Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. nominated eight people Monday, Sept. 23, to serve on the board of a pre-kindergarten trust fund that would be established if city voters approve a half-cent sales tax hike in November.

2. Then and Now - Saturday, April 6, 2013

Jay Bailey pictured marching bands and floats when his mother told him he was going on a march.

“We thought of it as a parade,” said Bailey, who was 6 years old in March 1968. “We thought of it as something fun.”

3. Wharton Appoints Education Task Force - Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. has named a 21-member task force to recommend the role of city government once the county’s two public school systems are consolidated.

Wharton anticipates that with schools consolidation, the city of Memphis will no longer be required to fund local schools at a certain level. But Wharton has said that doesn’t mean the city wouldn’t have any role in local education.

4. Phillips to Become President of Optometry School - Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Dr. Richard W. Phillips has been named president-elect of Southern College of Optometry in Memphis. Phillips is a 1978 graduate of the college and the former regional executive director for Tennessee operations for TLC - Laser Eye Centers. He will be only the sixth person to hold the office in the college's 75-year history. Phillips will assume the presidency May 17. He is replacing William E. Cochran, who is retiring.

5. Small High School Clicks Along With Eye on Being Different - and Better - Friday, September 15, 2006

For the first couple of weeks of the 2006-2007 school year, high school principal Kana Mabon was a math teacher. Until Memphis City Schools found someone to teach that subject, the principal of the New Small High School did her best to convey her knowledge of ninth-grade mathematics.

6. Archived Article: Newsmakers - Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Rhodes Psychology Professor to Serve as Diversity Delegate at Leadership Conference

First Horizon Exec Named to Fed Advisory Council

J. Kenneth Glass was appointed to a one-year term on the Federal Reserve Boards Federal Advisory Council. Glas...

7. Archived Article: Collierville Bott - Thursday, May 6, 1999
Collierville receives land donation for library, park Collierville receives land donation for library, park By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News Colliervilles search for a site for its new library finally has come to an end. Collierville resident and de...

8. Archived Article: Grants - Thursday, August 6, 1998
By SUZANNE THOMPSON Booker T. Washington High School receives grants Funds will allow students to study and record community history By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Booker T. Washington High School received two separate grants totaling nearly $12...