25 years ago — 2001
TUNICA, Miss. ‒ Although its overall property appraisal actually declined this year, a tax consultant for Sam's Town casino says his client is contesting the county's calculation as "excessive." It's the first time in at least 38 years that a commercial property owner has formally challenged a Tunica County assessor's appraisal, according to county attorney Andrew T. Dulaney.
50 years ago — 1976
DIXIE DIALING — "The Oath: 33 Hours in the Life of God" completely wasted the talents of such superior actors as Hal Holbrook and Hume Cronyn. The first of a two-part medical anthology series last night on Channel 13 was intended to be heady, humanistic drama but turned out to be merely heavy-handed soap opera. The ingredients were so obvious
one wonders why anyone went to the trouble.
75 years ago — 1951
LITTLE ROCK ‒ The Arkansas Highway Commission Friday scheduled $2,000,000 in aid toward building a bridge across the Mississippi River at Helena, provided plans for a new bridge there goes through, and provided also the money is available.
100 years ago — 1926
Practical assurance that a greyhound racing track will be built just across the Harahan Bridge in Crittenden County, Ark., has been met with expressions of approval by Memphians familiar with the manner in which the sport is conducted in larger cities of the north and Florida and Louisiana, where the sport already has arisen to the height of popularity. The sport has gripped society.
From the Archives of the CA: Check out one of the newest spots in Memphis
Check out the inside of the new Hive in East Memphis, which is he second location in the city, accompanying its popular Downtown location.
This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: What was happening in Memphis history on Aug. 25? A look back through the years
