CBU exits probation after two years, school announces
The decision ends a two-year period in which the Midtown university cut numerous faculty positions and programs and more than $4 million in expenses.
Jody Callahan
Jody Callahan graduated with degrees in journalism and economics from what is now known as the University of Memphis. He has covered news in Memphis for more than 25 years.
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Music No Beale Street Music Fest for 2025
The three-day festival was “paused” in 2024, Memphis in May officials said at the time, largely due to issues regarding the reconfigured Tom Lee Park that led to a less-than-successful 2023 installment of the event.
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BusinessAsk the Memphian: How did the St. Jude marathon grow from a small race to a mighty behemoth?
How did such a small-time endeavor grow into a massive phenomenon that requires 4,000 volunteers and the cooperation of an entire city for a safe and well-organized event?
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Metro‘Goofiest, happiest dog in the world’ has spent nearly 1,500 days in a shelter
Jelly has spent nearly 1,500 days in a kennel at the Humane Society of Memphis & Shelby County. Can you give him his forever home?
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DowntownSupporters prepare to hit the ground running ahead of St. Jude’s biggest fundraising event
“I’m just running a little race,” said a St. Jude Memphis Marathon weekend participant about the organization’s annual fundraiser to help end childhood cancer.
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Spirit of Memphis Marathon runners are called St. Jude Heroes, but ‘everyone knows’ young patients are the truly brave ones
More than 22,000 runners took part in the St. Jude Memphis Marathon Saturday, which officials hope will raise $16 million for the hospital
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Spirit of MemphisDan Aykroyd, Vernon Reid, Dave Davies and others remember Stax great Steve Cropper
As news spread of the death of Stax legend Steve Cropper on Thursday, Dec. 4, musicians and others who knew the giant took to social media to pay tribute.
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Visual Arts ‘A little bit cowboy, a little bit visionary': Metal Museum founder James Wallace dies
With his bushy mustache and a Stetson on his head, James Wallace didn’t exactly look like a man who literally willed a museum to life, then nurtured its continued existence for nearly three decades afterward.
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Music Legendary Stax star Steve Cropper dies at 84
A founding member of Booker T. and the MGs as well as a songwriter and producer, legendary guitarist Steve Cropper has been inducted into just about every music hall of fame imaginable.
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Ask the MemphianAsk the Memphian: What in the heck is going on with the San Diego Cantina restaurant?
What’s the deal with the once-popular Mexican restaurant in East Memphis? Why is the giant sign still glowing even though the place has been closed for eight years?
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MetroBeyond ‘get in line:’ Why becoming a US citizen is harder than you think
The process of becoming a U.S. citizen is extremely complex, taking years — sometimes decades — and thousands of dollars. Here’s how people do it.
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November 2025
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Ask the MemphianDid Prince ever play Beale Street?
Yes, and it was legendary.
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Spirit of Memphis ‘We needed to answer:’ From church kitchens to city streets, volunteers serve holiday meals to the hungry
Memphians across the city spend part of their Thanksgiving holiday helping to feed the hungry.
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Arts & Culture Skilled chess players, from crafty kids to adult experts, battle across the boards
Memphis Chess Club’s 65th annual tournament draws players from around the region to three-day competition.
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Collierville14-year-old charged with rape in St. George’s case, police say
Teenager charged with aggravated rape in one of two alleged assaults at St. George’s Independent School in recent weeks, becoming the second person arrested in the investigation.
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Visual Arts This kids’ film festival is about digesting complex ideas — and having fun
Like You Children’s Film Fest brings both whimsy and education to the Pink Palace.
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Business Strike temporarily closes Starbucks store near Poplar Plaza
“It means we’re doing exactly what we need to do,” said Reaghan Hall, a shift supervisor who has worked at that location for five years.
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Music Memphians remember musician Todd Snider, nomad storyteller who launched career from local bar
The alternative/folk/country musician who launched his lengthy career from a long-gone Memphis bar more than 30 years ago died Friday. He was 59.
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Shelby County Clerk Tami Sawyer sued by former employee
Jeffrey Allen Walker alleges he was fired after he reported questionable spending on an office credit card.
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Public SafetyPolice arrest 8 in gang sweep, echoing 2024 raid
Memphis police arrested eight people, mostly for drug charges, in a Thursday, Nov. 13, sweep that also included agents from the Memphis Safe Task Force.
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Ask the MemphianAsk the Memphian: Has Memphis ever had an art heist like the Louvre?
Curios, statues, Albrecht Durer and Elton John: How have Memphis museums been victimized by thieves in the last century?
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Neighborhoods Longtime Highland hangout Newby’s is closing, owner says
Newby’s, a second home for college kids on the Highland Strip for 50 years, is not extending its lease.
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Food News US Starbucks workers go on strike — Memphis will take part next week
More than 1,000 unionized Starbucks workers went on strike at 65 stores nationwide Thursday.
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Ask the Memphian The penny is gone, and most folks don’t seem to care too much
The U.S. Mint produced the last penny it’ll ever make Wednesday, but that still leaves 114 billion pennies in circulation.
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Ask the MemphianIs Earnestine & Hazel’s really haunted? That depends on who you ask, but the spooky stories are legion
This week, Ask the Memphian investigates reported sightings of ghosts at the South Main district bar. Oh, and we’ll also tell you about the abandoned cemetery right across the street.
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