A collection she had been building for half her life was gone in an instant with the shattering of a window. Four hundred CDs, a checkbook and her identity were stolen from Amy Wright's car in January while it was parked close to her house near Swan Ridge Circle. Now, every time one of the stolen checks ...
Tuesday, April 5 9:40 p.m. Police responded to a theft call made from the music building. Jennifer Herrera, who made the call, told police that someone had taken two credit cards and $10 worth of cash from her purse. She said the incident took place when she left a practice room once and for just a ...
As the date to vote Lester Crawford into the commissioner's position of the Food and Drug Administration comes closer, the debate to make emergency contraception available over-the-counter becomes increasingly discussed. "The FDA is trying to make a decision whether emergency contraception's place is ...
Friday, March 25 12:14 p.m. Brothers Donelson Howell and Mason Howell reported to police that they had money stolen from them in the HYPER. They told police that they had left their gym bags in an unsecured locker in the men's locker room. While they were changing clothes, they saw a black male behaving ...
Everyone changes the world the best they can. Some of the students at the Campus School may have found a way they can help, while at the same time coping with a war that affects them as much as it does everyone else. "This summer I had the idea of having kids writes poems to send to soldiers," said ...
Friday, March 11 3:45 a.m. An officer noticed a car leaning against a tree on Zach Curlin. When the officer approached the car she noticed the driver was trying to start the car, which had extensive front-end damage. The police report said the accident happened after the driver, Dustin Golightly, was ...
Although national women's history month is almost over, the work at the Center for Research on Women on The University of Memphis Campus is not. The organization, which studies social problems facing women, began in 1982 when three sociology professors realized how little documentation existed on women ...
Saturday, March 12 4:10 a.m. Police responded to a theft call made from south campus by Alicia Rice. When police arrived to her location, she reported that her boyfriend, Jonathan Barnes, had left her apartment with a Playstation and several DVDs. Rice claims the incident happened after she and Barnes ...
Thomas French loves stories. He enjoys having them unfold to him over a period of time, instead of hearing the whole story in one sitting. That is also how this Pulitzer Prize winning journalist likes to write his own stories. He is a project reporter for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, writing ...
Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Thomas French will speak at The University of Memphis' Michael D. Rose Theatre from 5 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22. "Tom has been very excited about coming to work with The U of M community since I first extended the invitation," said Dana Rosengard, a journalism professor ...
