Republican David Lenoir and Democrat Lee Harris will meet in the Aug. 2 county general election to decide who will be the next Shelby County mayor. Lenoir and Harris won their respective primaries easily Tuesday, May 1, 2018.

2. Lenoir and Harris Advance in County Mayor's Race - Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Republican David Lenoir and Democrat Lee Harris will meet in the Aug. 2 county general election to decide who will be the next Shelby County Mayor. Lenoir and Harris won their respective primaries easily Tuesday, May 1, 2018.

3. Arkansas Legislator Wants to Pack Heat at State Capitol - Tuesday, March 7, 2017

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Despite metal detectors and armed guards at the doors to the Capitol and leading to galleries overlooking the Arkansas House, a state lawmaker says he would feel safer if he were allowed to pack his own heat.

4. Residents Embracing Big River Crossing - Tuesday, October 25, 2016

On the first Saturday morning in which it was consistently autumn by the weather conditions as well as the calendar, political leaders on both sides of the Mississippi River walked from Memphis and West Memphis to meet in the middle of the Big River Crossing.

5. Big Crowds Follow Formal Opening of Big River Crossing - Saturday, October 22, 2016

The Big River Crossing across the Mississippi River opened Saturday, Oct. 22, with a whistle blast from a restored Union Pacific railroad steam engine and delegations from each side of the pedestrian and bicycle boardwalk -- Memphis and West Memphis – meeting in the middle.

6. Interstate 55 Roundabout Delay Creates Frustration - Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Lauren Crews admits that the old, vacant motel he owns on the border between Interstate 55 and the French Fort neighborhood is an eyesore.

7. Cooking Companies - Wednesday, July 29, 2015

One indication of the pervasiveness of an area’s startup culture is arguably the presence of incubators and accelerators focused on a variety of narrow purposes.

It’s why the Memphis area is home to plenty of such organizations focused on tech startups, social startups, medical device startups and startups led by women. And it’s why a kitchen incubator in West Memphis that launched in recent weeks is focused on startups in the food industry.

8. TDOT Delays I-55 Roundabout To Reconsider Bridge Closing - Tuesday, July 28, 2015

The Tennessee Department of Transportation has put on hold plans for an Interstate 55 roundabout on the Memphis side of the Memphis-Arkansas bridge citing a review of its plans to close the bridge for nine months during the construction process.

9. West Memphis Kitchen Incubator Is Cooking - Saturday, June 27, 2015

A West Memphis kitchen incubator has found its first user.

Bluff City Barbecue Supply is the first group to use Delta Cuisine: A Southern Kitchen, the community kitchen housed at the new Jeremy Jacobs Hospitality Management Center at Mid-South Community College.

10. West Memphis Kitchen Incubator is Cooking - Friday, June 26, 2015

A West Memphis kitchen incubator has found its first user.

Bluff City Barbecue Supply is the first group to use Delta Cuisine: A Southern Kitchen, the community kitchen housed at the new Jeremy Jacobs Hospitality Management Center at Mid-South Community College.

11. Work Begins on Big River Crossing - Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Work began Monday, Nov. 10, on the Harahan Bridge boardwalk in a Downtown conference room as the contractor on the $17.5 million project, OCCI Inc. of Fulton, Mo., met with city leaders and explained the construction plan to come for what is now called the “Big River Crossing.”

12. Malone to Challenge Luttrell In August Mayoral Showdown - Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Former Shelby County Commissioner Deidre Malone will challenge incumbent Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell in the August county general election after winning the Tuesday, May 6, Democratic mayoral primary.

13. Roland ReElected At Filing Deadline, Two Countywide Races Set For August - Friday, February 21, 2014

One of the six Shelby County Commission incumbents seeking re-election this year was effectively elected to a new four-year term in a new district with the noon Thursday, Feb. 20, filing deadline for candidates in the May county primaries.

14. Democratic Commission Majority Could Be Safe in Elections - Friday, February 14, 2014

With a week to the filing deadline for candidates in the May 6 Shelby County primary elections, it looks as if Democrats will retain their seven-member majority on the Shelby County Commission.

The commission switches to a set of 13 single-member districts with the 2014 elections instead of the current structure of one single-member district and four districts each represented by three commissioners.

15. Vote Delayed on Haslam Adviser's Lobbying Case - Friday, August 2, 2013

NASHVILLE (AP) – A vote to scuttle penalties against prominent Republican operative Tom Ingram has fallen short in the state Ethics Commission.

16. Arkansas House Passes Registration for Canvassers - Thursday, April 18, 2013

The Arkansas House has passed a bill that requires people paid to gather signatures for ballot proposals to register with the state and undergo training.

The House on Wednesday passed the bill 78-9, a vote that followed the Senate’s approval last month. The bill goes to the governor for his signature.

17. Curtis Coleman Announces Bid for Arkansas Governor - Friday, February 22, 2013

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Little Rock businessman Curtis Coleman joined the race for the Republican gubernatorial nomination on Thursday, laying out an agenda that includes proposals to cut taxes and using public money to send Arkansas students to private schools.

18. Lovette Heads Career Services at Remington College - Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Demetrius “Dee” Lovette has been named director of career services at Remington College’s Memphis campus. In the role, Lovette provides job placement services to students and graduates, and works with local employers to assess their workforce needs and provide qualified applicants.

19. Judges Uphold East Arkansas Senate Redistricting - Tuesday, September 18, 2012

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A federal court on Monday rejected a state senator's claim that a redistricting panel intentionally diluted the black vote in his district, ruling the decrease stemmed from politics but not racial discrimination.

20. Martin Backs Considering Primary in Ark. Suit - Thursday, August 9, 2012

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Secretary of State Mark Martin is supporting a state lawmaker's request that the May primary results be considered in a lawsuit challenging the new boundaries of an east Arkansas Senate district.

21. Grant to Enhance West Memphis Port - Friday, June 29, 2012

The rails at the Port of West Memphis will meet the edge of the levee with $10.9 million in federal funding announced last week in Washington.

The port won funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation as part of the TIGER – Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery – grant program.

22. Fed. Judges Won't Block Ark. Primary Certification - Wednesday, May 30, 2012

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A federal court panel on Tuesday refused to block the certification of an east Arkansas state Senate primary while they consider a lawmaker's complaint that his district was redrawn to intentionally weaken the black vote.

23. Ark. Governor Says He Wanted to Boost Black Vote - Wednesday, May 9, 2012

HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. (AP) – Gov. Mike Beebe testified in federal court Tuesday that he wanted to keep the black voting-age population high in an east Arkansas Senate district, but that he and the redistricting panel he chaired had to consider all of the state's legislative districts.

24. Harahan Boardwalk Backers Plan Return to Omaha - Wednesday, March 30, 2011

The Memphis group working with Union Pacific Corp. to build a bike and pedestrian boardwalk across the Mississippi River will be at the railroad’s Omaha, Neb., headquarters next month.

25. A Bridge to Cross - Monday, March 28, 2011

Martyrs Park sits atop the Chickasaw Bluff and overlooks the Mississippi River, its lone modern sculpture a memorial to victims of the 19th century Yellow Fever epidemics that devastated Memphis from the 1850s through the 1870s.

26. Bridge Deal Could Bring 600-Mile River Bike Trail - Tuesday, February 8, 2011

If plans materialize for a pedestrian and bicycle boardwalk on the north side of the Harahan rail bridge, the access areas on both sides of the Mississippi River near the bridge would change rapidly.

27. UP City Agree to Work on Bridge Path - Monday, February 7, 2011

Union Pacific Railroad officials have agreed to work with the city of Memphis and Crittenden County, Ark. officials toward the goal of a bicycle and pedestrian path on the Harahan rail bridge across the Mississippi River.

28. UP Exec, Local Group to Meet About Harahan Wagonway - Friday, February 4, 2011

Union Pacific Railroad CEO James Young meets at the company’s headquarters in Omaha, Neb., Friday with a group from Memphis and West Memphis to talk about biking and hiking.

29. Lawmaker Seeks Cut to Ark. Lieutenant Gov's Office - Tuesday, February 23, 2010

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A state lawmaker wants to cut the budget for Lt. Gov. Bill Halter's office and lay off all but one of his staffers.

Rep. Keith Ingram, a Democrat from West Memphis, proposed the cuts to Halter's budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Ingram proposed cutting Halter's full-time staffers from four to one.

30. 2010 - Monday, January 4, 2010

Is it over yet? That may be the most frequently asked question in the New Year. “It” is the worst national economic recession since the Great Depression.

Accurately reading the indicators will not be easy. Some will predict the recession is about to end, just as new indicators point to continuing economic agony for thousands of Memphians.

31. Crittenden Regional Hospital’s Carter Sees Memphis Hospitals as Trauma Partners - Friday, November 27, 2009

Jamie Carter, the chief executive officer of Crittenden Regional Hospital in West Memphis, knows that state lines and political boundaries don’t matter in the business of saving lives.

32. UTHSC College of Medicine Names Smith Interim Dean - Wednesday, October 21, 2009

J. Lacey Smith has been named interim dean for the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

Smith currently serves as the associate dean of clinical affairs for the College of Medicine and the chief medical officer and executive vice president for UT Medical Group Inc.

33. Logistics Study: While in Good Shape, Memphis Must Stay on Toes - Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Preliminary findings of the “Memphis Regional Intermodal Infrastructure Assessment” reveal that Memphis is positioned well for the future thanks to a healthy network of transportation assets, but the city also needs to be wary of changing global supply trends that could leave it lagging behind peer cities.

34. Bomb Critically Wounds Head of Ark. Medical Board - Thursday, February 5, 2009

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (AP) - A car bomb explosion critically wounded the head of the Arkansas panel that licenses and disciplines doctors, detonating in his driveway as he was leaving for work, authorities said.

35. Regional Logistics Council Looks to '08 - Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Formed three years ago to address Memphis' ever-growing and ever-changing role in global distribution and logistics, the Regional Logistics Council will close the books on 2007 - and look ahead to 2008 - at its quarterly meeting Thursday.

36. Archived Article: Lead - Friday, December 10, 2004
Logistics Council Hopes to Make Regional Impact

Logistics Group Aims for Regional Impact

Business leaders foster cooperation in tri-state area

LANCE ALLAN

The Daily News

In case anyone out there is unaware of Memphis role in the world...

37. Archived Article: Attorney Graph - Tuesday, February 16, 1999
Attorney Attorney Judgments Amount ------------------------------------------------ ----------- -------------------------- Gordon & Feldbaum 226 $220,174.79 Baer Baer & Baer 220 $348,622.30 Mccullough Law Firm ...