A measure that would clear the way for Tennessee cities to begin forming municipal school systems passed Monday the Tennessee House in Nashville.

The measure passed earlier in the Senate and is now headed to Gov. Jim Haslam for his signature.

The proposal sponsored by Republican Rep. Curry Todd of Collierville was

Several dozen runners from the Mid-South were in Boston for the marathon and some were close when the bombs exploded.

Marathoner Angie Zinkus made it back to Memphis Monday night. She was in a cab headed to Logan Airport when it happened.

"It sounded like a big boom and you kind of thought ... I just looked at my