Articles - News en-us http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive N/A http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive webmaster@tri-statedefender.com 20 http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive/articles/7213/1/Community-in-pictures-photo-gallery/Page1.html  View images webmaster@tri-statedefender.com (Tri-State Defender Newsroom) Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive/articles/7212/1/Integration-of-Memphis-City-Schools-told-in-local-films-broadcast-premiere/Page1.html Fifty years ago, 13 African-American first graders took courageous steps to enter four formerly all-white elementary schools and break the practice of segregation in the Memphis City Schools. webmaster@tri-statedefender.com (Tri-State Defender Newsroom) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive/articles/7209/1/Dads-and-daughters-set-for-unforgettable-night/Page1.html Girls Inc.’s Red & White Ball gives girls a chance to shine with the confidence, strength and beauty that they have learned to believe in as Girls Inc. members. webmaster@tri-statedefender.com (Tri-State Defender Newsroom) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive/articles/7201/1/br-No-money-at-Mo-Money/Page1.html Despite the avalanche of problems facing Mo Money Taxes, co-owner Derrick Robinson says that any fears the company will be closed down by the challenges are unwarranted. webmaster@tri-statedefender.com (Tri-State Defender Newsroom) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive/articles/7200/1/Memphis-lands-on-White-House-radar-for-business-improvement/Page1.html Several of the city’s top business leaders and independent minority business owners will be on a group conference call in a follow-up to a trip to the White House last week. webmaster@tri-statedefender.com (Tri-State Defender Newsroom) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive/articles/7199/1/Texting-while-driving-a-deadly-specter-for-friends-of-Clifton-B-Gibbs/Page1.html The dangerous mix of driving and texting was detailed in a story I wrote a couple of years ago while exploring journalism as the iTeen reporter for Tri-State Defender. iteen@tri-statedefender.com (Brittany Jackson) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive/articles/7196/1/Christmas-Day-baby-brings-joy-to-unlikely-couple/Page1.html  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. smitchell@tri-statedefender.com (Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell) Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive/articles/7187/1/Students-at-Bellevue-Middle-get-on-board-with-Goal-Card/Page1.html  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. webmaster@tri-statedefender.com (Tri-State Defender Newsroom) Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive/articles/7184/1/UTHSC-seeks-minority-participants-for-aspirin-study/Page1.html The Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is looking for 200 minority participants for a study on aspirin. webmaster@tri-statedefender.com (Tri-State Defender Newsroom) Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive/articles/7174/1/br-16-million-sought-for-Elvis-Presley-Blvd/Page1.html 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. webmaster@tri-statedefender.com (Tri-State Defender Newsroom) Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600