

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities have charged a man after his dead dog was found frozen to the ground in Memphis after icy weather moved through.
According to The Commercial Appeal (http://bit.ly/V81CIF ), 28-year-old Zangerio Dogan remained in jail with no bond set early Wednesday. He was charged with aggravated animal cruelty.
A police affidavit
...KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A rockslide has closed one lane of a route from Knoxville's airport into the downtown area.
The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/13CW7D4 ) reported rocks tumbled onto the outside northbound lane of the Alcoa Highway late Tuesday night. The Tennessee Department of Transportation was assessing the slide before crews
...STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - A lawsuit challenging how the city of Starkville is paying for infrastructure improvements is making its way to the Mississippi Supreme Court.
The Starkville Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/UPWYth ) that local resident William McGovern has appealed a chancellor's ruling in favor of Starkville's municipal facility
...JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Gov. Phil Bryant has appointed Gulf Coast business leader Jack Norris to the Mississippi State Port Authority Board of Commissioners.
Bryant says Norris will assume the unexpired term of former port commissioner Frances Turnage, who resigned Dec. 14, 2012.
The five-member board oversees the Port of Gulfport. Members are
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