Kaman leads Hornets past Grizzlies
New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) – Chris Kaman scored 18 points to lead the New Orleans Hornets to a 95-80 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies.
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Lawmakers spend $70,000 on summer conferences
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Louisiana lawmakers are spending nearly $70,000 in taxpayer funds to attend conferences this summer in New Orleans, Memphis and San Antonio.
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Lawmakers spend $70,000 on summer conferences
Zephyrs Host Memphis for Four-Game Weekend Series
Metairie, LA – The New Orleans Zephyrs return to action at Zephyr Field on Thursday, June 9 at 7:00 p.m. when they host the Memphis Redbirds in the first of a four-game weekend series.
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River crests in Memphis; downstream states brace for flooding
The Mississippi River crested in Memphis at nearly 48 feet on Tuesday, falling short of its all-time record but still soaking low-lying areas with enough water to require a massive cleanup.
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River crests in Memphis; downstream states brace for flooding
La. prepares for worst as Big Muddy flood nears
As the Mississippi reaches its high point in Memphis and attention turns to a time-consuming clean up, farmers downriver built homemade levees to protect their crops and engineers diverted water into a lake to ease the pressure on New Orleans levees.
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TN, LA Residents ‘Pray’ As River Crests
NEW ORLEANS (CNN) — Residents in Memphis, Tennessee, are bracing for potentially historic floods Tuesday when the Mississippi River is expected to crest at a near-record level and Louisiana appears to be next in the path of the bloated river.
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Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsFlooding peaks in Memphis; downstream danger lurks
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – As the Mississippi reaches its high point in Memphis and attention turns to a time-consuming clean up, farmers downriver built homemade levees to protect their crops and engineers diverted water into a lake to ease the pressure on New Orleans levees.
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Flooding peaks in Memphis; downstream danger lurks
As the Mississippi reaches its high point in Memphis and attention turns to a time-consuming clean up, farmers downriver built homemade levees to protect their crops and engineers diverted water into a lake to ease the pressure on New Orleans levees.
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Flooding peaks in Memphis; downstream danger lurks
Memphis readies for big river; Ky. spared calamity
Some jittery Memphis residents began abandoning low-lying homes as the dangerously surging Mississippi River threatened to crest in coming days just shy of a 48.7-foot record from a devastating 1937 flood .
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Watery week ahead as Mississippi floodwaters hit Memphis, move downriver
Record high floodwaters are expected to crest throughout the southern Mississippi Delta next week, starting in Memphis, Tenn., Wednesday and continuing through New Orleans by May 17. As momentum builds, the bulging waters moving down the Mississippi River are backing up tributaries that feed into it, resulting in evacuations, school cancellations, and road closures as water builds.
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Watery week ahead as Mississippi floodwaters hit Memphis, move downriver
