Michael Lollar

• Memphis car crash takes life of newspaper carrier's daughter Published 06/17/2013 at 6:55 p.m.

  A 42-year-old woman was killed before dawn Saturday when a man who had been drinking at Club 152 told police he fell asleep at the wheel crashing into the back of a car sitting at a red light on Elvis ...

• Alleged Memphis burglar shot by police facing charges Updated 06/17/2013 at 1:22 p.m.

  Police have charged 29-year-old Joe Willis with two counts of aggravated assault, aggravated burglary, evading arrest and theft of property under $500 after he was shot by police before dawn Saturday when officers said he pointed a shotgun at officers ...

• Steady migration bringing "killer bees" to Mid-South Updated 06/16/2013 at 11:08 p.m.

  “This is more than a movie. It’s a prediction,” a promotion for the killer bee movie “The Swarm” said.

• MLGW restoring power in Midtown, Hickory Hill Published 06/13/2013 at 3:17 p.m.

  About 4,000 customers are without power in the Midtown and Hickory Hill areas because of separate equipment failures that should be repaired by 4:30 p.m.

• State attorney general confirms Cordova residents cannot force de-annexation referendum Updated 06/13/2013 at 9:36 p.m.

  State attorney general confirms Cordova residents cannot force de-annexation referendum

• Veterans honor WWII pilot Forrest in Memphis Published 06/12/2013 at 6:09 p.m.

  Four veterans groups will hold a 70th anniversary tribute at 2 p.m. Thursday to Brigadier Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest III, who was shot down while leading a B-17 bombing raid over Germany during World War II.

• Memphis CrimeStoppers tip line back in service Published 06/12/2013 at 3:53 p.m.

  The CrimeStoppers tip line, which went out of service during the weekend, has been repaired and went back into service at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, said CrimeStoppers executive director Buddy Chapman.

• Memphis planner Corky Neale was teacher, cook, 'tireless volunteer' Published 06/11/2013 at 9:26 p.m.

  Charles Allen ‘Corky’ Neale, former research director for the RISE Foundaton, was an urban planner and a co-founder of the business incubator Emerge Memphis, but he was also a professor, a champion of the working poor and a big supporter ...

• East Memphis accident kills elderly woman, spares her grandchild Updated 06/10/2013 at 8:24 p.m.

  The grandmother recently came to the United States from China to help care for her new grandchild. The trip ended horribly Monday when a pickup truck careened across a street and swerved past obstacle after obstacle before smashing into the ...

• Hostility reading runs high on Memphis smart meters Published 06/07/2013 at 9:18 p.m.

  A town hall meeting on the city’s “smart meter” utility meters turned into a shouting match that almost led to a fistfight between City Councilman Myron Lowery and an audience member.

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