DeSoto Democrats hope national trend helps local candidates
Democrats took control of the presidency and Congress in 2020. Could DeSoto County be poised to wrest leadership positions from the Republicans in DeSoto County?
Toni Lepeska
Freelance Reporter
Toni Lepeska is a freelance reporter for The Daily Memphian.
There are 33 articles by Toni Lepeska :
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February 2021
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Elections
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January 2021
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Elections Adams resigns judge post; will run for Olive Branch mayor
After a career in the corporate world and time as a DeSoto County judge, Ken Adams resigns the post with an eye on the Olive Branch mayor’s office.
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December 2020
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Metro Salvation Army red kettles miss usual jingle of cash
The Salvation Army is working hard to fulfill its holiday season mission as the pandemic impacts giving, but other charitable organizations are doing well.
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Business Memphian’s new networking app aided by pandemic
At the first Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon since social distancing became the norm, Robert Yates saw members tossing business cards across tables, but they did not touch them, they just took photos of the cards.
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October 2020
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Metro ‘The girls needed this’
Girls on the Run finished out the spring semester online, but only about 60% of the girls showed up on Zoom team meetings.
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September 2020
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Spirit of Memphis Candle company lights a way for victims of sex-trafficking
For at least one local worker, where there was once darkness, now there is light.
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Metro Ginsburg remembered as fighter during memorial
The Memphis legal community memorialized the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Monday night, Sept. 21, and vowed her fight for the marginalized will live on in them.
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Business Pandemic drives need for signs
Whether it's a drive-by celebration or a reminder to remain 6 feet apart, everywhere you look there's a sign.
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August 2020
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Business COVID-19 has changed the way we shop
Online car dealer Carvana has seen its stock price rise more than 700% since the pandemic started in March.
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Business Whimsy Cookie expands despite pandemic
When the pandemic struck and businesses shut down to stem to the spread of the coronavirus, Whimsy Cookie didn’t pull back. Instead, the small business expanded.
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Business Working remotely puts focus on equipment
Other tricks to improve connectivity and reliability include putting a rate limit on gaming consoles and paying for business-class connections.
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July 2020
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Business Counselor gives Rotarians tools for self-care as coronavirus adds stress
The pandemic is now layered onto the everyday statistics of depression and suicide, which counselor Grace McLaren called a dangerous brew.
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Midtown Think piñata when you see Eclectic Eye’s ‘Chucho’
Mural's creator: "Life is often hard and challenging. Sometimes it feels like it’s chasing you with a bat, waiting to crack you down."
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June 2020
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Business Entrepreneurial women think creatively amid pandemic challenge
Women entrepreneurs, who own about half of Memphis area businesses, are finding ways to be creative as a result of challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
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May 2020
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Business Construction, insurance principals combine on new venture
New company got a boost for sanitizing and disinfecting properties because of COVID-19, but its focus is restoration and mitigation from weather damage.
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Business Higher beef prices arrive for Memorial Day weekend
Beef supply has been hampered by some processing plants closing temporarily or reducing capacity for coronavirus-related issues.
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BusinessFlorists, other retailers hopeful Mother’s Day sales bloom
One florist says sales are down 50% to 70% at local shops the past two months, but business has been picking up closer to Mother's Day.
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April 2020
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BusinessOrders at EvergreenUV skyrocket in pandemic
Memphis company "going all over the world" to find bulbs for the products it makes to kill airborne pathogens, including COVID-19.
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Spirit of Memphis Pandemic stretches help for homeless
Social distancing is creating big challenges for local organizations that provide services and meals to the needy in Memphis.
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March 2020
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Business COVID-19 forcing funeral homes, families to make tough decisions
If mourners can't be part of a funeral while adhering to social distancing, one local professor recommends that people create their own, active way to celebrate and grieve a life.
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February 2020
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Business Attorney: Navigating divorce part science, part art
Miles Mason, who has written four books, says navigating divorce in Tennessee is complicated by a state law dependent on the personal values and biases of individual judges.
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January 2020
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Business Magnotti approaches profession as trauma surgeon his own way
Dr. Lou Magnotti sees patients in the busy, often unpredictable Elvis Presley Trauma Center at Regional One Health with his “collection.”
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November 2019
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Spirit of Memphis Luck has had little to do with Megan Gray’s early success
The CEO of Moment AI will speak on artificial intelligence ethics at an NVIDIA technology conference on Wednesday, Nov. 6.
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October 2019
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Business AI software will alert MATA if driver dozes
MATA could equip its entire fleet with safety software developed by a Memphis artificial intelligence company following a pilot program that launches in January.
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Education ArtsEd Tennessee gaining influence with lawmakers
Memphis is the last stop of a five-city tour across the state to give arts education supporters strategies on being better advocates.
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