Eric Lipford

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• Two Displaced by Overnight Apartment Fire

  Posted on: 7:22 am, May 2, 2013, by Eric Lipford

  Investigators say the fire at the Festival Square Apartments started as a grease fire in a kitchen. The Red Cross is now assisting two people who were displaced.
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• Overnight Fire Damages Whitehaven Home

  Posted on: 5:56 am, April 30, 2013, by Eric Lipford

  Fire investigators believe electrical problems are to blame for an overnight fire that heavily damaged a house early Tuesday on Acacia Dr. in Whitehaven.
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• Overnight Fire Displaces 11; Injures Firefighters

  Posted on: 6:06 am, April 29, 2013, by Eric Lipford and Candace McCowan, updated on: 05:46pm, April 29, 2013

  Two firefighters were injured by a back draft
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• Job Fairs Today in the Mid-South

  Posted on: 7:45 am, April 25, 2013, by Eric Lipford

  University of Phoenix and Gold Strike Casino are hosting separate job fairs today to help job seekers find work.
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• MATA Offers Reduced Trolley Fares

  Posted on: 7:18 am, April 24, 2013, by Eric Lipford

  MATA is offering reduced trolley fares this week to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Main Street Trolley.
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• Three People Escape Burning Home

  Posted on: 5:54 am, April 24, 2013, by Eric Lipford

  MFD investigators are working to determine what caused an overnight house fire on Angel Ave. in Berclair that displaced a family of three.
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• Budget Hearings Begin at City Hall

  Posted on: 7:24 am, April 23, 2013, by Eric Lipford

  The Memphis City Council will hold the first in a series of budget hearings Tuesday at City Hall. City leaders have until July 1st to pass a budget for the next fiscal year.
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• Apartment Complex Damaged by Overnight Fire

  Posted on: 7:18 am, April 19, 2013, by Eric Lipford

  Several units at the Flairwood Apartments on Tchulahoma Rd. in Oakhaven were damaged by an overnight fire. Luckily, there were no injuries.
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• Overnight Shooting in Orange Mound

  Posted on: 5:42 am, April 18, 2013, by Eric Lipford

  An Orange Mound man is recovering at the MED after being critically injured in a shooting on Malone Ave. overnight.
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• MPD Hosting Town Hall Meetings

  Posted on: 5:45 am, April 17, 2013, by Eric Lipford, updated on: 04:25am, April 18, 2013

  The Memphis Police Department is holding a series of town hall meetings this week to discuss precinct redistricting and how it will affect community policing.
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• Family Escapes Burning Home

  Posted on: 5:57 am, April 15, 2013, by Eric Lipford

  Three people managed to escape a burning home in the 1700 block of Southwall Street early Monday morning.
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• Man Charged with Killing His Brother

  Posted on: 6:01 am, April 9, 2013, by Eric Lipford and Candace McCowan, updated on: 11:33am, April 10, 2013

  Police say 65-year-old Gerald Turner confessed to killing his brother, Ronald inside a house in the Westwood neighborhood.
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