Titans' Locker launches financial football game
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Titans quarterback Jake Locker and the Tennessee treasurer will be teaching Nashville high school kids a new educational video game and curriculum called Financial Football.
Locker and Treasurer David H. Lillard Jr. will be at Overton High School on Tuesday morning to coach students in a new nationwide initiative
...Teen charged with killing principal in court
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A 17-year-old boy charged with fatally stabbing his high school principal is scheduled to appear before a judge.
Eduardo Marmolejo has a court hearing scheduled for Tuesday in Shelby County Criminal Court.
Marmolejo has pleaded not guilty to adult first-degree murder charges in the stabbing of Suzette York in August 2011. The
...New burial, grave fees increase Jan. 1
PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (AP) - The city of Philadelphia has increased the cost of plots at three publicly own cemeteries.
The Neshoba Democrat reports (http://bit.ly/Tk82fW) the fee to open and close a grave also will be higher.
The new fees take effect Jan. 1.
The cost of plots at the Cedarlawn, Eastlawn and Donald Rest cemeteries will increase to $400
...State grant to help with tire removal
GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) - The state will provide $50,000 to Leflore County to remove discarded tires from the school district bus shop.
The Greenwood Commonwealth reports (http://bit.ly/TkdZtu) that the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality recently gave the school system 30 days to remove about 2,000 tires after it declared the bus shop a
...Port exceeding requires in West Pier work
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - The state port is exceeding federal requirements on the number of low-income residents or businesses working to restore and expand the West Pier.
The port must meet employment requirements under the Community Development Block Grant program in exchange for $570 million the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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