Keeping an eye on the I-40 Bridge

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Thursday, September 9th, 2010, 2:58pm

If you’re eager for crews to wrap up their work on the Interstate 40 Bridge over the Mississippi River, the Tennessee Department of Transportation has a few ways you can keep tabs on the project.

While it probably won’t make the work move along any faster, you can get updates on a website and on Twitter.

According to a press release, crews spent Tuesday and Wednesday “placing signs, restriping, and placing concrete barriers along the work zone to ensure the safety of the workers during the phase of installing of the large seismic bridge joints.”

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Adams Ave. closed Saturday for Sept. 11 ceremony

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Thursday, September 9th, 2010, 2:40pm

Traffic will be closed Downtown as the Fire Museum holds a memorial to honor the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Here are the details from the Fire Museum:

The Fire Museum of Memphis would like to inform residents and visitors that on the morning of Sept. 11, 2010, starting at 7:00 a.m. Adams Avenue will be closed between Third and Main Street. The closure will allow firefighters, paramedics and police officers to form a procession that will march to the Fire Museum's Memorial Wall in observance of the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center attacks. In a show of solidarity they will "Never Forget" the American heroes, 343 firefighters and 60 police officers that were killed in the rescue efforts.

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Traffic on Hernando DeSoto Bridge down to one lane in both directions

Submitted by WMCTV Web Staff

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010, 5:34pm

By Kontji Anthony - bio | email

MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) - The Mississippi River has become an even more daunting geographic obstacle for thousands of Mid-South motorists.

Beginning Tuesday, the Tennessee Department of Transportation closed all but one lane in each direction on the Hernando DeSoto Bridge carrying Interstate 40 traffic between Arkansas and Memphis.

According to resident engineer Fred Stephenson, the closure is part of the agency's decade-old effort to make the span earthquake-resistant.

"The New Madrid Fault, in 1811 and 1812, produced the largest earthquake ever recorded in the United State," Stephenson said Tuesday.

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St. Jude marathon almost sold out

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010, 4:33pm

This year’s St. Jude marathon is already a success and not a single mile has been run.

Organizers say both the marathon and the half-marathon are completely sold out. In order to get a chance to run the full 26.2 mile race, you’ll have to commit to raising $500 for the hospital. But organizers say even these spots are expected to sell out quickly.

However, there are still some spots available for the Grizzlies House 5K and the St. Jude Family Race and Kids Marathon.

All four races will be held Dec. 4.

Click here for more information.

Photo courtesy Flickr user marksteele.

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Ground Zero investor upset with management of club

Submitted by WMCTV Web Staff

Friday, September 3rd, 2010, 6:57pm

By Anna Marie Hartman - bio | email

MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) - He's part owner of Ground Zero Blues Club on Beale, and starred in the Shawshank Redemption, but now, one of Morgan Freeman's business partners is looking for her own redemption.

"I've been a victim of fraud, deception, coercion and I have been violated on a personal level," Natosha Huffstickler said Friday.

Huffstickler is a managing partner of the Ground Zero club on Beale Street. She says other partners in the business, including Freeman, have failed to make good on their promises to help finance the club's former and current Memphis locations.

"To date I have put in a total of $325,000," she said. "I have not been paid a salary, nor have some of my other team members."

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Marc Gasol hosts 'Basketball Without Borders'

Submitted by Jerica Phillips, JCFN Social Marketing Coordinator

Friday, September 3rd, 2010, 6:27pm

*Action News 5 received the following press release to our news desk*

GRIZZLIES CENTER MARC GASOL TO HELP LEAD
FIRST BASKETBALL WITHOUT BORDERS CAMP IN SPAIN

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All Memphis Public Library Locations Closed for Labor Day

Submitted by Jerica Phillips, JCFN Social Marketing Coordinator

Friday, September 3rd, 2010, 6:05pm

*Action News 5 received the following press release to our news desk*

LIBRARY CLOSED LABOR DAY

All locations of the Memphis Public Library & Information Center will be closed Monday,
September 6 for Labor Day.

Customers have the option of reserving and renewing books by going to
www.memphislibrary.org or calling 452-2047. The Library’s website also offers several resources customers can use anytime—24 hours a day—seven days a week. Downloadable audio books can be checked-out for free; online databases contain searchable newspaper and magazine articles, reference books and more; and blogs and newsletters on everything from fiction bestsellers to travel can be read on the web.