Baxter Leach, iconic sanitation worker, dies
Baxter Leach, one of the remaining participants of the historic 1968 sanitation workers strike, has died.
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Baxter Leach, one of the remaining participants of the historic 1968 sanitation workers strike, has died.
The Shelby County Commission on Monday voted to again change how properties are named, hired a marketing expert and created a program to give veterans their own parking spaces at county facilities.
Former Tiger star DeAngelo Williams has donated $250,000 to the Memphis football program for improvements to the football complex and nutritional development program.
The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers August 22-28.
University of Memphis and Kroger are offering $10 tickets for the Tigers Sept. 7 game against Southern University with a donation going to the Mid-South Food Bank.
Youth Villages has added Ken Kimble to its team as the organization new managing director of development for regional growth.
Three new homes and three newly renovated houses will be featured in Central Garden’s Home and Garden Tour from 1-6 p.m., Sept. 8.
Bartlett-based Surface Dynamics LLC will expand, creating 110 more jobs and investing $10 million in Bartlett over the next five years.
Doug Barron became the 13th Monday qualifier to win a PGA Tour Champions event, holing two 15-foot birdie putts after a rain delay to beat Fred Couples by two strokes Sunday in the Dick's Sporting Goods Open.
MEMPopS, the local purveyor of homemade icy confections, will give $1 to UT West Institute for Cancer for every popsicle it sells on Thursday, Aug. 15.
The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers Aug. 15-21.
CrimeStoppers of Memphis and Shelby County is seeking public assistance in identifying those who damaged property and injured officers in Frayser the night of June 12, when Brandon Webber was shot and killed.
Red Door Wealth Management has added Genie Stringer as the fifth member to its team of advisors.
State Rep. and House Minority Leader Karen Camper was honored during this week’s gathering of the National Conference of State Legislatures in Nashville.
HopeWorks has named Lytania Black as director after receiving funding from the state of Tennessee to oversee adult education programming in Shelby County.
The Memphis planning and design firm A2H has expanded its presence in Middle Tennessee by opening an office in Nashville this summer.
Olive Branch Country Club has been named one of 12 host sites across the U.S. for a PGA Jr. League Regional competition Sept. 21-22.
The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers Aug. 8-14.
The Grizzlies announced a five-game preseason schedule starting with a trio of home games.
Graceland has announced more guests for Elvis Week 2019, the nine-day event scheduled for Aug. 9-17 that celebrates Elvis Presley’s life and legacy and commemorates the 42nd anniversary of his death.
A nursing student in Memphis receives $10,000 scholarship from the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation.