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Mary Cashiola
News Editor
Mary Cashiola is a Memphian with more than 10 years of experience in local journalism. She is also a non-runner who runs, a former ad agency copywriter, a practicing home cook and an aspiring efficiency expert.
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October 2020
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The Early Word
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September 2020
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The Early Word The Early Word: Memphis’ new homicide high; a peacemaker passes on
FedEx plans to transport people, divorce filings are up, and events can return elsewhere in the state but locally ... expect Santa to be a no-show.
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The Early Word The Early Word: Affordable housing, election raising alarms; a bird comes back
It’s Tuesday, Sept. 29, and we’re talking about our rent-to-own ratio, a real estate mystery and how we’re prepping for peak in the Golden Triangle.
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The Early Word The Early Word: A baby, business boom; turning pain to a positive
The pandemic is affecting us in expected — and unexpected — ways while our coronavirus data gets a little better. And a rescue operation hits a bump in the road.
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The Early Word The Early Word: SCS looks to in-person education; Rhodes responds to Supreme Court
Happy Friday, folks. We’ve got Daily Memphian freebies, the initial Indie Memphis lineup and how we can prevent another Breonna Taylor tragedy.
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The Early Word The Early Word: The $$$ cost of missing school, Kushner’s Cordova buy and waffles
Student athletes try again to talk to Joris Ray; MPD makes a change to its excessive force complaint policy and both local activists and Hollywood actresses react to the Breonna Taylor decision.
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The Early Word The Early Word: Drinks, tacos and Cancun
Just call this the vacation edition. We’re talking about bars in prep mode, a popular pizza place and teachers wanting to go virtual.
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The Early Word The Early Word: Ginsburg’s local legacy and ‘Classic’ Deion Sanders
It’s the first day of fall, and Prime Time is going to Jackson, the police can use social media for investigations and one woman finds herself 6,000 miles away from home but flourishing in Memphis.
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The Early Word The Early Word: When school is a test and The Office is for sale
Fall is on the way, and we’re looking at a home near The Lake, dinner and a movie and two former Tigers who just scored their first NFL career touchdowns.
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The Early Word The Early Word: Relaxing restrictions and thank ‘quad’ for the outdoors
Happy Friday! We’re talking about a new venue for street food, how the coronavirus pandemic hasn’t slowed down two local museums and how the rates are changing (and changing us).
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The Early Word The Early Word: How football is faring; judge agrees to DNA testing in 1987 death row case
A local organization is going through an epic shift, the Grizz are looking for potential, and this weekend is playtime.
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The Early Word The Early Word: Virus hits U of M, Ray Jay, landlords, and we’re ‘taco-ing’ about it
Local landlords are suing the federal government; U of M deals with coronavirus clusters; Trip J is releasing birthday music, and we’re keeping our eye out for a change to the Health Directive.
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The Early Word The Early Word: Domino’s and its dough; Barzizza’s bill; and a ‘Lucky’ lunch
It’s Tuesday, Sept. 15, and Memphis will play host to an “Empty Event” today while Germantown is sending a former mayoral candidate a bill.
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The Early Word The Early Word: How to handle pandemic stress; Frayser’s game changer
After six months of the pandemic, health care workers are feeling the effects, the Grizzlies are looking at new members of the team and a Memphis-bred soul singer is big in Japan.
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The Early Word The Early Word: COVID sets sights on suburbs, a bass pro and stars under the night sky
It’s Friday, Sept. 11, and we’ve got a treat (or trick) from the Health Department, East High school has an award-winning teacher, and coach Mike Miller has expectations on him at Houston.
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The Early Word The Early Word: Snuff gets the Spirit; fantasy football’s reality check
We're talking about kids and COVID, whether the Sheriff's Office should get tanks or bayonets, and a fresh, new East Memphis cafe.
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The Early Word The Early Word: Health Dept. investigates glitch, businesses; we’ve got game
Home prices are up, inventory is down and we're watching out for one Heck of a golfer. And summer may be over, but there's still time for a staycation.
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The Early Word The Early Word: Celebrate with a sign or hold one in protest; plus, bars become restaurants
It's Tuesday, Sept. 8, and we've got bars reopening under different rules, scientists pivoting for the public good, and the backstory between MLGW and TVA. We're also talking about the Tigers' first game and where they go from here.
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The Early Word The Early Word: A ‘secret’ revealed and the mystery of the North Parkway sign solved
OK, yes, we're talking about Ja Morant and the Grizzlies winning big, and we've also got the locals who are buying the Germantown Country Club and the artist behind that dreamy sign that popped up on North Parkway. Also, does the Health Department trust us?
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The Early Word The Early Word: ServiceMaster’s latest spin and a big leap in Binghampton
We're talking about a U of M numbers whiz, what happens when life gives you limes and Al Green's tweets.
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The Early Word The Early Word: Writings on the wall, Gosling and ‘Gray Man,’ and a return to school?
What's going on in Memphis? A community orchard is in the works, MLGW is flipping the switch and what's happening at Raffe's Deli?
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The Early Word The Early Word: 901 Day, pageant queens and Rhodes lab makes discovery
To help celebrate 901 Day, we're talking Memphis' murals, a tiny subdivision, and when the Tigers will play again.
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August 2020
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The Early Word The Early Word: Pandemic takes toll on shops, cops; airport gets new nonstops
A would-be record breaker smashes our hearts, a dad takes on his sons and we get a real-world epidemiology lesson, courtesy of Collierville.
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The Early Word The Early Word: Case numbers need work; U of M gets big win — and maybe more TV time?
City steps in to help MLGW customers, Germantown questions state-mandated testing (and its effect on the district) and there's a development story to love in Midtown.
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The Early Word The Early Word: Collierville, the census and restaurants’ Bread & Butter
We're talking about a mixed-use project that could be "as seen on TV," Kanye West on the ballot in Tennessee and how theaters are taking their cues from the coronavirus.
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