City Councilman Harold B. Collins plans to introduce a resolution at the next council meeting (Feb. 6) requesting $16 million to spruce up Elvis Presley Blvd.
The EEOC – typically thought of as an agency that benefits protected classes such as minorities, women and the disabled – received a record 99,947 charges of employment discrimination in Fiscal Year 2011.
A few years ago, we had the opportunity to pastor an HIV-positive young man. When he was diagnosed, the medical professionals told him to go home and prepare to die.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Please, please, everybody have a seat. Well, good morning, everybody. It is good to be with so many friends united in prayer.
Ask any question at all about his new baby and Dr. William Owens sounds like any other typical, doting father. Except for the fact that he is a 72-year-old retired educator and father of six grown children.
From Brother Industries to Buckman Laboratories, manufacturing is alive in Memphis, and the recent additions of Electrolux and Mitsubishi speak to the possibility of growth.
“The Voice” is about to have a down home Memphis sound to it. Memphis blues legend Preston Shannon will be appearing on the show on “Super Bowl Sunday.”
“It’s easy when things aren’t going well to look at this guy or that guy. Sometimes you have to look in the mirror and say, ‘Am I giving it all I got? Am I doing my job to the best of my ability?’ ” O.J. Mayo said.
The RISE Foundation recently built on its commitment to preparing young people for success with the launch of its Goal Card program at Bellevue Middle School.