HOW IT LOOKS

• by Frank Murtaugh

OUCH!

OUCH!

• by Chris Davis

MAKING TWO INTO ONE

When the city and county government finally consolidated, it was a function of "personality, party politics, angry suburban reaction to annexation and a city-imposed wheel tax, public health concerns related to adequate sewers, demographic changes that portended a serious declining tax base in the central city, competing school systems in search of an adequate revenue base," and so on. Sound familiar, at least a little bit?

• by Frank Murtaugh

CHILLIN' OR ILLIN'? YOU DECIDE

CHILLIN' OR ILLIN'? YOU DECIDE

• by Chris Davis

City Reporter

Herenton urges consolidation of city and county schools, and other news.

• by Flyer Readers

HOW IT LOOKS

• by Bruce Plante

FROM MY SEAT

STREAKS IN HEAVEN Michael Anderson. David Brown. Kalpana Chawla. Laurel Clark. Rick Husband. William McCool. Ilan Ramon. These names will live forever in some circles. Small, tight circles. For most of us, they'll fade with the years. We'll certainly remember their collective tragedy, but will their lives and achievements garner the adulation of Jordan, Ali, Tiger, the Babe?

• by Frank Murtaugh

I Want a New Drug

OxyContin, a powerful prescription painkiller popular in other parts of the country, has moved into Memphis.

• by Bianca Phillips

COUNTY BOARD APPROVES WHARTON PLAN

The Shelby County Board of Education Thursday approved Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton's plan to build new county schools, including a controversial high school in Arlington.

• by Frank Murtaugh

LEGACY

Perveen Rustomfram, widow of late Flyer editor/sports columnist Dennis Freeland, and Feroza, their seven-year-old daughter, were on hand with other members of the Freeland family Saturday at The Pyramid for ceremonies honoring Freeland and renaming the University of Memphis locker room at the facility in his honor. The plaque reads: "The University of Memphis locker room at The Pyramid from this day forth shall be named in the honor of Dennis Freeland, who as a member of the Memphis media, covered Tiger basketball for the Memphis Flyer for over 10 years, who, as a Tiger basketball fan, demonstrated his love for this team from his days as a Memphis student"

• by Frank Murtaugh

COUNTY BOARD APPROVES WHARTON PLAN

The Shelby County Board of Education Thursday approved Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton's plan to build new county schools, including a controversial high school in Arlington.

• by Frank Murtaugh

HOW IT LOOKS

• by Bruce Plante

THE NAME GAME

THE NAME GAME

• by Chris Davis

TRANSLATION: MEMPHIS: Me and That Bastard Cusack!

I guess I’m going to have to blame this one on John Cusack.

• by Jenn Hall

TO CATCH A THIEF

Following the success of its neighborhood crime-suppression efforts, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office plans to expand the sting operations to other parts of the county where their agency has primary jurisdiction, including the Northaven area.

• by Frank Murtaugh

Time Warp

Circa-1846 carriage house.

• by John Griffin

Short Cuts

Rock quotables: an indie cult hero and a pop prophet.

POLITICS

BOMBSHELL OR DUD? If the current scramble to reconfigure the school systems of Shelby County were a board game, then the card played Tuesday afternoon by Memphis city council attorney Allen Wade would have been marked "Bombshell" in big letters on its backside. The fine print on the other side, as Wade outlined it to a rapt audience of council members and onlookers at the council's "retreat" at the Oaksedge complex, was that the Memphis school board, which city mayor Willie Herenton wants to abolish, has no legal right to exist in the first place.

• by Jackson Baker

A SEPARATE PEACE

Two heavyweights came to Memphis to talk about war with Iraq last week, and the reception they got says something about the task facing President George W. Bush as he tries to lead the country into war.

• by Frank Murtaugh

Short Bread

Local and state governments face a batch of new problems with a shortage of dough.

• by Jackson Baker

LATE GRIZ RALLY FALLS SHORT

The Grizzlies made a late run on Friday, closing within four points of the Knicks in the final three minutes, but dropped a 108-102 decision at The Pyramid. Pau Gasol tied a career high with 32 points and Jason Williams added 21 and handed out 13 assists. Memphis begins a three-game road trip on Sunday against the Nuggets.

• by Frank Murtaugh

TIGERS GET IT RIGHT AGAINST SO. MISS, 80--62

A rejuvenated University of Memphis quintet turned on a recent tormentor Saturday and whacked Southern Mississippi at The Pyramid.

• by Frank Murtaugh

Internal Strife?

There are several sides to most stories -- including Billy Richmond's.

• by Chris Gadd

Game Show

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is wildly accomplished.

Do Something!

Herenton hears a call to action and senses this is the moment for change.

• by John Branston

Postscript

Flyer readers respond.

• by Flyer Readers

Stump Speech

Whoever says this and means it gets my vote for president.

• by Ed Weathers