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The Early Word: Despite data, COVID surge isn’t done; Ford amps up Lightning
More colleges are postponing in-person classes, beer is back, Arlington slows its (bed) roll and both the Tigers and the Grizzlies get a win.
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.
There are 554 articles by Mary Cashiola :
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January 2022
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Today’s weather is snow joke (we hope); commish wants COVID strategies back
A suspect has been identified in Young Dolph’s killing, Collierville High parents are concerned after staffing shortages leave classes empty and how much parking does a park need?
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Local hospitals brace for COVID record; Mayor has bridge to sell you on
Mayor Keith McDonald’s final year in office, what to watch when Sundance comes to town and where Megasite growth will go first.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Grizz, Tigers get big wins; state could pay your mortgage
Highway patrol points city to (possibly) forgotten funding to catch speeders, doctors urge pregnant women to get vaccinated and a veterans organization is checking out a new Jackson Avenue facility.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Chief’s gun is gone; Collierville cancels in-person classes
COVID staffing shortages are affecting high schools and donut shops, James Wiseman revisits his time at East and we could have a “complete” Summer by 2024.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Rapper arrested in Young Dolph shooting, Grizzlies take 10
Charges are dropped in Collierville against Tony Allen; Brooks takes another look at local office; and will the area ever get new voting machines?
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Details behind Young Dolph suspects capture; Ida B. Wells and Barbie
The Grizzlies turn a stare-down into a great giveaway, the state’s first charter school will close at the end of the year and a potential judge is on the hot seat.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Jersey swap, sick days & sanitation and a transmission transition
Collierville Schools starts its own COVID-19 testing site, SCS looks to make a big change and Coletta’s signature dish is on the menu.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Chasing down speed demons, picking up Bulls
Map draws protesters to the Capitol, Mid-South families are looking for their pets and Olive Branch sets a course for regional passenger jets.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Reckless driving data is a drag; new map for Cohen, Kustoff
Local gas station proposal is a no-go, Horn Lake tries to stand out with a new recruiter and Ida B. Wells street is on the way.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Orgel has plans for 100 N. Main, Carrefour; Where’s Wallace mystery solved ... sort of
DMC selects local team to redevelop Memphis’ tallest building, Collierville Macy’s will get new life and Germantown schools drop their mask mandate.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Local hospitals under pressure, as is Tigers basketball
A state senator could lose her seat, a modernization project is landing at an airport near you, and a bunch of local celebs say “Winner, winner, chicken tender.”
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Why 100 N. Main and how Tigers won over Tulsa
We’re on the trail of MPD’s (non) pursuit policy, health care workers find a place to de-stress and why the chicken crossed the city limits.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: We’re all over the map, Seth Henigan and drag racing
Plus, a vax center reopens, Ja Morant ascends and we’re talking noods.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Memphis goes back to schools, restaurateurs get a Blue Plate special
A Bartlett commercial strip is part of a larger trend, a Cordova country club plans a more resort-style development and Whataburger is off the table in Collierville.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Garage is a no-go; Memphis drivers are go, go, go
Mayor Jim Strickland is promising higher pay for police officers, what spurs Ja Morant on and we’re clocking speeders ourselves.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: All-Star Ja, no more directives and Downtown groceries
The Health Department doesn’t plan to issue any more directives, your polling place might have changed and the Farmer finds a new ’Garten.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: New cruise means waterfront to-dos; program shapes attorneys’ views
We’re deep into election prep, two state lawmakers are urging new Tennessee Historical Commission markers for the state’s lynching victims and pilot program embeds prosecutors into police precincts.
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February 2022
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The Early WordThe Early Word: New education funding and a lifetime award for a Champion
The Grizzlies’ Desmond Bane scores a new career high, dinner is a total surprise and a new Fire Department plan may have us feeling the burn.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Corky’s is burnt but it’s not the end; possible power conflict
A hospital in Bartlett is getting out of the baby business, the state could give the U of M $50M and the Memphis City Council is questioning a Union.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Will it ever stop? Yo, I don’t know. Turn on the lights and I’ll glow
Ice storm brings a state of emergency, the Health Department changes how it reports COVID cases, and we’ve got Classic Fred Jones, already working to find another team to take Jackson State’s place.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Power predictions, old movies and alley-oops
How Steve Cohen survived redistricting, big improvements both in — and on the way to — DeSoto County and the Grizz go international.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: 12% remains without, and we’ve got wine by the Barrel
Some see light at the end of the tunnel (or down their street), the Tigers plan to go after transfers and the County Commission ponders whether to fill state Sen. Katrina Robinson’s seat.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: A ‘Classic’ decision, a TV win and trash goes high tech?
Restaurant workers get ready to dish, Collierville adopts a prognosticating raccoon and is Bates going to switch?
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The Early WordThe Early Word: MLGW switches its SOP (and more lights on); Loews hotel project is off
Elvis enters the metaverse, the city’s public housing is being sold and it’s pie day.
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