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MemphisSun.com Sunday 5th February 2012 Issue 36/2012
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Train derails in Memphis, no injuries reported
Investigators tell WMC-TV in Memphis that several train cars left the tracks around 6 a.m. Sunday, but no one was injured and no vehicles along the street were damaged...


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Haslam seeks merger of 6 environmental panels
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Gov. Bill Haslam's first effort to reduce state boards will merge six panels with significant environmental duties into three, affecting one with regulatory power over...
Memphis City Schools want local produce
The school district has said it intends to spend $10 million for regional produce next year instead of getting its supply from the federal commodity program and commercial...
Student takes stands against bullying
Seventeen-year-old Jasmine Scruggs told the Chattanooga Times Free Press that she is holding an event later this month to raise awareness that bullying is a problem and to raise money to combat it...
Train Derails On Poplar Avenue
(Memphis 2/5/2011) There are no serious injuries after a train derailement this morning in east Memphis. Several Canadian National Railway cars went off the rail near Mendenhall and...
Seattle planning arena for Kings? FEB 05
09:26 AM ET 02.05 | A wealthy San Francisco hedge-fund manager and officials in the Seattle mayor's office have been working behind the scenes for eight months to bring an NBA team back to the...
Sources: Howard can't make up his mind FEB 05
10:27 AM ET 02.05 | League sources maintain one of the biggest hangups in the Dwight Howard saga is that Howard has yet to fully commit to a destination. "Dwight can't make a...
Mother, daughter injured in Knoxville house fire
The Knoxville Fire Department is investigating a house fire in East Knoxville that sent a mother and her daughter to the hospital Saturday night. According to Capt. D.J. Corcoran, a spokesman for...
UCF Loses Tough Road Matchup to Memphis
Aisha Patrick and Kayli Keough each led the Knights in double digits with 18 points.Gevenia Carter added 10 points and Andrea Hines recorded a career-high 10 rebounds. Erika Jones matched Hines'...
Haslam seeks more control over Tennessee's agencies
In general, critics see Haslam's legislative proposals as an unwarranted assertion of executive political power that undermines the independent operations of agencies. These agencies, they...
Tennessee Department of Transportation offers new maps, smartphone info
"The state map is an important tool for travelers, and this new feature will provide an added convenience by allowing motorists to quickly access real-time traffic information using their...
NHL: Nashville 3, St. Louis 1
Pekka Rinne turned aside 41 shots, including 18 in the final period, backstopping the Nashville Predators' 3-1 verdict over St. Louis Saturday. Rinne earned his 11th straight win with the...
Rinne leads Nashville over St. Louis
Nashville, TN (Sports Network) - Pekka Rinne made 18 of his 41 saves in the third period, as the Nashville Predators took down the St. Louis Blues, 3-1. Rinne is in the midst of a personal 11-game...
Mo' Money Owner Says Be Patient, Tax Refund Checks Will Come
People say Mo’ Money Taxes is withholding their tax refunds after a delay in getting their checks The owner claims the problem lies in a software glitch, but has been fixed He assures people...
Perfect No. 10 Murray St downs Tennessee-Martin
Isaiah Canaan, Latreze Mushatt and Jewuan Long each scored 11 points and 10th-ranked Murray State remained the lone undefeated men's team in Division I, beating Tennessee-Martin 65-58 Saturday...
Perfect Murray State tops Tennessee-Martin
Isaiah Canaan, Latreze Mushatt and Jewuan Long each scored 11 points and 9th-ranked Murray State beat Tennessee-Martin 65-58 Saturday night. The Racers (23-0, 11-0 Ohio Valley Conference) brought...
Mother-Daugher injured in Knoxville house fire
The Knoxville Fire Department is on the scene of a house fire in East Knoxville that sent an elderly mother and her daughter to the hospital with burns on Saturday evening. According to K.P.D....
SWAT standoff ends peacefully near Chattanooga
Hamilton County SWAT negotiators talked a Harrison, Tennessee man out of his home without incident and take him custody. Harrison is a suburb of Chattanooga. A spokeswoman with the Hamilton County...
Knoxville man arrested in connection to bank robbery
A Knoxville man faces federal charges in connection to the robbery of a Knoxville Credit Union. Investigators say 39-year-old Daniel E. Lopez was arrested, without incident, at 5:00 p.m. on...
Knox Co. mayor says trustee should step down
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett says Trustee John Duncan III should resign "if all the allegations are...
Hundreds gather to pray for lower crime
Hundreds pray around the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center Participants say only way to a better Memphis, is prayer Community prayer is the first of...
Judge rules Knox Co. DA's office out of retrial
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A judge has removed the Knox County District Attorney General's Office from the retrial of a convicted rapist as ripples continued from the case of a former judge who...
Great-aunt charged Swain County toddler's death
BRYSON CITY, N.C. (AP) -- The great-aunt of a 15-month-old baby has been charged with murdering the little girl after a yearlong death investigation and an effort to explain why social workers...
Memphis edges Xavier 72-68
Jackson connected on all 12 of his free throws including six in the final 2:12, part of Memphis (16-7) closing the game with a 21-6 rally. Will Barton and Tarik Black finished with 13 points apiece...
Knoxville-based 134th ARW set to lose aircraft in restructuring
NASHVILLE - Maj. Gen. Max Haston, Tennessee's Adjutant General Saturday announced that National Guard Bureau has released limited information on the future missions and force structure of...
Knoxville woman killed in Union County wreck
A Knoxville woman is dead after a one-car crash in Union County. It happened around noon on Friday, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Officials report 38-year-old Julie Sellers was...
Limited access to East Tennessee delayed Union invasion, moved focus west
Library of Congress Wagons like these in Atlanta were the favored form of transportation for Federal generals to bring their armies into East...
Union scores major victories at two Tennessee forts
Modern historians agree that the battles of Forts Henry and Donelson, sometimes called the "Twin Rivers" campaign, were important dominoes that fell early in the conflict, playing a key...
Crews clear most of latest I-40 rock slide in NC
COVE CREEK, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina transportation crews have removed nearly all the 600 tons of rock that fell on to Interstate 40 in North Carolina just three days after a mud and rock slide in...
Work crew begins removal of Ryman Auditorium stage
A crew began gently removing the Nashville landmark's 61-year-old oak floorboards with pry bars Saturday morning. That's the first step in a two-week renovation that will leave the storied...
More seniors turning to entrepreneurship
Factors including an uncertain economy and longevity of life are pushing more seniors into the role of entrepreneur, according to the Memphis Daily News...
Owensboro trying to keep, expand bluegrass center
OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) -- An official in western Kentucky is asking the city of Owensboro to put up $3 million to start a project that would move and expand a bluegrass museum before it moves to...
Burglars Push Her To The Breaking Point, Monday At 10
Burglars have hit her home over and over and over. A security system hasn't stopped them. Neither have security bars. Now she's reached her breaking point. See the drastic step she's...