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Fired Memphis teacher challenges the system
May 14, 2013 — Former Memphis City Schools English teacher, Jacqueline Harrison, looks over the petition she penned in hopes of changing the county’s process for tenure hearings at the Memphis Education Association offices. Memphis Education Association President Keith Williams is worried that 1,000 teachers in the unified school district will be axed this month as the district ...
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Second annual Armed Forces Day Costume Tour at Elmwood Cemetery shares history stories of the dead
May 18, 2013 — Cookie Swain (left) portrays Felicia Lee Thornton Shover as she talks with Barbara Christensen during the second annual Armed Forces Day costume tour at Elmwood Cemetery. Felicia Lee, who is buried at Elmwood, was a cousin of Robert E. Lee who ran a lucrative mule shipping business which she used to help smuggle medicine and supplies to Confederate troops during the Civil ...
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Retailer opens Olive Branch distribution center
A Philadelphia-based value retailer that held a grand opening celebration recently for its Olive Branch distribution center has plans for other area stores as ...
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Olive Branch honors fallen officers with public input
Olive Branch police memorialized their fallen comrades recently by inviting the public into their headquarters to conspire to fight crime ...
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Immigration reform to be subject of Latino Memphis round-table discussion
With his graduation from Kingsbury High School Saturday, Dante Bonilla became closer to his dream of being the first person in his family to attend college. The 18-year-old has received a full scholarship to Victory University in Memphis, where he plans to study psychology and history in the ...
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Tennessee faces future following flood
Tennessee suffered in May 2010 when floods displaced thousands of people and killed several dozen, creating heartache and anxiety across the state and destroying infrastructure and communities. Now, as the state begins to recover, the events of May will play an important part in how the state prepares for the future.
Tennessee’s Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR) has declared that tens of billions of dollars are needed in investment to the state’s public infrastructure in order to prepare for the demands of the future, even as vast sections of the state continue to feel the effects of the devastating floods that hit Tennessee early in 2010. Read more
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