Slain MPD Officer Geoffrey Redd spent life looking to serve
He taught Sunday school and is remembered by at least one officer as a kind, caring person who knew how to talk to citizens.
Jane Roberts
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Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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MetroCalvary Episcopal’s preaching series turns 100 with a roster full of favorites
The Lenten Preaching Series celebrates its 100th birthday this year, starting Wednesday when Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham will be in the pulpit.
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Shelby County U.S Attorney Ritz takes oath in ceremony loaded with Memphis ties
Julia Gibbons, judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, administered the oath in a ceremony that included dozens of references to Ritz’ character, judgment and discipline.
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Music Sicily-born singer gathers Memphis musicians to record global anthem for peace
Memphis musicians Mario Monterosso, Carla Thomas, Kallen Esperian, Larry Dodson, The Coasters and Pete Molinari, among others, have recorded a new song to raise money for children in Ukraine.
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After 64 years, Ann and Walker Uhlhorn ponder love and letting go
Married in 1958 within six months of meeting, Walker and Ann Uhlhorn have rarely spent a night apart. But Ann was diagnosed with lung cancer in November.
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Memphis’ Lumalier rides power of UV to disinfect, cut carbon
The Memphis-based company, which harnesses ultraviolet light to kill germs, has seen business skyrocket even as the COVID pandemic wanes.
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Spirit of MemphisAfter 64 years, couple ponders love and letting go
Married in 1958 within six months of meeting, Walker and Ann Uhlhorn have rarely spent a night apart. But Ann was diagnosed with lung cancer in November.
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BusinessLumalier rides power of UV to disinfect, cut carbon
The Memphis-based company, which harnesses ultraviolet light to kill germs, has seen business skyrocket even as the COVID pandemic wanes.
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Business Federal labor board issues complaint against Memphis Starbucks store
Starbucks was given two weeks to respond to the complaint issued by the National Labor Relations Board.
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MetroDevastation in Turkey, Syria rattles lives in Memphis
Mosques are uniting to raise money in citywide appeal on Friday.
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Visual Arts Local film scene bolsters Memphis’ rank for moviemakers
Memphis moved up three notches on MovieMaker Magazine’s list of the 25 Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker.
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Education St. Agnes, St. Dominic unveil $20M improvements and new facility
Construction begins this winter where the old campus gym sat. Buckman Hall will be torn down in 2024 for the second phase of the campaign.
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Public Safety Tyre Nichols’ friends say his spirit will change the conversation about policing
Tyre was friends with many people, but he found plenty of respite in solitude, too, with his camera and skateboard.
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January 2023
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Visual ArtsArtist tells Scottsboro story with acrylic, reverence
“I wanted to catch them at their most authentic before the prison system had gotten a hold of them, before they had been changed by this trial. I wanted to see their actual faces,” artist Charles Shipp said.
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Spirit of MemphisNew Carpenter Art Garden leader has hope for healing
Jazmin Miller is on course to help heal trauma on several levels, including the complicated feelings she says many Black people have with agriculture as an institution.
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Real EstateArsenic poisons hopes for Crosstown Mound project
“We have reached out countless times. I’ve talked to city council people. I’ve talked to lots of people. We’ve just gotten nowhere.”
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Health CareMethodist, BlueCross BlueShield still at odds
“The insurance company is really going to get out-flanked, from a PR standpoint, by the Methodist system. Who wants to see kids not get the health care they deserve?” Dr. John Rodney said.
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Spirit of MemphisAlpha Omega’s $8 million project is a nod to Cordell Walker
The Jackson Avenue facility is the latest effort of a man who never served in the military but has dedicated 35 years to serving veterans with housing, food, clothing and offering sometimes simply a place to be understood.
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Financial Services Kudzukian, Momentum to help nonprofits up their digital game
Winners get free studio and production time; applications open Jan. 18.
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Metro Avant new head of Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis
Longtime leader Ruby Bright retired at the end of 2022.
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Real EstateAs greyhounds run last laps, Southland eyes expansion
Southland Greyhound Park opened in 1956 and catered to locals, but with expanded gaming, a new hotel and mobile sports books, the facility is now its parent company’s most lucrative.
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December 2022
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Metro Roger Wolcott, dedicated to homeless, dies in Calif. hospital
The founder of Memphis' Constance Abbey ministry to the homeless died early Saturday, Dec. 24, of injuries sustained in a biking accident near San Francisco.
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BusinessMemphis poverty disruptor expands efforts to 15 more nonprofits
“I think the biggest thing that we’ve done is shown that there is a way that you can actually measure poverty-fighting effectiveness objectively with analytics ... and still be compassionate and caring.”
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MusicConnect Music aims to put Black artists at the top of playlists
CEO George Monger is out to make sure independent performers artists get every cent they earn from royalties.
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Business Poplar-Highland Starbucks on strike over weekend; store closed Friday
Of the 100 stores Workers United says are honoring the strike, two are in Tennessee.
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