By Bill Dries  |  Memphis Daily News The city will be rebidding the $175 million renovation of the Memphis Cook Convention Center, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said Tuesday, May 15. The rebid follows bids in March that came in above the $175 million the city plans to spend on the interior and exterior overhaul of the convention center that turned 44 years […]

Special agents were investigating a report of human remains discovered in Dickson County on Friday night. Investigators were called to the 200 block of Blackie Road in Charlotte on Friday at the request of 23rd District Attorney General Ray Crouch, said Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesman Josh DeVine. The remains were believed to be those of an adult, DeVine said. Investigators could […]

Hayes Hickman, USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee The court debate continued Friday into whether former Knox County trustee and convicted thief Mike Lowe is hiding money he owes in restitution after stealing an estimated $750,000 from county coffers. Lowe appeared at a violation of probation hearing for falling behind on his restitution payments by $13,450 over the past several months. The disgraced county official […]

The Trump administration will resurrect a Reagan-era rule that would ban federally funded family planning clinics from discussing abortion with women, or sharing space with abortion providers. The Department of Health and Human Services will announce its proposal Friday, a senior White House official said Thursday, speaking on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to confirm the […]

May 19 is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 226 days remaining until the end of the year. Holidays Christian feast day: Calocerus (Eastern Orthodox Church) Crispin of Viterbo Dunstan (commemoration, Anglicanism) Ivo of Kermartin Joaquina Vedruna de Mas Maria Bernarda Bütler Peter Celestine Pudentiana (Roman Catholic Church) May 19 […]

  Saturday was Armed Forces Day, which many Americans celebrate annually on the third Saturday of May. It is a day to pay tribute to men and women who serve the United States’ armed forces. Armed Forces Day is also part of Armed Forces Week, which begins on the second Saturday of May. Some History on the Subject: On August 31, 1949, Louis […]

War broke out in heaven . . . . [And Satan] was cast to the earth. —Revelation 12:7-9 Philip Pullman is a gifted writer of fantasy books. His Dark Materials trilogy includes The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass and is very popular among young readers. But below the surface of these sympathetic characters and compelling subplots […]