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Ole Miss volleyball team helps Habitat for Humanity

Ole Miss volleyball team helps Habitat for Humanity

The Ole Miss volleyball team reached out to give back to the community recently, taking a weekend and teaming up with Habitat for Humanity of Jackson to help construct a house in the Garden Circle area of the state’s capital city.

The Garden Circle area is one that has seen local residents working to reclaim the neighborhood and transform it from what had become an illegal dumping ground to a residential area they can be proud of once again. And with the help of Habitat for Humanity and volunteers the residents are seeing that dream come closer to reality.

The neighborhood has nearly 22 houses to be completed in the area through Habitat for Humanity and 15 of them are expected to be completed in May, according to news reports in Jackson.

Show us your pictures of prom 2012

Show us your pictures of prom 2012

(WMC-TV) - As the end of the school year approaches, it’s time for prom in many Mid-South communities.

Tiger Sculpture Coming to the U of M

Tiger Sculpture Coming to the U of M

Construction is underway at the University of Memphis.

6th annual Linking Hands for Life event to be held April 15

6th annual Linking Hands for Life event to be held April 15

Information provided by Mid-South Transplant Foundation

MEMPHIS, Tennessee – March 15, 2012 - Mid-South Transplant Foundation (MSTF) celebrates April as National Donate Life Month (NDLM). The month-long celebration honors the generosity of organ, eye and tissue donors and their families and commemorates all transplant recipients in the United States. Activities this month will focus on supporting Donate Life America’s new campaign, 20 Million in 2012, which looks to add 20 million new organ, eye, and tissue donors to state donor registries in 2012. As part of this new donor registration campaign, MSTF will be hosting their 6th Annual Linking Hands for Life event on Sunday April 15, 2012 at 2pm to 5pm.

What the Mega Millions jackpot can get you

What the Mega Millions jackpot can get you

What would you do if you won the historic Mega Millions lottery tonight? Well, we calculated a handful of things that $640 million can get you.

With those multi-millions you could buy 2,250 tons of Legos. Forget your dream project, you could build a dream house out of Legos.

iPads? You could buy more than a million iPads, not to mention that extra $10 for every gigabyte above a current $30 subscription is irrelevant to your financial eye.

In addition, you could buy every Apple product in the New York Grand Central Store at a given time. (Every square foot is estimated $4,709, the Grand Central Store is 23,000 square feet - that is a total of $108,307,000.)

For the last 35 years The Orpheum has had $650,000 worth of maintenance expenses each years, that means you could run the theater for roughly 980 years.

Off-Leash areas around Shelby County

Off-Leash areas around Shelby County

Now that the weather is warmer, local pet lovers want somewhere to run around with their pups. If you don't want to stay in your own backyard, go to one of the off-leash dog parks in the area.

There are several locations throughout the Mid-South where dogs can enjoy the freedom of being off-leash and owners don't have to fear their furry friends running out into the street.

Safe, fenced-in areas are available to the public, and the only necessity for most is that the dog be up-to-date on vaccinations.

1. Shelby Farms Dog Park: The most well-known and largest in the area. The park has recently finished updates to the area which includes water, a wooded area and large fields. There is a separate entrance for the dog area, located off of Trinity Road at Gate 12.

JDRF's 2012 Promise Ball: “Voyage to a Cure” to benefit diabetes research

JDRF's 2012 Promise Ball: “Voyage to a Cure” to benefit diabetes research

Information provided by West Tennessee Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

The West Tennessee Chapter of JDRF is proud to announce that Evergreen Packaging will present the 12th Annual Promise Ball, "Voyage to a Cure," on March 31, 2012.  The Promise Ball is being chaired by Summer and Cecil Godman along with Honorary Chairman John Rooney, President and CEO of Evergreen Packaging.  The black tie optional event will take place at the Hilton Memphis, and is expected to raise more than $300,000 for type 1 diabetes (T1D) research.  The event features a cocktail reception, seated dinner, silent and live auctions, a unique Fund A Cure appeal and fabulous entertainment by Kallen Esperian and The Distraxshuns.

This year Milton Allen and Dr.