A lot has changed since 1984 when James “Jimmy” D. Lackie first became involved with the forerunner to Youth Villages. Spence Wilson, CEO of Kemmons Wilson, Inc., had asked Lackie to assist on a capital campaign at Dogwood Villages. This was two years before Dogwood merged with Memphis Boys Town to create Youth Villages.

2. Blockchain Tech ‘is the Shiny New Penny’ - Monday, May 28, 2018

During the General Assembly session that just ended legislators debated a number of hot-button issues: guns, abortion, Confederate statues and medical marijuana.

But tucked among the headline-grabbers was a brief bill, less than 300 words long, that attracted no controversy whatsoever.

3. Shockey Named President Of 59th Liberty Bowl - Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Leigh Shockey, chairman and CEO of Drexel Chemical Co., has been elected president of the 59th AutoZone Liberty Bowl. Shockey is a longtime board member of the AutoZone Liberty Bowl Festival Association.

4. AutoZone Buys Back Another $750M in Stock - Saturday, March 25, 2017

AutoZone Inc. is buying back more of its own stock.

The company this week said its board has authorized the repurchase of an additional $750 million worth of the company’s common stock as part of its ongoing share repurchase program. Since 1998, and including the new amount, AutoZone’s board has authorized the repurchase of $18.7 billion worth of stock.

5. AutoZone Buys Back Another $750M in Stock - Friday, March 24, 2017

AutoZone Inc. is buying back more of its own stock.

The company this week said its board has authorized the repurchase of an additional $750 million worth of the company’s common stock as part of its ongoing share repurchase program. Since 1998, and including the new amount, AutoZone’s board has authorized the repurchase of $18.7 billion worth of stock.

6. Cardinals Must Give Astros Top 2 Picks, $2M for Hacking - Tuesday, January 31, 2017

NEW YORK (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals were stripped of their top two picks in this year's amateur draft Monday and ordered to give them to Houston along with $2 million as compensation for hacking the Astros' email system and scouting database, the final step in an unusual case of cybercrime involving two Major League Baseball teams.

7. AutoZone Revs Up Net Income By 8 Percent - Wednesday, December 7, 2016

The first significant cold snap of the season is at hand, something that might leave most people resigned to the corresponding inconveniences but nonetheless excites AutoZone chairman, president and CEO Bill Rhodes.

8. AutoZone Board Authorizes $750 Million Share Buyback - Saturday, October 10, 2015

AutoZone is adding another $750 million to its ongoing share buyback program, the Memphis-based car parts retailer announced after market close on Wednesday, Oct. 7.

The company said that including the new amount authorized by its board, AutoZone has since 1998 authorized share buybacks worth $16.4 billion.

9. AutoZone Board Authorizes $750M Share Buyback - Friday, October 9, 2015

AutoZone is adding another $750 million to its ongoing share buyback program, the Memphis-based car parts retailer announced after market close on Wednesday, Oct. 7.

The company said that including the new amount authorized by its board, AutoZone has since 1998 authorized share buybacks worth $16.4 billion.

10. AutoZone Increases Share Buyback, Announces Executive Changes - Thursday, October 8, 2015

AutoZone is adding another $750 million to its ongoing share buyback program, the Memphis-based car parts retailer announced after market close on Wednesday, Oct. 7.

The company said that including the new amount authorized by its board, AutoZone has since 1998 authorized share buybacks worth $16.4 billion.

11. Automotive Supplier Investing $13 Million to Build Pulaski Plant - Monday, May 25, 2015

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – An automotive supplier is investing more than $13 million to build a new manufacturing facility in Giles County that is expected to create 147 jobs.

Gov. Bill Haslam and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd announced this week that Proper Polymers will build the injection molding plant in Pulaski.

12. AutoZone Authorizes $750 Million Stock Repurchase - Saturday, March 28, 2015

AutoZone Inc. announced this week it was boosting its share repurchase program yet again with the authorization of $750 million to repurchase shares of the company’s common stock.

13. AutoZone Authorizes $750M For Stock Repurchase - Friday, March 27, 2015

AutoZone Inc. announced this week it was boosting its share repurchase program yet again with the authorization of $750 million to repurchase shares of the company’s common stock.

14. Evans Petree Names New Shareholders - Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Justin R. Giles, Aaron J. Nash and George “Harley” Steffens are the newest shareholders at Evans Petree PC law firm.

Giles had been an associate in the areas of construction and surety law, Nash was an associate in the areas of insolvency and litigation practice, and Steffens was an associate in real estate banking and commercial lending as well as corporate law and private client practice.

15. AutoZone Adds to Stock Buyback - Saturday, June 21, 2014

The board of AutoZone Inc. has authorized the company’s repurchase of an additional $750 million of the company’s common stock in connection with its ongoing share repurchase program.

16. AutoZone Adds to Stock Buyback - Friday, June 20, 2014

The board of AutoZone Inc. has authorized the company’s repurchase of an additional $750 million of the company’s common stock in connection with its ongoing share repurchase program.

17. AutoZone Board Authorizes Additional Share Buybacks - Saturday, December 21, 2013

The board of directors of AutoZone Inc. has authorized the repurchase of an additional $750 million worth of the company’s common stock, part of AutoZone’s ongoing share buyback program.

18. AutoZone Board Authorizes Additional Share Buybacks - Friday, December 20, 2013

The board of directors of AutoZone Inc. has authorized the repurchase of an additional $750 million worth of the company’s common stock, part of AutoZone’s ongoing share buyback program.

19. AutoZone Beats Forecast in Third Quarter - Tuesday, May 21, 2013

AutoZone Inc.’s just-ended fiscal third quarter results show why it’s a rarity among public companies.

The Memphis-based auto parts retailer – the nation’s largest in the sector – is an earnings machine. Net sales were $2.2 billion for the quarter, and profit was up 6.8 percent to $265.6 million. The quarter also included AutoZone’s 27th straight period of double-digit earnings-per-share quarterly growth.

20. Hewlett-Packard Exec Joins AutoZone Inc. - Monday, June 18, 2012

AutoZone Inc., the Memphis-based car parts retailer, has added a Hewlett-Packard executive to its leadership ranks.

21. The Fast Lane - Monday, April 16, 2012

Forbes magazine recently published an article ranking the best CEOs in the country over the past year. Bill Rhodes, CEO at AutoZone Inc. since 1995, was one of the men who made that list of “best bosses.”

22. AutoZone Boosts Stock Buyback by $750 Million - Thursday, March 8, 2012

MEMPHIS (AP) – Automotive replacement part chain AutoZone Inc. said Wednesday it plans to boost its stock buyback program by $750 million.

23. AutoZone Reports Profit Up 12.7 Percent - Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Whenever Memphis-based auto parts retailer AutoZone Inc. has reported quarterly results in recent memory, the headline hasn’t really changed much. Just the numbers do.

24. AutoZone Approves $750M in New Share Buybacks - Friday, September 30, 2011

The board of directors of Memphis-based AutoZone Inc. has authorized the repurchase of an additional $750 million of common stock in connection with AutoZone’s ongoing share repurchase program.

25. 15 Counties Designated as Agriculture Disaster - Wednesday, June 29, 2011

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gov. Bill Haslam says U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has designated 15 counties a natural disaster for agriculture as a result of storms and flooding in April and May.

26. AutoZone Board of Directors OKs Share Buyback - Thursday, June 16, 2011

The board of directors of Memphis-based auto-parts retailer AutoZone Inc. has authorized the buyback of half a billion dollars’ worth of the company’s common stock as part of the company’s ongoing share repurchase program.

27. Q3 Profit, Sales Up for AutoZone - Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Memphis-based auto parts retailer AutoZone Inc. turned in a strong fiscal third quarter, despite concerns about whether higher gas prices and bad weather in parts of the country would lead customers to drive their cars less – and thus need to swap out parts less often.

28. AutoZone Authorizes Add'l Stock Repurchase - Friday, December 17, 2010

Part of its ongoing share repurchase program, AutoZone Inc. will repurchase $500 million of the company’s common stock, making for a total of $9.9 billion since the program’s inception in 1998.

29. AutoZone Q3 Profit Climbs on Brisk Parts Sales - Thursday, May 28, 2009

Automotive parts retailer AutoZone Inc. on Wednesday reported its fiscal third-quarter profit climbed 9.5 percent, helped by an increase in replacement-part sales as consumers held onto their cars longer.

30. Executive Changes MadeAt AutoZone - Thursday, December 20, 2007
     AutoZone Inc. this week announced two organizational changes, effective immediately. Jon Bascom, vice president of information technology, has been promoted to senior vice president of information technology and chief in

31. AutoZone Plans $500 MillionCompany Stock Repurchase - Monday, June 11, 2007
     Memphis-based AutoZone Inc. plans to repurchase another $500 million of the company's common stock as part of a previous repurchase program. The $500 million repurchase will boost the company's share-buyback authorizatio