OPPOSING SIDES: Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton Jr., left, and Sheriff Mark Luttrell found themselves on opposite sides of a 2 percent pay raise for sheriff's deputies.

A former Memphis City Schools teacher is accused of stealing money from a senior class fund.

Knox County Commission Chairman Thomas "Tank" Strickland permitted citizen Chuck Bowers to speak early at the commission's July 28 meeting, moving him up on the agenda so Bowers didn't have to wait through ...