OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – The remnants of Hurricane Isaac could bring welcome rain to some states in the Mississippi River valley this week, but experts say it's unlikely to break the drought gripping the Midwest.

2. A Year After Floods, Shippers Face low Miss. River - Tuesday, July 17, 2012

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A year after the Mississippi River swelled to near-historic proportions and flooded farms and homes from Illinois to Louisiana, the level along the waterway's southern half is so low that cargo barges have run aground and their operators have been forced to lighten their loads.

3. Merged Schools Specifics Clear Another Hurdle - Friday, May 18, 2012

Recommendations for the look of the new countywide school system cleared another set of hurdles Thursday, May 17. But the estimates of the cost of the different parts of the school system to come in August 2013 are still to come.

4. Planning Commission Moves Forward On Schools Merger - Monday, May 07, 2012

The schools consolidation planning commission is getting close enough to its goal of a plan for the merged school system that some members are now weighing how much political headroom to give the countywide school board.

5. Planning Commission Recommends Outsourcing Schools Custodians and Buses - Friday, May 04, 2012

The schools consolidation planning commission is recommending that the merged school system outsource custodial work at schools as well as bus transportation for students to private companies.

The vote by the panel Thursday, May 3, is a preliminary vote but with most of the 21 members there and all but two to three voting for the recommendation, it is an important indicator.

6. Consolidation Planning Remains in Flux - Monday, April 02, 2012

The way some on the schools consolidation planning commission see it, the group has some momentum going in its goal of selling a still-forming consolidated school system plan to parents – urban and suburban.

7. Planning Commission Approves Schools Structure - Friday, March 09, 2012

The group drafting the blueprint for the structure of a new consolidated countywide school system approved a structure for that school system Thursday, March 8, that offers multiple options for school autonomy.

8. ‘Wheel’ Now in Motion for New School System - Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Those on the schools transition planning commission called it “the wheel.” Bartlett Mayor Keith McDonald called it “the wheel of education.”

9. Planning Group Hears of Structure Proposal - Monday, February 27, 2012

Next school year, a group of 112 schools in the separate Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools systems will operate outside the framework used by each of the school systems for governing their other schools.

10. Schools Planning Group Hears Specifics of School Structure Proposal - Friday, February 24, 2012

The group drafting the blueprint for the structure of a consolidated countywide public school system got several dozen PowerPoint slides and a briefing Thursday, Feb. 23, on the idea of a two-track school system that includes a “path to autonomy.”

11. Suburban Mayors Hear Lots Of Concerns From Schools Planning Commission - Friday, February 17, 2012

The group drawing up the blueprint for a consolidated countywide public school system will plan for a school system that covers the entire county including the suburban towns and cities.

That’s what the chairwoman of the schools consolidation transition planning commission told all six suburban mayors Thursday, Feb. 16, as the planning commission talked with the mayors about their plans to create municipal school districts.

12. Schools Consolidation Dominates 2011 - Wednesday, December 28, 2011

The year 2011 ended politically the way it began – with lots of questions about schools consolidation.

But at the start of 2011 the questions were centered on whether there would be a consolidation of Shelby County’s two public school systems.

13. The Road Ahead - Monday, November 21, 2011

Even if Shelby County’s two public school systems weren’t consolidating, the two sets of schools would be changing. Add the merger to that and you have a faster moving process with more parts that is no less inevitable and possibly riskier.

14. Schools Planning Group Maps Path - Friday, October 28, 2011

The schools consolidation planning commission will probably hire a consultant sometime next month and the group should begin making the first decisions on what a consolidated school system looks like early next year.

15. Schools Planning Commission Begins Work - Thursday, September 29, 2011

The 21-member schools consolidation planning commission goes to work Thursday, Sept. 29, in a conference room at the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement in Shelby Farms.

16. Pickler Picks Five for Consolidation Commission - Friday, September 09, 2011

Shelby County Schools Board chairman David Pickler has selected the mayor of Bartlett, a county schools parent, the longtime head of the Shelby County Education Association, a reitred county schools administrator and a former Shelby County commissioner to serve on the schools consolidation planning commission.

17. Hart Properties Finds Success Via Community Involvement - Monday, August 29, 2011

Sherri Hart Beutelschies closes her commercial real estate deals the old fashioned way – by shaking hands.

The owner/broker of Collierville-based Hart Properties Group Inc., 432 U.S. 72 W., is a Certified Commercial Investment Member, active in the Collierville Chamber of Commerce, sits on the Leadership Collierville Board and the Main Street Collierville Board, and is a member of Collierville’s Board of Zoning Appeals.

18. Democrats Pull Off Commission Trick - Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Before this week’s meeting of the Shelby County Board of Commissioners, Commissioner Steve Mulroy was offering magic tricks. Moving a foam cup with static electricity was the trick of the day at that point.

19. Kuhn Appointed To County Commission - Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Former Shelby County Democratic party chairman Matt Kuhn is the newest member of the Shelby County Board of Commissioners.

20. Kuhn Gets County Commission Appointment - Monday, February 23, 2009

Former Shelby County Democratic party chairman Matt Kuhn is the newest member of the Shelby County Board of Commissioners.

21. County Commission To Fill Vacancy - Monday, February 23, 2009

The Shelby County Board of Commissioners should return to its full complement of 13 members today.

The commission is scheduled to select a replacement for David Lillard, a Republican who resigned from the commission this month following his appointment in January as state treasurer. Whoever wins the appointment will serve the year and a half remaining in Lillard’s four-year term of office.

22. Ten Candidates Vie For Vacant Commission Seat - Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Members of the Shelby County Board of Commissioners will interview at least 10 candidates today for the District 4 commission seat vacated when David Lillard became state treasurer.

Ten people had applied for the vacancy as of late Monday. They are:

23. Halle Investment Sees Sales Potential in Collierville - Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Halle Investment Co. needed just one day to sell all 56 lots at its latest development, the Hartwell subdivision in Collierville - further proof that while the housing market is soft elsewhere, it remains strong in the affluent suburb of about 40,000 people.

24. Archived Article - Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Properties in Collierville, Memphis,
Jackson, Tenn., and Southaven
Loan Amount: $9.3 million

Loan Date: Nov. 30, 2006

25. Archived Article: Law Focus - Thursday, July 11, 2002
Shelby Farms plan rerouted for 18 months

Conservancy plan routed, park issue still in focus

By MARY DANDO

The Daily News

Amid the catcalls, colorful hats and signs, it was a scene more reminiscent of a political rally than a regular meet...

26. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, April 15, 2002
Calendar of events Jan Calendar of events: April 15-April 21 April 15 Mississippi Museum of Art, 201 E. Pascagoula St. in Jackson, Miss., presents Ms. Booths Garden: Photographs by Jack Kotz, a collection of photographs by Santa Fe-based photographe...

27. Archived Article: Scc (lead) - Monday, July 09, 2001
Commission reviews budget, property tax hike likely Commission reviews budget, property tax rate hike on horizon By MARY DANDO The Daily News Although the fiscal year began July 1, Shelby County Commission has yet to work out the final financial wri...

28. Archived Article: Scc (lead) - Monday, March 12, 2001
By MARY DANDO Courts, library to benefit from county considerations By MARY DANDO The Daily News It will be a bit like Christmas today at the Shelby County Commission as resolution after resolution comes before the board to approve disbursing monies...

29. Archived Article: Real Briefs - Tuesday, October 31, 2000
ARDCO Inc ARDCO Inc., a subsidiary of Connecticut-based United Technologies Corp. and manufacturer of commercial refrigeration equipment, has sold the Witt Manufacturing property on Washington Street in Collierville to Hart Management Co. LLC, a loc...

30. Archived Article: Scc (lead) - Monday, October 23, 2000
Shelby County and Justice Department join forces against crime Big bucks for crime head to county board By MARY DANDO The Daily News When it comes to fighting crime in Shelby County it seems that big crime gets the bigger bucks. In a resolution befo...

31. Archived Article: Millington (lead) - Monday, October 02, 2000
MILLINGTON FLOODPLAIN PROPOSED FOR STRIP MALL Board weighs plans for Millington retail center By MARY DANDO The Daily News An application to build a mixed-use development on a floodplain in Millington will be discussed by the Shelby County Commissio...

32. Archived Article: Tax (lead) - Thursday, June 15, 2000
By STACEY WIEDOWER No new county taxes, budget chairman says By STACEY WIEDOWER The Daily News The budget committee of the Shelby County Board of Commissioners has proposed a tax ordinance that would maintain the county tax rate at its current level...

33. Archived Article: Gov't (scc) - Monday, October 25, 1999
Commission considers Billboard moratorium up for second reading By KATHLEEN BURT The Daily News Those massive signs dotting interstates and adorning buildings are at the heart of a joint ordinance currently moving through the Shelby County Commissio...

34. Archived Article: Comm-bott - Thursday, July 29, 1999
By SUZANNE THOMPSON County Commission to vote on tax rate at special meeting By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Members of the Shelby County Board of Commissioners will meet today at 1:30 p.m. to consider the second reading of an amended ordinance r...

35. Archived Article: Co Comm Lead - Tuesday, June 22, 1999
By SUZANNE THOMPSON Shelby County Commission resumes budget committee meetings By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Shelby County commissioners will continue their battle with the budget Wednesday when the budget and finance committee meets in one of ...

36. Archived Article: County Commission - Wednesday, June 16, 1999
By SUZANNE THOMPSON County Commission Budget Committee to discuss tax hike By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Members of the Shelby County Commission will meet at 9 a.m. today for a budget recap session that could include putting a proposed property...

37. Archived Article: Co. Commission Budget - Wednesday, June 16, 1999
By SUZANNE THOMPSON County Commission Budget Committee to discuss tax hike By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Members of the Shelby County Commission will meet at 9 a.m. today for a budget recap session that could include putting a proposed property...

38. Archived Article: Gov't (lead) - Monday, December 21, 1998
A decision on whether the county commission will agree to pay $650,000 to a former sheriff's department employee could be considered at Monday's Shelby County Commission meeting Settlement agreement could end lawsuit   By KATHLEEN BURT The Dail...

39. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, July 06, 1998
July 8 July 8 The Consumer Credit Counseling Service will offer a free seminar on financing a childs education from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at 2158 Union Ave., Suite 400. For reservations, call 323-4909, Ext. 1007. Mensa will meet at the Unicorn restaur...

40. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, June 29, 1998
June 29 June 29 Consumer Credit Counseling Service will offer a free seminar on budgeting and credit for two from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at 2400 Poplar Ave., Suite 510. For reservations, call 323-4909, Ext. 1007. June 30 Mid-South Environmental Forum w...

41. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, June 22, 1998
June 22 June 22 The League of Women Voters will meet at 7 p.m. at the Poplar-White Station Public Library, 5094 Poplar Ave. The topic will be groundwater protection. The speaker will be Dr. John Smith, director of the Ground Water Institute at the U...

42. Archived Article: Comm (bott) - Sunday, January 11, 1998
By SUZANNE THOMPSON Film and TV commission to become county entity By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News The Shelby County Commission is expected to vote today on a resolution that would officially create the Memphis and Shelby County Film and Televisi...

43. Archived Article: Hyneman Chg - Monday, November 24, 1997
By CAMILLE H Residents oppose high-density development at Pisgah/Macon By CAMILLE H. GAMBLE The Daily News Some residents in north Shelby County are opposing a 220-lot residential development for the northwest corner of Macon and Pisgah roads, claim...

44. Archived Article: Probate.focus - Thursday, June 12, 1997
By SUZANNE THOMPSON Raising fees An ordinance before County Commission would raise Probate Court fees 20 percent By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News When Probate Court Clerk Chris Thomas took office in 1994, his predecessor Bobby Dunavant told him he...

45. Archived Article: Focus Gill - Friday, January 10, 1997
1-10-97 notes Co.ComGill.gs Buying time Outcry from homeowners delays decision, links development to Nonconnah study recommendations By GABRIELLE C.L. SONGE The Daily News Forest Hill-Irene Homeowners Association residents say they moved to the furt...

46. Archived Article: Fair Elected - Wednesday, November 20, 1996
11-19 County commission notes Tie-breaking seat produces protracted selection process By GABRIELLE C.L. SONGE The Daily News Electing a county commissioner to replace Bill Gibbons was tortuous, protracted and, as often stated, a tough decision. With...

47. Archived Article: Govt Wilbun - Friday, October 04, 1996
10/4 Govt. Wilbun.gs A county voice Wilbun assumes vice chair of NACo economic development subcommittee By GABRIELLE C.L. SONGE The Daily News During the Depression of the 1930s, county officials from across the United States formed an alliance and ...

48. Archived Article: Bondsigning - Monday, September 30, 1996
09/30 notes BoltonKirk.gs Delegation signs $70 million bond issue, seeks funding By GABRIELLE C.L. SONGE The Daily News A delegation of top-level Shelby County officials hit the Big Apple at the end of last week to finalize a $70 million bond issue ...

49. Archived Article: Inv Briefs - Monday, January 08, 1996
01/08 Inv briefs Ralph Horn, chief executive officer of First Tennessee National Corp., was named chairman of the board, effective Jan. 1, 1996. Horn succeeds Ronald Terry, who had served as chairman of the board since 1973. Terry retired at the end...