Atoka News

As Shelby County's public defender, A C Wharton once had to tackle an animal-neglect case in Atoka.

Monte Connell, left, president of American Mortgage Services, talks with Brad Walker of DeSoto Home Mortgage.

When the ghost of Wes Eaton's grandmother began visiting him, it sparked his interest in supernatural beings.

Atoka annexes Deer Ridge, names park By: yanknrebel on 10/8/09 I am SOOO confused.

Neighbors are putting together the pieces to the horrifying puzzle of the life of the 'Big-bellied rapist'. Bruce A. Tuck was seen as recently as last week banging on his ex- wife's Atoka home.

A West Tennesseee man suspected of several rapes was once banned from the University of Memphis for stalking.

Bruce Tuck lived in Atoka before moving back to Gleason, where police picked him up Wednesday.

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Dylan Burnett did not begin kicking until this past season but is already beginning to draw interest from several colleges.

The city of Dyersburg began the process to adopt the International Building Code and maintain its exempt status with the State Fire Marshall's office at a Finance Committee meeting held on Wednesday morning.

Hi everyone, When? When? When? Will this rain ever stop? I'm so tired of it. Apparently everybody is not praying for the same thing, you reckon? I must keep telling myself the Lord's in control.

Look for a fuller story about Pleasant and the changing nature of the election commission this weekend in The Commercial Appeal.

Two people are dead after an early morning fire in Tipton County. The father and son died when their house caught fire around 2:00 a.m. Thursday morning.

Two people have died in a West Tennessee house fire. WMC-TV in Memphis reported the victims were found in separate bedrooms of a home in Tipton County.