NASHVILLE (AP) – Rep. Curtis Johnson is presiding over the Tennesee House while Speaker Beth Harwell is away to attend to her mother's funeral.

2. Fink Joins Diamond Cos. as Senior Vice President - Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Justin Fink has joined Diamond Cos., an International truck dealership holding company, as senior vice president, truck sales. In the new role, Fink oversees new and used truck sales, and helps develop programs and processes to grow customer relationships, sales and profits.

3. Titans Lose 27-13 to Previously Winless Colts - Tuesday, December 20, 2011

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Of all the losses they've had to the Indianapolis Colts, this had to be one of the toughest for the Tennessee Titans.

Dan Orlovsky threw for one touchdown, Donald Brown ran 80 yards for another late in the game and the Colts won their first game of the season, 27-13. The loss has the Titans (7-7) on the brink of elimination from the playoff race.

4. Chism Vying With Jackson for Court Clerk - Thursday, December 01, 2011

With one week to the filing deadline, the race for General Sessions Court Clerk is the busiest of the four races to be decided next year in the March 6 county primaries and the Aug. 2 general elections.

5. Chism Vying With Jackson for GS Court Clerk - Wednesday, November 30, 2011

With one week to the filing deadline, the race for General Sessions Court Clerk is the busiest of the four races to be decided next year in the March 6 county primaries and the Aug. 2 general elections.

6. Lease on Former Three Alarm Studio in Foreclosure Again - Friday, September 16, 2011

The leasehold on a former Downtown Memphis fire station with a checkered 25-year history and a strategic location – 200 Linden Ave. – is facing foreclosure again.

7. Turner Stays on To Lead Local Democrats - Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Van Turner Jr. remains the Shelby County Democratic Party chairman after a weekend local party convention.

And Turner, who ran unopposed for the chairmanship, is hoping for a reversal of party fortunes in the next two years.

8. Turner ReElected Local Democratic Party Chairman - Monday, April 11, 2011

Shelby County Democratic Party chairman Van Turner Jr. was re-elected to a new term Saturday without opposition.

The day before the local Democratic convention at American Way Middle School, potential opposition surfaced in the form of attorney Curtis D. Johnson Jr., who sent out a letter to party leaders and activists.

9. Review: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ - Monday, January 31, 2011

If art is about risk-taking, the joint production of Michael Ching’s opera a capella “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by Opera Memphis, Playhouse on the Square and Delta Capella/RIVA risks about as much as one show possible can.

10. Ark. Financial Adviser Announces Senate Bid - Wednesday, September 23, 2009

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A financial adviser from northwest Arkansas said Tuesday he's seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, joining an increasingly crowded field of GOP hopefuls.

11. Kiesewetter Wise’s Thompson Named Among Top 100 Labor Attorneys - Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Tanja L. Thompson has been named among the nation’s Top 100 Labor Attorneys by the Labor Relations Institute for the second consecutive year.

Thompson is a member of Kiesewetter Wise Kaplan Prather PLC and is the only labor attorney in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi to receive this professional honor, which puts her in the top 1 percent of labor attorneys throughout the U.S.

12. State Bill Would Remove Cities' Limit on Tourism Promotion - Friday, March 21, 2008

NASHVILLE (AP) - A proposal to remove the limit on how much a city can spend on tourism promotion is advancing in the Legislature.

The measure sponsored by Rep. Curtis Johnson, a Clarksville Republican, passed the House on Thursday. It unanimously passed the Senate earlier this week.

13. Retired Memphian Channels Work Ethic Into Library Lectures - Friday, August 18, 2006

He makes no promises of door prizes; he offers no sweet or salty snacks. And he doesn't give free sodas to guests.

Still, you can bet that on the second Thursday of every month, Curtis White manages to bring in enough people to fill every chair of the meeting room at the Poplar-White Station Branch Library.

14. American Inn of Court Shows Clarence Darrow Story - Monday, January 09, 2006

Jan. 10

The Center City Revenue Finance Corporation meets at 9:30 a.m. at the Center City Commission, 114 N. Main St. Contact Andy Kitsinger at 575-0540.

15. Archived Article: Trends - Monday, June 13, 2005
By Andy Meek

Large Award Puts New Spotlight on Tort Reform

ANDY MEEK

The Daily News

In a trial that lasted only two and a half days, two attorneys with Burch, Porter & Johnson PLLC convinced a Tennessee jury to award $16.4 million to...

16. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, February 12, 2003
Julie Wittichen Gasaway has become an associate at Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects

Julie Wittichen Gasaway has become an associate at Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects. She joined the firm in 1990 and earned a bachelors degree from the University o...

17. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, September 18, 2002
Carol B

Carol B. Tsagarakis joined Pickering Environmental Consultants Inc. as a project manager. She is a registered environmental engineer and has 18 years experience. Tsagarakis earned a bachelors degree from Christian Brothers University. Cat...

18. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, March 11, 2002
Calendar of events Jan Calendar of events March 11-March 17 March 11 Network of Memphis, an organization of progressive, professional and entrepreneuring women meets the second Monday of the month at Napa Cafe in Sanderlin Centre at 5:30 p.m. Guest ...

19. Archived Article: Catering (lead) - Tuesday, January 26, 1999
By LAURIE JOHNSON New catering firm asks for zoning variance By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News A new Memphis catering firm has applied for a zoning variance that will allow it to operate out of a former school cafeteria on Winchester Road. The cateri...

20. Archived Article: Madison Commons Lj - Tuesday, June 02, 1998
By LAURIE JOHNSON Renovations planned for Madison properties By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News The buildings at 119 and 121 Madison Ave. Downtown dont look like much right now. Sitting empty, with their faded exteriors and chipped storefront letterin...

21. Archived Article: Real Fcs (ipix) Lj - Tuesday, March 24, 1998
By LAURIE JOHNSON Web site walk-through A new agreement with Interactive Pictures Inc. lets consumers tour Coldwell Banker, Century 21 and ERA-listed homes via the Internet By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News After spending a day touring homes that all...

22. Archived Article - Monday, October 20, 1997
By SUZANNE THOMPSON By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News A group of Memphis attorneys recently formed a group called the Tennessee Tobacco Litiga- tion Legal Committee to give plaintiffs in tobacco-related suits a better ability to fig...

23. Archived Article: Benchmark - Thursday, July 17, 1997
Bobby Newcomb vs Bobby Newcomb vs. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and The Brown and Williamson Tobacco Co., as successor by merger to The American Tobacco Co. A Cordova man is suing several tobacco companies in Circuit Court. According to the suit, Newco...

24. Archived Article: St. Mary's Lj - Wednesday, April 24, 1996
lj 10/5 cates St. Marys performing arts center should be ready for 1996 school year By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News Starting next school year, students and staff involved in the fine and performing arts at St. Marys Episcopal School will find a lot...

25. Archived Article: Benchmark - Thursday, March 07, 1996
03-07 Benchmark Kenyatta Naantaanbuu, Sylvia Naantaanbuu, Larry Gilmore and Clifton Pike vs. Donald W. Bumpas, Joyce A. Bumpas and Jerry Massengill. Four residents of the Windy Hollow Subdivision have filed a suit in Circuit Court regarding the cons...

26. Archived Article: Benchmark - Thursday, January 25, 1996
benchmark Kelly Watson vs. Mid-South Eye Bank for Sight Restoration, Louise Jones and Dennis Spears. A Millington man has filed suit in Circuit Court against his employer for wrongful termination. While employed by Mid-South Eye Bank for Sight Resto...