Past Snapshots and Present Budgets | Memphis News

Shelby County’s sales tax dropped $1.5 million in the first four months, straining budgets — while a 1976 Roberta Flack reflected on her unmistakable voice, defying comparisons to others. Meanwhile, in 1951, Captain James Roy Fulton stepped down at Memphis Naval Hospital, handing over to Captain H.J. Van Peenen before heading to Annapolis. And a century earlier, in 1926, Rutherford awarded a contract to Worthington Pump Co. to install electric pumps for its new water system — a reminder that change, from economy to infrastructure, has always been in motion. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/818318087df9fbdd