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Dogs running wild in Hughes

HUGHES, Ark. (FOX13) -

You can find them in the streets of Hughes, Ark., scrounging for a meal, tearing into the trash.

"Oh it's terrible, everywhere you go is stray dogs, even in the grocery stores, the community stores, they are everywhere," Lakeisha Lee said. "You can't get out of the car hardly for them coming up and barking at you."

The

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Bishop Porter added to COGIC leadership board

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Bishop Brandon Porter of Memphis has been elected to the Church of God In Christ's 12-member General Board of Bishops.

Porter's addition to the COGIC leadership board is the first time in nearly six years a Memphian has been on the Memphis-based denomination's presiding board since Bishop G. E. Patterson.

Bishop

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Reps: Closing 21 schools doesn't make sense

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Tennessee Representatives Barbara Cooper and G.A. Hardaway are in arms over the Transition Planning Commission, saying there is too much is going on behind closed doors and there needs to more involvement from city hall.

Both say when a Shelby County plan is faulty, it's their job as legislators to demand answers.

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Man charged with kidnapping ex-girlfriend

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

A 26-year-old Memphis man has been charged with kidnapping and assault after he kidnapped his ex-girlfriend, who was trying to move into a new home, police said.

While the victim was moving, Leo Veasley pointed a gun at her and another man who was helping her move. Veasley took his ex-girlfriend back to his home in

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2 juveniles charged for posting child porn

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Two juveniles have been charged by the Memphis Police's Internet Crimes Against Children Unit for posting and e-mailing a pornographic image involving a small child.

Police charged the two teens ages 13 and 16 with Aggravated Sexual Exploitation of a Minor.

Three people - a 55-year-old man and the two underage teens

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