City employees face cuts with another deficit looming
The city of Memphis wants to make big changes to the paid time off policies for city workers. It could save the taxpayers millions of dollars, but the idea is already unpopular with the unions.
Last year, city workers saw a 4.6 percent reduction in salary, including law enforcement.
...Parker wins District 19 runoff over Nelson
Olive Branch optometrist Dr. David Parker is the newly elected senator for District 19, after DeSoto County voters went to the polls in Tuesday's runoff.
District 19 voters elected Dr. Parker over Rep. Pat Nelson (R-Southaven).
Voters in north Mississippi returned to the polls Nov. 27 for runoffs in DeSoto and
...2 Powerball tickets in TN worth $1M each
Powerball numbers are chosen in the drawing at the Florida Lottery on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, in Tallahassee, Fla. The numbers drawn in the $579.9-million game were: 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and Powerball of 6. (AP Photo/Phil Sears)Family member of MPD officer now implicated in rape case
Drought threatens to close Mississippi to barges
By JIM SUHR and JIM SALTER
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- After months of drought, companies that ship grain and other goods down the Mississippi River are being haunted by a potential nightmare: If water levels fall too low, the nation's main inland waterway could become impassable to barges just as the harvest heads to market.
Any closure of
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