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Mary Cashiola has been a Memphis journalist for nearly two decades, beginning her career covering city government and local neighborhoods at the Memphis Flyer before being hired by Memphis Mayor A C Wharton’s administration.
She was also the managing editor of the Memphis Business Journal, which was named one of the top 10 Best Designed Newspapers in the world by the Society of News Design while she was there.
There are 599 articles by Mary Cashiola :
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.
Just call this the vacation edition. We’re talking about bars in prep mode, a popular pizza place and teachers wanting to go virtual.
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.
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.
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).
A local organization is going through an epic shift, the Grizz are looking for potential, and this weekend is playtime.
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.
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.
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.
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.
We're talking about kids and COVID, whether the Sheriff's Office should get tanks or bayonets, and a fresh, new East Memphis cafe.
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.
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.
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?
We're talking about a U of M numbers whiz, what happens when life gives you limes and Al Green's tweets.
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?
To help celebrate 901 Day, we're talking Memphis' murals, a tiny subdivision, and when the Tigers will play again.
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.
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.
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.
It's Wednesday, Aug. 26, and we're talking about MLGW's long, long lines, some of our fan favorites from the Tigers and how moms, well, moms talk.
It's Tuesday, Aug. 25, and we're talking about schools and sports, a new slice and 'Dice' place and how a hiring freeze is affecting the county. But mostly schools and sports.
Welcome back to The Early Word, where we're talking about a football folly, the pandemic's effect on young people and what the TVA says we stand to lose if we don't choose it for our power.
It's Friday, Aug. 21, and summer movie season is set to begin, you might be able to get fitted for a new set of golf clubs, and the airport is looking to charge up travelers.
It's Thursday, Aug. 20, and we're talking about churches on Summer Avenue, late-night coronavirus chats and the MLGW board's power moves.