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Shelby County Trustee offers to collect taxes
Shelby County Trustee David Lenoir collects county property taxes, and he's now offering to collect current and past-due taxes for the city of Memphis in exchange for an annual fee of $1.25 million.
Bartlett Mayor Doesn't Buy Ritz Report
Memphis, Tn - Following a report by Shelby County Commissioner Mike Ritz that claims suburban municipalities might see their property taxes double, or even quadruple, one Mayor is speaking out.
Arlington eyes update for historic Depot Square
Susan Wilson Hoggard, the great-granddaughter of S.Y. Wilson , tends to business at S.Y. Wilson and Co.
Ritz Survey Says School Consultants Low-balled Costs for New Municipal School Districts
In a study prepared for presentation to the Shelby County Commission's general government committee on Wednesday, District 1 Commissioner Mike Ritz, a Germantown Republican, offered some sobering fiscal warnings to suburbanites considering the establishment of municipal school districts for their communities.
Suburbs pushing vote on Aug. 2
Today was supposed to be the day suburban voters went to the polls to decide if they wanted to start their own school districts.
Sheriff's Office asks for help
About 145 of the men and women wearing the uniforms of Shelby County sheriff's deputies, including guns, are technically getting paid $1 a year.
Explosions hit Craigmont High, Kroger store in Arlington
May 3, 2012 - School personnel and fire officials wait in the parking lot outside Craigmont High School where two people were in custody after an explosion Thursday morning.
Dry Ice Mishap Leads to Bomb Scare in Arlington
A man's mishap using dry ice led to a bomb scare at a Kroger grocery store in Arlington Thursday afternoon.
19-Month-Old Bitten By Venemous Snake
David Hill was just steps away from his 19-month old son, Shane, when the toddler was bitten by a venomous snake Monday morning.
Shelby County suburbs slow down, but don't stop plans to hold school referendums
Arlington has rescheduled tonight's special meeting to consider an ordinance for a municipal schools referendum, deciding to wait until new legislation clears all of the hurdles in Nashville.
If Our President Were Muslim He Would 'Get Something...
Obama has been called a "racist, an anti-Semite, a socialist, a communist, a foreigner, an alien and they've even called him a terrorist" "To Hell with you" if you are a Republican - "I f we want to vote for a brother because he is black, that's our business" Minister Louis Farrakhan's recent Saviours' Day Convention address, made to a packed ... (more)