Conaway: The state doesn’t save, the state steals
“The state has not merely encouraged white flight, the state has enabled it. The state has not merely supported white flight, the state built the airport, and the runway surrounds the city.”
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April 2024
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Food Files: Huey’s Downtown closed for renovations and more
Huey’s Downtown will temporarily be closed for renovations, Church’s Texas Chicken on Third Street has reopened and Comeback Coffee has new to-go cans.
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Bartlett or N.C. State, Mallory Collier is ‘used to winning’
A 6-foot-3 freshman center and Bartlett High graduate, Mallory Collier is a part of history at North Carolina State.
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Showboats survive the Roughnecks in UFL season opener
The Memphis Showboats set sail on the United Football League season with a road win over the Houston Roughnecks at Rice Stadium on Sunday.
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Grizzlies Insider: As Raptors plummet, Memphis hopes history can repeat itself
The Grizzlies have watched the Raptors lean into the tank. They haven’t done the same. Will that be good karma for the NBA draft lottery next month?
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South Carolina transfer Mario Anderson gets fresh start as a Tiger
Running back Marion Anderson says he felt like God was telling him to “humble” himself, so he left South Carolina and ended up at Memphis.
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Inked: Walnut Grove office building sold for $1.4M
Mary’s B.O.T.E. and Duck Donuts at Almadale Crossing boost occupancy rates.
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The Early Word: MLK’s life is honored; Germantown may pause vape shops
New juvie has more kids than the sheriff’s office can handle, Ja Morant splits with his agent and the party is over in Southaven.
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Blackburn talks legislation, bail reform and ‘soft-on-crime’ cities
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn was in Memphis Wednesday and talked with The Daily Memphian about crime, a proposal she is sponsoring to strip federal funds from cities with a no-cash bail policy and whether Memphis is a “soft-on-crime” city.
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Southaven to fine businesses considered a nuisance
The city’s aldermen voted Tuesday, April 2, to approve an ordinance that establishes a three-strike system for businesses visited by police due to an on-site disturbance.
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FACS coach Dee Wilkes leaving for new challenge at St. George’s
Dee Wilkes won D2-A state titles in 2022 and this past season at FACS. Now he has a new job.
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Lakeland school district to make ‘historic investment’ in teachers
“Basically, every teacher would move up the equivalent of four steps in one year,” Lakeland School System Superintendent Ted Horrell said at a budget work session for the coming fiscal year.
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Martin: To stabilize Tigers’ program, Hardaway needs to find his Henigan
“If you’re wondering what Hardaway needs to get the program back on track, he could do worse than looking across campus at the football team.”
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Vape, CBD shops under fire in Germantown
Germantown may have another moratorium, but not about apartments. The Planning Commission said Tuesday night it supports the temporary pause on businesses such as vape shops, CBD businesses and shooting ranges.
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Echols: Stories of hope, joy, learning: ‘Curiosity does the heavy lifting’
“Macsovits has taken what she’s been taught in the course of a lifetime, married it with the deeper and broader perspective she has earned in motherhood, and is now passing it on to others.”
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FedExForum cost estimates questioned
Sports authority board approves part of $550 million in planned renovations to FedExForum and provides a look at the upgrades the Memphis Grizzlies are planning.
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The Early Word: Midtown Catholic school will close; Judge Boyd resigns
Young says new police rank may prevent federal oversight, two FedExForum projects move ahead and homeless pups get home training in jail.
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Mayor says MPD’s new lieutenant position is necessary
MPD and its police union disagree over the recent creation of a frontline supervisor role, but Memphis Mayor Paul Young says the second lieutenant rank is needed to avoid another U.S. Department of Justice consent decree.
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Dyer has a plan to reconnect to Collierville Schools
Board Chairman Wright Cox said the early enthusiasm is what he expected when Russell Dyer was tapped for the role.
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Memphis’ David Jones addresses potential return to Tigers in interview
In an interview with the YouTube sports show “Marega Deportes” in the Dominican Republic, Tigers star David Jones shares what he’s thinking about whether to return to Memphis or turn pro.
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Celebrate crawfish, wings and wine at Memphis’ April festivals
A race for doughnut lovers, a brand-new cocktail festival and a brunch day party round out the April 2024 guide to food and drink events in Memphis.
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Judge will post The Lake District for foreclosure this week
Removing developer Yehuda Netanel from The Lake District project east of Canada Road seems headed to its conclusion.
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The Early Word: FedEx is out, UPS is in and Whataburger eyes Midtown
Judge Melissa Boyd wants to resign, Church Health will teach you how to cook and Marc Gasol shares what might have been.
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Recipe for success: Free cooking class takes beginners through the basics
Hands-on cooking classes are scarce, and Church Health’s Cook Well, Be Well program grew out of an acknowledgment that many locals need to learn basic culinary skills to eat more healthily.
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Le Bonheur opens expanded NICU
The revamped NICU is the first step in Le Bonheur’s larger, four-story, $95 million expansion.
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