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Welcome to The Commercial Appeal online archives including stories from June 27, 1990 to the present.

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Searches produce a list of articles with the headline, date, author and first few sentences of each story. Photographs are not included.

ABOUT THE ARCHIVES - Click here for details about what's included in the archives and what's not. (Except for Sunday, stories appear in the database the day after they are published in the paper. Sunday's stories are available Tuesday morning.)

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PRE-1990 STORIES - For Commercial Appeal stories which pre-date the online archives, you will need to check with local libraries. Click on the link to find out how.

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