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Permission granted to “KICK BUTTS”!

Permission granted to “KICK BUTTS”!

The Shelby County Health Department (SCHD), in collaboration with other local organizations, will encourage youth to take a stand against big tobacco companies and educate their peers about the importance of not smoking on Kick Butts Day, Wednesday, March 20.

Kick Butts Day is a national day of activism which empowers youth to stand out, speak up and seize control against big tobacco companies. Health officials want to raise awareness of the tobacco problem, encourage youth to stay tobacco-free and urge strong action to protect kids from tobacco.

Representatives from the health department will be at the following locations on Wednesday, March 20, to distribute information and tips on smoking cessation:

• Benjamin Hooks Library
3030 Poplar Ave.
10 a.m. to noon

• University of Memphis-University Center
499 University
1 p.m.

Missing Bartlett girls found safe

Missing Bartlett girls found safe

Two girls from Bartlett who were missing were found in Arlington Saturday morning by the Shelby County Sheriff's Office.

The word was being shared fast on social media in the Mid-South area that Ashley Warren, 14, and Kenzie Myers were missing.

Bartlett Police said they were runaways.

More than 3,000 people shared a missing flier on the Bartlett Police’s Facebook page in hopes that the girls would return home.

There is no other information available at the time about how they were found.

Mid-Southerns use social media to help find missing girls

Mid-Southerns use social media to help find missing girls

UPDATE: THE TWO GIRLS HAVE BEEN FOUND SAFE BY THE SHELBY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

The word is being shared, and fast, on social media in the Mid-South area. Ashley Warren, 14, and Kenzie Myers are missing. Bartlett Police say they are runaways. Warren’s purse, phone and coat were in her locker.

Both were last seen Wednesday, February 20.

More than 3,000 people shared the photo above from the Bartlett Police’s Facebook page in hopes that the girls would return home.

If you have any information about the girls above, please contact Debbie at 483.9540 and/or the Bartlett Police, who are investigating.

Memphis Bishop stunned by Papal Resignation

Memphis Bishop stunned by Papal Resignation

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Memphis celebrates twenty years of service as leader of his flock in the twenty one counties of West Tennessee in 2013.

The last thing Bishop J. Terry Steib expected in his twentieth year was the retirement of his boss at the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI.  

"My initial reaction was really one of disbelief," Steib said. "I heard it on the radio and I said that must be some mistake here. Let me hear some more, you know?"  

But it was no error. Benedict became the first Pope to announce his resignation in more than six centuries.

"I knew that he had talked about it and when we had done our Ad Limina in Rome, " the Memphis Bishop said.