Shelby County Schools board members approved an $8.4 million, three-year agreement with MetLife Insurance to continue life insurance coverage of school system retirees Tuesday, Aug. 30, but it will cost $7.2 million more for the same coverage.

2. School Board Approves Higher Bill For Life Insurance Coverage - Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Shelby County Schools board members approved an $8.4 million three-year agreement with MetLife Insurance to continue life insurance coverage of school system retirees Tuesday, Aug. 30, including a $7.2 million increase in the cost of the same coverage.

3. School Board Approves Higher Bill For Life Insurance Coverage - Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Shelby County Schools board members approved an $8.4 million three-year agreement with MetLife Insurance to continue life insurance coverage of school system retirees Tuesday, Aug. 30, including a $7.2 million increase in the cost of the same coverage.

4. High-Tech Cars Bring Detroit and Silicon Valley Face to Face - Thursday, August 20, 2015

PALO ALTO, California (AP) — The office has all the trappings of a high-tech startup. There's a giant beanbag in the foyer and erasable, white board walls for brainstorming. Someone's pet dog lounges happily on the sunny balcony.

5. Sponsors Pay Big Bucks to Join College Bowl Games - Monday, December 22, 2014

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Ready! Set! Hut, hut: This holiday season's blitz of college football bowl games features a reshuffled roster of corporate sponsors spending millions to thrust their names in front of fans watching on TV and in the stands.

6. County Commission to Fill School Board Vacancy - Monday, September 9, 2013

Shelby County Commissioners bring the countywide school board up to its full strength of seven members Monday, Sept. 9, by appointing someone to the open District 6 seat.

The commission meets at 1:30 p.m. at the Vasco Smith County Administration Building, 160 N. Main St.

7. Wharton, Fullilove & Conrad Re-Elected -- Harris-Ford to Runoff - Friday, October 7, 2011
Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. won a full four-year term of office as mayor Thursday, Oct. 6, two years after he claimed the mayor’s office in a special election.

And all 12 of the Memphis City Council members seeking re-election won new four year terms in the city election cycle, marking the largest return of incumbents to the 13-member council in the 43-year history of the mayor-council form of government.

8. Vote for Me - Monday, September 12, 2011

Four years after the biggest turnover on the Memphis City Council, the Oct. 6 city elections could see the biggest return of incumbents ever on the council. Early voting begins Friday, Sept. 16.

Twelve of the 13 incumbents are seeking re-election. It would have been 13 had Barbara Swearengen Ware not taken a plea deal on an official misconduct charge.

9. 4 Council Members - All 3 City Court Judges To Run Unopposed In Oct. Elections - Friday, July 22, 2011

Four incumbent Memphis City Council members and all three incumbent City Court Judges were effectively re-elected at the Thursday, July 21, noon deadline for candidates to file their qualifying petitions for the Oct. 6 Memphis ballot.

10. Squeezing More Miles Out of that Hybrid - Friday, January 2, 2009

At the Detroit auto show next month, one of the most highly anticipated new vehicles will be Toyota Motor Corp.'s third-generation Prius hybrid. It features a roomier interior and better gas mileage than the current model, the best-selling hybrid in the world.