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Police reveals redrawn precinct boundaries

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong unveiled his plan to the city council on Tuesday that will redraw the boundaries of the city's nine police precincts.

Director Armstrong said his police force is a reactive department as many officers spend the bulk of their time responding to calls.

The reorganization will

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Suburban mayors explore schools options

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Less than a week after Judge Samuel "Hardy" Mays, Jr., ruled the legislation to allow the formation of municipal schools in 2013 is unconstitutional, all six suburban mayors say the ruling stands for 2013, but it doesn't mean the goal has changed.

The mayors met behind closed doors this morning, mapping out a plan

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City watch issued for missing teen

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

A City Watch has been issued for 16-year-old Denisha Vester of South Memphis who was last seen Monday afternoon.

She was last seen leaving a house near South Parkway and Bellevue.

If you spot Denisha or have information on her whereabouts, you should call Memphis police at 901-545-COPS or the Missing Person Bureau

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1 more guilty of hate crime in rundown case

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Another man has pleaded guilty to hate crime charges in the death of a black man who was run over by a pickup truck in Mississippi.

William Montgomery, who is white, pleaded guilty Tuesday to hate crime charges in the death of James Craig Anderson, who was beaten and run over in Jackson

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Clay County closes schools for illness

CELINA, Tenn. (AP) -

Flu-like illnesses are striking hard at some Tennessee public schools.

WSMV-TV reported Tuesday the Clay County schools near the Kentucky border, northeast of Nashville announced they would close for the rest of the week to break the chain of infection among students and teachers.

Last week, the Stewart County and Macon

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