Tom Charlier

• Shelby Farms sees spike in vehicle break-ins, urges visitors to stow valuables Updated 05/26/2012 at 12:09 a.m.

  Park rangers and sheriff's deputies are conducting stepped-up patrols and issuing warnings to the public in the wake of what they call a rash of vehicle break-ins in the Shelby Farms area.

• Memphis-area planners consider area around I-269 Published 05/20/2012 at midnight

  Linking Millington and Hernando in the most roundabout of ways, Interstate 269 will be more than just a 60-mile bypass loop around Memphis when it's completed in the next five or so years.

• Memphis motorists adapt to bicycle lanes Published 05/18/2012 at midnight

  A little extra paint on the road made a big difference for Doug Campbell.

• Disputes erupt over Memphis-area transplant changes Published 05/11/2012 at midnight

  A pending change in the way organs are distributed for transplants has touched off an increasingly bitter dispute between the Memphis area's leading transplant center and the local nonprofit group that procures kidneys, livers and pancreases from donors.

• How dry we are, 1 year past Memphis-area flooding Published 05/02/2012 at midnight

  One year after the historic flood of 2011, it's safe to say Memphis has dried out.

• Survival rates among blacks, whites at St. Jude go against national trend Updated 04/30/2012 at 12:07 a.m.

  Bucking the national trends of persistent and even widening gaps in survival rates between black and white cancer patients, kids of both races are faring equally well at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, according to an expansive new study.

• Nearly half Shelby County children in homes getting federal aid Published 04/29/2012 at midnight

  The latest census estimates show that 44 percent of all minor children in Shelby County live in households receiving assistance from at least one of three major federal safety-net programs.

• Shelby Farms Park officials raise objections to proposed parkway Updated 04/25/2012 at 10:43 p.m.

  A Memphis road project that has been a source of disagreement since Richard Nixon was president is again generating objections.

• Year later, flood cleanup in Shelby County nowhere near complete Published 04/22/2012 at midnight

  The 3 1/2 feet of water that poured into her home and wrecked her walls, ceiling and hardwood floor drained away months ago, but for Thelma Williams the great flood of 2011 isn't really over.

• Memphis will spend $250 million to upgrade sewer system Updated 04/16/2012 at 11:21 p.m.

  The city of Memphis will pay an immediate fine of $645,000 and spend $250 million over the next nine years upgrading its leaky, outdated sewage collection and treatment system, according to an agreement reached Monday settling longstanding Clean Water Act ...

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