Escaped inmates found in West Tenn.

Escaped inmates found in West Tenn.
Escaped inmates found in West Tenn.
COVINGTON, Tenn. (AP) -

Authorities have captured two inmates who escaped from the minimum-security annex of the West Tennessee State Penitentiary in Henning.

The Tennessee Department of Correction says 21-year-old Ashton Siler and 20-year-old Dustin Wayman were found Wednesday morning in a wooded area near Highway 51 outside Covington.

The

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Square Books named best bookstore in America

Square Books named best bookstore in America
Square Books named best bookstore in America
OXFORD, Miss. (FOX13) -

Publisher's Weekly has named Oxford, Miss., bookstore Square Books as the No. 1 bookstore in the United States.

"I do think we have a little something for everyone," said Lyn Roberts of Square Books.

Perhaps Publisher's Weekly considers Square Books as the nation's top bookstore because of its number of authors who

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Haslam school voucher bill dead

Haslam school voucher bill dead
Haslam school voucher bill dead

By LUCAS L. JOHNSON II
Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Gov. Bill Haslam's proposal to create school vouchers has failed this session.
 
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris, who was carrying the bill for the Haslam administration, put it on hold Wednesday with a letter to the Senate Finance Committee chairwoman obtained by The

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Memorial for Memphis Tiger Bobby Parks this Saturday

Memorial for Memphis Tiger Bobby Parks this Saturday
Memorial for Memphis Tiger Bobby Parks this Saturday
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Dear Tiger Nation,
 
On behalf of Coach Pastner and the University of Memphis, we extend our sincere sympathy to the family of Bobby Parks on his passing at age 51.  Memorial Services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday April 6 at Grand Junction Elementary School in the Bobby Parks Gymnasium located on 750 Pledge Street,

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Former sheriff recalls James Earl Ray's incarceration

Former sheriff recalls James Earl Ray's incarceration
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

In 1968 the eyes of the world focused on Memphis after habitual criminal James Earl Ray was apprehended in London and was flown back to be charged with the murder of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

After 45 years, an historic video record of law enforcement's massive security effort to protect Ray has

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