Bluff City News

Elder Cal H.P. Merrell of Atlanta yells out while dancing with a tambourine during Sunday's service at FedExForum, part of the 102nd COGIC Holy Convocation.

Nine of Sullivan County's 24 public elementary and middle schools scored a "C" average on an annual report card released Tuesday by the Tennessee Department of Education.

Louis Arthur King, founder and chairman of Kintronic Labs , has passed away. The news is according to his son Tom, who is president of the company his father founded in Bluff City, Tenn.

Sullivan County Sheriff's Office charged a Bluff City man with several burglaries over the last couple of months.

They've filled Memphis church pews for over 100 years but now those who often travel to the Bluff City for the Church of God in Christ Holy Convocation are feeling the spirit move them.

Erica Davis is moved by the Holy Spirit while Missionary Karen Hodges talks into her ear during the Sunday service at Pentecostal Temple Church of God In Christ.

The lush gardens that sprout a bounty of vegetables in some of Memphis' poorest neighborhoods are the crown jewel of the social justice programs run by the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center.

A Memphis blogger was at the center of a heated exchange between two Memphis City Council members this week.

HICKORY TREE, Tenn. - Private First Class Lawrence Carrier was building a bridge when the Chinese Army attacked his unit and killed him July 8, 1953.

Bluff City, Tenn., citizens witnessed an embarrassment on Monday - the town's veteran city attorney was fired and replaced with a newcomer while anyone watching was faced with the obvious truth that three of the members had agreed to the firing beforehand.

Chad Kimball and Montego Glover take their curtain call at the Monday night opening of "Memphis: The Musical" in Broadway's Shubert Theatre.

Students in Sullivan County are getting more personalized attention thanks to federal stimulus dollars.

Sullivan County Schools has notified 11 Connects that Bluff City Middle School will dismiss at 12:15 p.m. today, October 13, 2009.

Several years before I moved to Memphis in 2002, my friends and I made monthly pilgrimages to the Bluff City to hang out at Amnesia, the popular gay club housed at 2866 Poplar .

" So far this year, there have been more than 4,000 hit and runs in Memphis. Of those, more than 90 percent are unsolved.

My family loves barbecue. We've taken road trips and lengthy detours to try new BBQ restaurants and visit old favorites.

Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton moved to Memphis nearly 36 years ago. While his arrival may not have caused much fanfare, Wharton has now almost become a household name in the Bluff City.

A Sullivan County sixth-grader is accused of taking a gun to a middle school football game Tuesday evening and threatening to shoot another student in a fit of unrequited love.

What if a creative team representing perhaps the three coolest-hottest shows on TV at the moment decided to make Nashville the home of their next project? It's not an idle question.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - With less than a month remaining before Election Day, the dozens of candidates are talkin' the talk and trying to walk the walk in their quests to be the next Mayor of Memphis.