FedExForum renovations bill clears key hurdles
The bill that would help fund FedExForum renovations by allowing Shelby County to reallocate hotel-motel tax dollars to the project cleared its first legislative hurdle on Wednesday, March 27.
The bill that would help fund FedExForum renovations by allowing Shelby County to reallocate hotel-motel tax dollars to the project cleared its first legislative hurdle on Wednesday, March 27.
Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Melissa Boyd, who had been out on a $5,000 bond since Dec. 13, was taken into custody Wednesday.Related story:
Passenger counts were up 19.2% in 2023, a record year at Memphis International Airport, and there’s talk of possible new flights (think Raleigh-Durham, perhaps San Francisco).
Sen. Bill Hagerty, Mayor Paul Young, Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy and other local officials focused on steps and initiatives that the group could agree on.
The Board of Adjustment approved Richardson International’s $220 million upgrade to its Wesson Oil facility and Memphis University School’s construction on an arts and sciences building and indoor sports facility.
Bob Cartwright is asking Shelby County Chancery Court to nullify Collierville’s denial of a new Chick-fil-A.
Just days after placing in a regional spelling bee, one Richland student was shocked to learn she’d won a national soap-dispenser design contest during a schoolwide celebration.
Polling by Voices for a Safer Tennessee suggests most Tennesseans support the moderate gun laws they are proposing, like universal background checks.
Brandon Clarke scored six points and had five rebounds in his return. But the Grizzlies fans were just happy to see him. Related story:
Brandon Clarke “knew it was going to be a lengthy road,” Memphis Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins said. “It’s a product of just seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. ... He deserves this opportunity.”
The company located at 2995 Appling Road is the largest manufacturer of 3D eclipse glasses in the world, and is promoting its product for the upcoming eclipse.
Lakeland officials say the necessity of finishing a road could help ease traffic in some nearby neighborhoods.
Seventy years after the U.S. Supreme Court heard the case, the Brown v. Board of Education decision remains one of the most important in U.S. history.
The Triple-A Memphis Redbirds open their 2024 season Friday at AutoZone Park with several gift giveaways games planned and postgame fireworks shows scheduled.
“So delighted to see New Ballet thriving and adding new leadership. The arts are essential to the soul of a community, and dance is is good for us all.” — Rebecca Locke about New Ballet’s new leader brings ‘talent, aspiration, hope’ to young dancers
“‘Memphis Police interim Chief Cerelyn ‘C.J.’ Davis told a group in Frayser Tuesday, March 26, that police are planning a summer campaign on reckless driving and speeding.’ Why, in good God’s name, does this take till summer? Why not begin tomorrow?” — Preston Vorlicek about Trash. Drag racing. Weed, pills and stacks of cash.
“I understand that economics in most cases dictates development. This is such a visible location, on probably the most traveled corridor into our downtown. My dream would have been for the city, DMC and MMDC, by some miracle, being able to invest in recreating the street grid allowing multiple developers to rebuild a neighborhood. …” — Andre Jones about Commercial Appeal printing building sold for almost $4M
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Josh Burgess, who founded Lucy J’s with his wife, joined Eric Barnes to talk about Lucy’s J’s support of families working to get out of homelessness and the many ways the bakery supports these families.
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The Board of Adjustment approved Richardson International’s $220 million upgrade to its Wesson Oil facility and Memphis University School’s construction on an arts and sciences building and indoor sports facility.
The former Commercial Appeal facility was recently split into two entities: an office building and a warehouse.
Richard Kinley II played in 40 career games at MTSU. He only participated in three spring practices at Memphis.
“Today I don’t want to own (a restaurant), but I can never stop cooking,” Chef Tamra Patterson said. “Cooking is in my blood — it’s all I know to do.”
There are several hurdles Principle Toyota must overcome before it could relocate to Collierville.
A former restaurant server will open a new art gallery and event space inside Midtown’s Minglewood Plaza Friday, March 29.
“Rental property owners can reduce crime by utilizing police calls for service information at their properties. This is no untested theory. It is a proven method that has been put into practice in other crime-ridden neighborhoods in Memphis. And it works.”
This week on Sound Bites, Holly Whitfield and Chris Herrington dined on pastries from Crosstown’s Lucy J’s Bakery and dished on some recent local food news.