By Nevin Batiwalla After a 16-month search for a school president turned up fruitless, the LeMoyne-Owen College board of trustees decided Friday to remove the word interim from the title of president Johnnie B. Watson.

IT WAS A BATTLE that LeMoyne-Owen College couldn't afford to lose. And fortunately, it didn't.

By Alex Doniach So begins another year of fund-raising and reinventing for the financially tight but now fully accredited LeMoyne-Owen College.

By Pamela Perkins So what's the purpose of mainta

50 years ago the area around McLemore and College in South Memphis was a vibrant residential and neighborhood retail area. Some of the city's most influential African-Americans called the area home, including Universal Life Insurance Co. and Tri-State Bank founder Dr. J. E.