animal Shelter reopened Saturday after an abuse investigation.
Mid-Atlantic residents were buried Saturday from a likely record-setting blizzard the president jokingly called "Snowmageddon," and those brave enough tried to clear a path through the wet, heavy mounds of thigh-high snow.
Officials at the Southern Baptist Convention are concerned the arrest of 10 Baptists in Haiti could make it harder to find volunteers for its missionary and disaster relief work.
Toyota has told dealers it's preparing a plan to repair the brakes on thousands of hybrid Prius cars in the U.S.
Tennessee's largest National Guard unit said goodbye to hundreds of families and friends before their upcoming deployment to Iraq.
The former director of the Memphis Animal Shelter was arrested Friday in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The war of words between 9th Congressional District incumbent Rep. Steve Cohen and his opponent, former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton, is heating up.
A Bartlett attorney is accused of stealing $76,000 from a fund meant for orphaned children and spending it all at a Tunica casino.
Many parents at Ford Road Elementary School Friday did not even know about the charges against one of the faculty members there.
Many believe Thursday's puppy mill bust is proof there is a need for tougher animal cruelty laws in Mississippi.
In a world of fast food choices, Taco Bell claims its new Drive Thru Diet menu is a great choice for those looking to lose weight without giving up that fast food fix. But it's what they're not telling you that may leave you hungry for more.
A hospital spokeswoman says a ninth-grader who was shot by another student during a class change at a north Alabama middle school has died.
The nine-year NBA veteran wants to celebrate being selected to the All-Star team for the first time in his career, so he is giving 500 tickets away to the Grizzlies' final home game before the All-Star break.
According to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, there are only 36 registered Pearl Harbor veterans still alive in Mississippi and Tennessee. One of those survivors, Covington resident Bill Jim Davis, is publishing a book about his unique naval experiences.
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