The Early Word: Surviving the ‘heat dome,’ getting Bad-der at breakfast
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Mornin’, Memphis. It’s Friday, Sept. 18, and per usual, there’s a lot going on this weekend. Just check out our To-Do List.
It’s a scorcher: Jody Callahan conveys the bad news that the “heat dome” over Tennessee is the strongest on the planet.
Sorting through it so you don’t have to: Bill Dries breaks down the social media brouhaha between Memphis Mayor Paul Young and local attorney Henry Reaves over the presence of the SpaceXAI data center in Southwest Memphis.
In the race: FedEx Freight is going NASCAR.
Taking attendance: With the school year underway, there are fewer students at Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
‘Knowledge Bowl’ blues: In the wake of a “Knowledge Bowl” pause, a look at the institution through the eyes of some of the thousands of Memphis students who’ve participated over the years.
It’s Big, it’s Bad, it’s coming to Cooper-Young: The second Memphis location of the Southern “anti-chain chain” Big Bad Breakfast is set to open in Cooper-Young later this month.
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Chris Herrington
Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He now splits his time between Minneapolis-St. Paul, where his wife works, and Memphis.
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