Memphis News

A $250 million planned-unit development that includes 64 acres for handicapped children and their families and a separate phase for upscale private homes will be presented to the DeSoto County Planning Commission next month.

John Grisham's legal pad was blank and his knees like putty as he approached the judge's bench.

Storm debris is rotting on curbs more than a week after a storm ripped through the area.

A Mississippi man was being treated Wednesday at a Memphis hospital after being shot in an alleged crime spree in which he's accused of killing one person, kidnapping another, robbing a grocery store and injuring a sheriff's deputy.

Storms rolled through northern Mississippi Sunday afternoon trailing severe storms that pounded the area Friday and Saturday.

Severe storms overnight in northern Mississippi injured at least five people, damaged homes, flooded streets and knocked out power in some areas.

Severe storms in north Mississippi brought down trees and power lines Friday, but no injuries were reported, state emergency officials said.

Memphis-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is not giving up on plans to build a hospital in Olive Branch.

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the dismissal of a $1 billion lawsuit in which Mississippi accused the city of Memphis, Tenn., of stealing its water.

Koko Taylor, a sharecropper's daughter whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the sobriquet "Queen of the Blues," died Wednesday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital about two weeks after having surgery for gastrointestinal bleeding.

Southaven police said an 18-year-old man has died of injuries he sustained when he fell under the wheels of a pickup truck.

When: 7 p.m. today. Where: Bluesville at Horseshoe Casino, 1021 Casino Center Drive, Robinsonville.

The nation's largest bridge card playing organization is moving its headquarters from Memphis to north Mississippi.

The nation's largest bridge card playing organization is moving its headquarters from Memphis to north Mississippi.

Two deceased Calhoun County Rotarians and another from Southaven were honored with first ever District Hero awards at the annual District Rotary convention in Memphis this past weekend.

Tackett claimed he was passed over based on his crime and past association with the KKK.

A one-day oil painting workshop will be taught by Sue Foell May 16 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the DeSoto Art Academy, 3601 Bridgeforth Road in Olive Branch.

The victim told officers that he was threatened at gunpoint to surrender his keys.

The accident was reported at 6:04 p.m. Friday. "A 17-year-old male was driving a 2006 Buick LaCrosse east on Church and he was making a left turn to go north on Pleasant Hill," said Maj.

Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 545 Commerce Street in Hernando, is having a yard sale April 25 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, call 429-7851. Brookside Baptist Church, 4993 Miss.