Education
Amid FAFSA problems, Memphis students file for college aid
A number of application workshops have popped up in the wake of the U.S. Department of Education’s 2024-2025 FAFSA relaunch earlier this year.
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Neighborhoods Council member and DA host joint career and record-expungement fair
Organizations ranging from FedEx, MATA, Maximus Child Support and the Memphis Electrical Joint Apprenticeship Training Center were in attendance to promote work opportunities.
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Music AutoZone Park to host Miranda Lambert in new concert series
For the first time in a decade, a musical artist will take the stage at AutoZone Park to perform in a live full-scale production.
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Arts & Culture Africa in April festival pays tribute to Gambia
“Everybody got a festival celebrating their own heritage and ethnicity,” David Acey said. “So, our efforts in the early ’60s was to develop something that could get our people into their history and culture.”
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Metro Memphis participating in international wildlife challenge
Multiple Memphis organizations will take part in a science challenge that spans six continents this week.
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Public Safety Three shot on Beale Street
MPD said it responded to a shooting around 3:30 a.m. Saturday on Beale Street.
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Downtown Memphis bustles with bristles as Real Bearded Santas roll in
Bewhiskered members of the International Brotherhood of Real Bearded Santas call their red-suited Christmas service a labor of love.
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Metro Severe storms expected to miss Memphis
“We do have a front that looks to move through Friday,” said a NWS Memphis meteorologist. “However with that it doesn’t look like anything severe.”
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Food News Crawfish fest brings bayou-style fun to Overton Square
Saturday marked the 29th year for the Midtown event that merges Memphis and New Orleans cultures, with a bounty of beer, vendors and crustaceans.
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Education MSCS to bump base teacher pay to $50K
MSCS says it is investing an additional $28.4 million toward teacher salaries in the 2024-25 fiscal year.
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Education Internal Feagins video hints at MSCS staffing changes
“You’ll have a job; it just may not be the role or title that you have right now,” MSCS Superintendent Feagins told staffers during a meeting.
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Arts & Culture Book bans inspire giveaway at National Civil Rights Museum reading festival
The celebration was held on the 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board desegregation case ruling and featured an outdoor giveaway of children’s books for grades pre-K to sixth grade and up.
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Music Riverbeat artists wow the crowds on the river
Throughout the weekend, artists such as The Fugees, Yung Gravy and Al Kapone & the B.A.W. Band performed for various audiences throughout Tom Lee Park.
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MusicFrom the stage to the studio: Rhodes graduate fine-tunes music career
While her childhood consisted of standing on tabletops and performing for family and friends, a singing career was initially just an afterthought for Cordova native Raneem Imam.
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Music Stax legend honored with party and Beale Street Brass Note
Johnnie Taylor was honored posthumously with a discussion on his legacy, the unveiling of his Beale Street Brass Note and the showing of a 20-minute documentary on his musical career.
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City of Memphis City of Memphis names new LGBTQ+ liaison
Renee Parker Sekander, a Memphis native, graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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City of MemphisPrepare for possible tornadoes, hail, wind, says Memphis NWS
Area residents should be on the lookout for severe weather Wednesday, May 8.
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About Town ‘Beauty grows here’ as Experience Memphis Gardens returns
The six-week event includes 270 gardens across 40 neighborhoods in Shelby and Fayette counties, as well as some public spaces. Vendors will also be in attendance at certain locations.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Cultures blend as soccer meets basketball at Treadwell Park
Multipurpose sports courts help the neighborhood adapt to changing needs, said Jared Myers of the Heights Community Development Corp. “It’s a beautiful way to mesh community between different demographics through sports.”
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Arts & Culture From ballet to gospel, festival showcases Memphis’ artistic side
“We want to uplift all arts and culture that’s taking place in Shelby County,” Shelby County Arts and Culture Liaison Nykesha Cole said of the Art for All event at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art in Overton Park.
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South Memphis Flood prevention, climate change project underway in Southwest Memphis
Thirteen years after historic flooding in southwest Memphis, officials broke ground on the South Cypress Creek restoration project.
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Food News Memphis in May BBQ fest kicks off with sauce wrestling and fiery competition
The Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is officially underway, with 129 teams from 22 states and four foreign countries vying for the crown.
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Germantown Former Titans help host Germantown wellness event
Co-hosted by NFL Alumni Tennessee, Meharry Medical College and the Shelby County Health Department, the event featured information for attendees to improve their health and wellness.
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Midtown Seeding inspiration: Memphians get the dirt on blooming gardens
During the 2024 Cooper-Young Garden Walk, attendees toured herb gardens and backyard oases throughout the historic Midtown neighborhood.
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City of Memphis Memphis Zoo plans $250M in investments
The first phase of the new, comprehensive campus plan would be a $75 million update to the zoo’s Africa exhibit, which was described in zoo documents as “dated.”
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