Sports
Opportunity knocks: New Redbirds pitchers have fresh start in Cardinals’ organization
Three new pitchers now in the starting rotation for the Memphis Redbirds are essentially auditioning for the same role with the 2024 St. Louis Cardinals.
Don Wade
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Don Wade has been a Memphis journalist since 1998 and he has won awards for both his sports and news/feature writing. He is originally from Kansas City and is married with three sons.
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August 2023
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EducationOne-year marriage of Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools ended in a happy divorce — for one side
It was the largest and shortest public school district merger in United States history. A decade later, leaders on both sides recall the road that led to an unhappy “shotgun wedding.”
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NeighborhoodsHopeWorks plans to build 20-bed transitional housing facility
Current and previous transitional housing residents are being interviewed to help design the facility in a way that makes the most sense.
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Mayor's Race
Elections‘A responsibility to give back’ drives businessman J.W. Gibson’s mayoral run
Memphis mayoral candidate J.W. Gibson says that as a “businessman” he would bring accountability to the city’s highest office, and that he believes he has “a responsibility to take Memphis to a different level.”
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About Town MIFA event featuring columnist and author David Brooks sold out
David Brooks, author and regular New York Times and NPR contributor, is the speaker at MIFA’s Sept. 21 event. Although tickets are sold out, people can still sign up to be on a waiting list.
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September 2023
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Mayor's Race
ElectionsThe War for Peace: Mayoral candidate Michelle McKissack wants a safer Memphis for all
Michelle McKissack, who hopes to become the first woman to be mayor of Memphis, remembers growing up in a city where crime was not a constant concern.
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Elections Council District 1 incumbent calls public safety ‘top of mind with everybody’
Rhonda Logan, who is running for re-election in District 1 against challenger Kymberly Kelley, cites public safety and economic opportunity as top issues.
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Elections District 2 Council race has six candidates and one main issue — crime
Six candidates in the Memphis City Council District 2 race cite crime as prevailing issue, but they also have concerns about economic vitality and blight.
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City of MemphisAfter retirement: Planning for life’s ‘encore’
At any great concert, the band plays some of the big hits early and saves a couple for the end. Retirement is the same way, says Andrew Beach of The Center Memphis: It’s wise to plan for the encore.
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COVID hasn’t left, but flu might be worse this winter
COVID hasn’t gone away, but experts say the trend is in the right direction.
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MetroRaising the Bar: Author and political commentator David Brooks believes we all can do better
Brooks will be the featured speaker at the MIFA annual luncheon Sept. 21, and also will speak at Rhodes College while in Memphis.
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SportsMemphis Miracle League baseball field and playground could be a game-changer
Eddy Hatcher never forgot his two childhood friends who couldn’t run, play or enjoy baseball due to physical disabilities, and “I don’t want that to happen to anyone in Memphis ever again.”
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Arts & CultureSculptor wants Memphis music legends to forever stand tall
Mike McCarthy and others want to preserve the city’s music culture with more sculptures similar to the Johnny Cash image he created that stands in Cooper-Young.
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EducationSTEM curriculum at KIPP charter schools brings real world into classrooms
The new STEM program at KIPP Collegiate School isn’t just helping students in the here and now, says Chief of Schools Lischa Brooks, adding: “We’re thinking about their tomorrow.”
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October 2023
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Health CareStressed? That’s natural, and at least somewhat treatable, expert says
Stress comes in many forms, especially moving into winter and the holidays, so we all need to find ways to cope, experts say.
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Arts & Culture‘Young Rock’ bolsters local film commission to its best fiscal year
“It’s the biggest year we’ve had — ever,” Linn Sitler of the Memphis and Shelby County Film and Television Commission said. “It was bigger than in the ‘90s when we had pictures with huge budgets.”
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Performing ArtsIn the end, Christian comic Chonda Pierce plays to an audience of one
Comic Chonda Pierce is sure about God and sure that while she’s making some people laugh, she’s making other people mad. She says it’s the price of doing business and notes that comedian Dave Chappelle fights the same battle, albeit with a key difference: “When he pays a price, he still has millions.”
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SportsMemphis Sports Hall of Fame inductee never wanted to be anywhere but here
Known for his consummate professionalism and steady graciousness, evidence of Allie Prescott’s contributions are everywhere, from Redbirds GM to suite-seller for the Grizzlies to interim athletic director at the University of Memphis.
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MetroImpact of conflict in Middle East reaches Memphis
Rabbi Micah Greenstein of Temple Israel was supposed to leave last Sunday to lead a trip to Israel, and a separate group of Memphians are currently stuck in the country.
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EducationFrom the courtroom to campus, new Rhodes president always had a mission
A former prosecutor who once tried a serial killer, Rhodes College president Jennifer Collins is smart, prepared, serious and relatable.
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Sports GameDay Baseball was a field of dreams for nearly 20 years
GameDay Baseball, on Fischer Steel Road, was the dream of the late Mark Neel, a developer who considered himself a better youth football coach than baseball coach, but still wanted to do right by the game.
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Sports Cordova youth baseball complex to be shuttered
After almost 20 years in operation, Cordova’s GameDay Baseball will soon close.
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Spirit of MemphisA man ‘full of joy’ and never without a pocket square: the life of George Falls
Friends remember George Falls as a restaurateur and a dapper man who had an impact on many.
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City of MemphisFrom Tehran to Memphis, Lily Afshar left a musical legacy
Born in Iran but receiving much of her formal training in the U.S., she was a classical guitarist recognized across the world and spent 34 years on the University of Memphis music school’s faculty.
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Metro‘Next Gen’ pilot program takes philanthropy to the next level
The pilot program is designed to help people become more strategic about their philanthropic donations.
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