Cordova News

Teen Charged With Murder of Fellow Student

WREG - Thu Nov 19

The mother of the 15-year-old charge with 1st degree murder in the shooting death of his Raleigh Egypt High school mate pushes our news camera and microphone away as she leaves Shelby County Juvenile Court.

Dad accused of beating his son had just gotten custody in fall

Memphis Commercial Appeal - Thu Nov 19

A Germantown father who is accused of beating his 16-month-old son to death was just awarded custody of the child this fall.

Shelby Farms playground plan in full swing

Memphis Commercial Appeal - Thu Nov 19

A playground construction plan at Shelby Farms envisions children romping in forts set among the trees and racing through tunnels made from the overarching branches of living plants.

Charter Commission Elects Ellis Chair

The Daily News - Wed Nov 18

POSITIONING: Attorney Julie Ellis, left, is chairwoman of the Metro Charter Commission.

Ford Wins Appointment as County Mayor

The Daily News - Wed Nov 18

VICTOR VICTORIOUS: Shelby County Commissioner Joe Ford becomes county mayor on Dec.

Wiggins Ready To Grab YLD Baton

The Daily News - Wed Nov 18

NEW BLOOD: Kyle M. Wiggins, an associate at the Memphis office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, is taking the helm of the Memphis Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division tonight at the YLD's annual meeting and elections.

Bolton High teacher faces domestic assault charge

WMC-TV Memphis - Tue Nov 17

A Bolton High School teacher is charged with domestic violence after a fight witnessed by his own child.

No Ordinary Joe!: Ford Elected County Mayor as Votes Change Sides

The Memphis Flyer - Tue Nov 17

Criminal Court Judge Otis Higgs, who in past decades several times sought the office of city mayor, made the kind of lighthearted, warm-hearted, and stout-hearted speech that his friends from several decades of public life would have expected of him; yet when it was all over the unquestionably deserving public servant, ready to serve as a temporary ...

Germantown Father Charged With Murdering His Son

WPTY - Tue Nov 17

For John Martin, the sight of paramedics removing the little boy's lifeless boy from his neighbor's unit at the Fountain Square Condominiums in Germantown, was almost too much to take.

Heroin Trafficking Ring Busted In Shelby County

WLMT - Tue Nov 17

It's a result of a nine month undercover investigation. It started after police noticed a spike in the number of heroin overdoses, especially among teenagers in Germantown and Collierville.