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Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Memphis, Tenn. – Drivers across the Mid-South have a narrow window late Thursday morning to secure vehicles and adjust travel plans as isolated severe storms threaten major corridors including I-40, I-55...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police are still searching for a man accused of stealing a woman’s car from a Kroger parking lot earlier this week. On February 15, police say they were called to a motor vehicle theft at the Kroger in Midtown on 1759 Union Avenue around 8 p.m. A man was seen walking […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Frayser woman is desperate to find her Shih Tzu named Ruby snatched last week during a home burglary. The dog was stolen, along with some electronics, on Feb. 17 at Annie’s Townhomes and Apartments of Range Line Road while the victim was at work. When the woman returned home around 7 […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn — Two Memphis women said they were stunned when they opened their Memphis Light, Gas and Water bills this month and saw charges topping $1,000, even though both said they were out of town during January’s winter storm. Now, they are questioning how the spike happened...

COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. — A judge has ordered the Town of Collierville to approve a new Chick-fil-A after a two-year lawsuit, a city spokeswoman confirmed Thursday. In 2024, the popular chicken sandwich restaurant was looking to build a new location at Bray Road and West Poplar. But in a 5-to-1...

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — Eddie Gossett awoke one morning last summer to what sounded like an airport runway suddenly opening on his rural Mississippi road. The jet engine roar has been almost nonstop ever since, much to the frustration and insomnia of Gossett and his neighbors. It isn’t a plane — or anything supernatural —...

Memphis Light, Gas and Water has officially planted a flag in Cordova, closing Tuesday on the former Smith & Nephew corporate campus at 7135 Goodlett Farms Parkway for $27 million. The purchase hands the utility a move-in-ready office complex plus an on-site Tier IV data center that can back up operations and...

SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. — A man who was charged in the murder of a 2-year-old has been booked into the Shelby County jail, records show. The U.S. Marshals Service announced Tuesday that Robert Newton, 35, was arrested a day earlier in the Tennessee town of Ashland City. He had been on the run since Feb. 17.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The smell of melted plastic will be back. And if you know, you know. To honor 120 years of existence, the Memphis Zoo announced Tuesday the return of Mold-A-Rama — a vending machine that cranks out brightly colored animals, like gorillas, giraffes, hippos, lions, polar bears and grizzlies right in...

Proving you can never have too much of a good thing, a popular Alabama-based chain is bringing even more delicious barbecue to Memphis-area diners. Jim ‘N Nick’s Bar-B-Q is currently constructing a new home in Olive Branch, its second location in the region, reports Commercial Appeal. The restaurant...