School board drama heats up with tough decisions looming

School board drama heats up with tough decisions looming
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Unified School Board member, the venerable Sara Lewis, was about to deliver what many considered a fitting climax to the worst week the school system's governing body has experienced since its historic inception.

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DeSoto Co mulls mass transit system

DeSoto Co mulls mass transit system
DeSoto Co mulls mass transit system
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (FOX13) -

It is nightmarish and backed up. All the time.

Many believe Goodman Road and Airways Boulevard in DeSoto County is the busiest intersection in the State of Mississippi. Regardless it's during rush hour or on a Saturday, it is only one of DeSoto County's traffic problems.

Though in the early stages there is a plan

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Preserving the place where Elvis got his start

Preserving the place where Elvis got his start
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Notorious DJ Dewey Philips made Elvis famous from the WHBQ Radio Studios in the Chisca Hotel. 

The hotel was abandoned years ago, but is now being redeveloped. A team is working together to make sure the place where Elvis got his start is preserved.

It was July 1954. Philips, an established Memphis radio disc

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FOX13 apologizes to Mitsubishi and its viewers

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Due to a mix up in dates, we inadvertently aired a story about a Mitsubishi Job Fair taking place on Saturday, February 23, 2013. Mitsubishi was not responsible for the mistake.

We know many of you showed up and we are sorry for any inconvenience to our loyal viewers and any disruption we may have caused to

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Sinkhole opens under bedroom of Tampa-area home

Sinkhole opens under bedroom of Tampa-area home

TAMPA (FOX 13) -

It was just after 11 p.m. Thursday when Jeremy Bush said he heard the sound of a car crashing into his home.

But it wasn't a car crash at all. It was a massive sinkhole that swallowed one of the bedrooms in the Seffner house at 240 Faithway Drive. Inside that room was Jeremy's brother, Jeff.

The family was

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