Sunday, May 19 2013 7:45 AM EDT2013-05-19 11:45:19 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Grizzlies will begin its series against the San Antonio Spurs Sunday afternoon. Tickets for the first game in the series at FedExForum will go on sale Saturday at noon. Playoff ticketsMore >>
Tickets for the first game in the series at FedExForum were gone in less than an hour, marking the team's sixteenth and seventeenth postseason sellouts.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 7:30 AM EDT2013-05-19 11:30:18 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Grizz will face the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals. The Spurs defeated the Golden State Warriors Thursday night 94-82. This is not the first time the Grit and GrindMore >>
The Grizz will face the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals this afternoon at 2:30 p.m. More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 10:46 PM EDT2013-05-19 02:46:03 GMT
Grand Champions Sweet Swine O'Mine Championship BBQ Team Hot Wings 1st Place: Smoking Razorbacks 2nd Place: Prime Time BBQ 3rd Place: Suspicious RindsPatio Porkers 1st Place: Southaven Meathogs 2ndMore >>
Grand Champions Sweet Swine O'Mine Championship BBQ Team Hot Wings 1st Place: Smoking Razorbacks 2nd Place: Prime Time BBQ 3rd Place: Suspicious RindsPatio Porkers 1st Place: Southaven Meathogs 2ndMore >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 9:26 PM EDT2013-05-19 01:26:22 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Members of two Memphis gangs were convicted yesterday of first degree murder, especially aggravated robbery and criminal attempt to commit voluntary manslaughter. Cedric Mims, 17, and AllenMore >>
Members of two Memphis gangs were convicted yesterday of first degree murder, especially aggravated robbery and criminal attempt to commit voluntary manslaughter.More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 7:44 PM EDT2013-05-18 23:44:16 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Memphis City Schools' top teachers are being honored in a new exhibit. In the South Main Arts District today MCS unveiled the multimedia exhibit titled "I teach. I am...an Irreplaceable." TheMore >>
Memphis City Schools' top teachers are being honored in a new exhibit.More >>
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) - The Shelby County Commission will have its hands full with school merger matters Monday.
Commissioners will vote on four resolutions in the controversial March 8 referendum to transfer Memphis City Schools to the county.
The resolutions began in committee last week, and prompted Commissioner Wyatt Bunker to storm out of the meeting twice.
Shelby County Commissioner Mike Ritz said he has not seen a debate of this magnitude in his four years on the board.
"This is the most intense," said Ritz. "Every few hours it changes."
The game changed Wednesday when the governor signed a law to delay the actual transition of the school merger for 30 months, and to lift the ban on special school districts at that time. It changed again Thursday when the Memphis City Council voted to dissolve the school system, which takes effect after Memphis voters go to the polls on that same vote March 8.
The county commission will begin the process of appointing an interim unified school board Monday.
"Frankly, I think we will do it faster now because of what happened Thursday night with the council vote," said Ritz.
If the merger passes, the county commission will begin redistricting schools. They will then appoint 20 new members, all representing Memphis, to the interim unified school board.
The seven current Shelby County School Board members remain in place.
"That's the one-man, one-vote balance," said Ritz. "So 20 have to come from Memphis and seven from the county."
It is unclear if the commission will appoint any sitting Memphis City School Board members to the unified school board. Memphis school board members will lose their seats if the merger passes.
In addition to the interim unified school board appointments, the commission will begin establishing a Unified Education Planning Commission, consider hiring an independent attorney to represent them in merger matters and vote on a resolution to oppose the General Assembly's action to delay the transition.
Click here to see how much you would take home depending on which state you bought your winning lottery ticket in. BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Millions of people try their luck on big lottery games likeMore >>
Millions of people try their luck on big lottery games like Powerball every week. We wonder what the odds actually are that you'll choose the winning combinations. WAFB's Keitha Nelson talks with an expert on numbers.More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 9:26 PM EDT2013-05-19 01:26:22 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Members of two Memphis gangs were convicted yesterday of first degree murder, especially aggravated robbery and criminal attempt to commit voluntary manslaughter. Cedric Mims, 17, and AllenMore >>
Members of two Memphis gangs were convicted yesterday of first degree murder, especially aggravated robbery and criminal attempt to commit voluntary manslaughter.More >>
It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials...More >>
Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million - the highest Powerball jackpot in history.More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 7:24 PM EDT2013-05-18 23:24:52 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Hurricane is home.The Hunt family was reunited with their three-year-old English bulldog today at Memphis Animal Services.MAS is reviewing video footage to see who turned the dog in.The dogMore >>
The Hunt family was reunited with their three-year-old English bulldog today at Memphis Animal Services.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 7:30 AM EDT2013-05-19 11:30:18 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Grizz will face the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals. The Spurs defeated the Golden State Warriors Thursday night 94-82. This is not the first time the Grit and GrindMore >>
The Grizz will face the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals this afternoon at 2:30 p.m. More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 7:24 PM EDT2013-05-18 23:24:17 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Timothy Pollard and his family started waiting in line for Grizzlies tickets at five Saturday morning. "10 of us, a bunch of us with sandwiches and food because we had already made a plan thatMore >>
Some Grizzlies fans are deterred by the higher cost of playoff tickets.More >>
At the corner of Plank Rd. and Scenic Highway sits a Chevron gas station. It's off I-110 near Memorial Stadium. Around 10 p.m.Sunday, a family stopped here to get gas. "Upon our arrival, we located threeMore >>
A man said he, his wife and his daughter were all punched because they were in the "wrong neighborhood" when they stopped to get gas at night. More >>
Friday, May 17 2013 11:29 PM EDT2013-05-18 03:29:02 GMT
(WMC TV) - Same boss. Same newspaper ad. Same consumer warning. Only the name of the company -- and the boss's conscience -- has seemed to change. "More >>
We knew there was something more to this company's sales pitch than just a name change.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 7:45 AM EDT2013-05-19 11:45:19 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Grizzlies will begin its series against the San Antonio Spurs Sunday afternoon. Tickets for the first game in the series at FedExForum will go on sale Saturday at noon. Playoff ticketsMore >>
Tickets for the first game in the series at FedExForum were gone in less than an hour, marking the team's sixteenth and seventeenth postseason sellouts.More >>
Friday, May 17 2013 5:15 PM EDT2013-05-17 21:15:48 GMT
(WMC-TV) - There is a push for immigration reform happening in the Mid-South. Latino Memphis is hosting an immigration reform round-table discussion Monday. It is a topic that has fired up a nationalMore >>
Latino Memphis is hosting an immigration reform round-table discussion Monday. It is a topic that has fired up a national debate.More >>
