Bright futures: Students design new Arlington Middle outdoor classroom
Based on an idea borne from the pandemic years, Arlington Middle School has opened an outdoor classroom, providing a different learning environment for students.
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May 2024
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Intriguing players to follow for the 2024 Memphis Tigers
While we all wait for the start of football season, here are some players on the Memphis roster who should be interesting to follow as the 2024 season gets underway.
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Trauma therapy ‘transformational work’ at 201 Poplar
Peer-guided healing circles inside the Shelby County Jail helps participating detainees work through trauma, become positive role models and learn to trust in the possibility of healing.
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Southwest grads buckle up for aviation careers
The aviation operations tech program at Southwest Tennessee Community College is an associate degree designed to usher a new generation into the skies — for less tuition and time than the traditional four-year path.
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Memphis Showboats drop to 1-6 after loss in Texas
The Arlington Renegades pick up their first win of the season as Showboats continue to struggle.
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Two antebellum wedding venues on market
Seventeen years ago, Denise Suthoff realized that her house was a perfect wedding venue. She opened Heartwood Hall to weddings first and then added Cedar Hall to accommodate the business pouring in.
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Virtual country club coming to Germantown
With artificial grass that mimics golf greens and the first high-end golf simulators of their kind in Tennessee, High Tee hopes to create an affordable country-club environment on the east side of Carrefour at Kirby Woods.
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Miracle Day: New parents, doctors celebrate babies conceived with help
“It’s really like being in a movie,” said mom Ellen Shapiro Celosky. “I want to pinch myself sometimes because it really happened. I really have my own family, and it’s even better than I thought it could be.”
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Hidden horseshoe hunt hypes 75th equine event in Germantown
Residents are searching for painted shoes ahead of the 75th Germantown Charity Horse Show, one of the Memphis suburb’s signature events. This year’s show runs from June 4 to 8.
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Court order quashes DeSoto tax collector’s refusal to work
Joey Treadway declared he won’t collect taxes if he doesn’t get a raise. But an injunction by Circuit Court Judge Albert B. Smith of Mississippi’s 11th Judicial District orders him to do his job.
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DeSoto County asks state Supreme Court to appoint judge in Treadway lawsuit
Officials are turning to the Supreme Court of Mississippi after both judges for the 23rd Circuit Court District signed recusals, citing conflicts of interest.
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The Early Word: Dr. Morris steps back, and Back Yard Burgers may go bye-bye
Shelby County nixes bail calculator, Kevin Ritz judgeship nomination moves ahead and we’ve got a breakfast rec for “blue-collar ballers.”
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Bailey: Germantown resident making long-ball impact with the Oakland A’s
Local baseball product Brent Rooker is having another nice start to his season, hitting home runs and batting for a higher average as designated hitter for the Oakland Athletics.
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Medical-device company hosts first patient summit
Stryker Corp. gathered some of its ankle-replacement patients at its Arlington campus to get feedback from those who have benefitted from the procedure.
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Exclusive: Scott Morris will step down as Church Health CEO, successor named
Dr. Scott Morris, a physician and Methodist minister, will step down as CEO of Church Health, the clinic he founded in 1987 that is today the largest faith-based, privately funded health clinic in the United States.
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Conaway: Slaw is our state food? Really?!?
Like us, Memphis barbecue doesn’t need fancy; it abhors pretense and imitation; it stands on its own; it’s one of a kind and we’re happy to share.
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Food Files: Ramblin’ Joes to open new Memphis location, Mammoth Coffee ‘Arrives’
Ramblin’ Joe’s is opening more locations, New Orleans-based coffee roasters to serve Hustle & Dough and Chicken Salad Chick to be built in Millington.
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New law barring bail affordability calculator is on the books — and in use
A new law bars judicial commissioners from using an ability-to-pay calculator when setting initial bail, but it does not prevent the consideration of defendants’ financial conditions. Critics say the law is confusing and ultimately unconstitutional.
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Grizzlies Insider: A refresher on the draft lottery process and Memphis’ chances
Jaren Jackson Jr. joined “Inside the NBA” on Wednesday night. The big man is still working out while the Grizzlies executives hope to get lucky in the lottery this weekend.
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The story of Tom Lee and his afterlife
After his heroic efforts to save 32 people from a capsized excursion boat on the Mississippi River, Tom Lee worked as a city sanitation worker and lived in the Klondike neighborhood.
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99 years later, Tom Lee’s heroism remains relevant in poetry competition
Against a wall of windows facing a wind-swept Mississippi River, a small group of people at Beale Street Landing raised a toast to Tom Lee Wednesday, May 8, in the park named in his honor.
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Political Roundup: Selling the tax hike, Democratic unity and the North Memphis way
The political roundup reviews Mayor Paul Young’s tax-hike pitch to citizens in Orange Mound. Also Justin J. Pearson on the shaky state of Democratic unity, and Telisa Franklin opens her campaign for the District 96 seat.
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School board candidates sound off on Feagins’ leadership, voter apathy
School board candidates on the August ballot talk about MSCS superintendent Marie Feagins’ vision for the district.
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Sanford: Partisan politics could cost Ritz appeals court seat
Kevin Ritz’s confirmation before the full Senate is far from a slam dunk. His April 17 confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was, to put it mildly, brutal, and Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, a Ritz supporter, said his chances are 50-50.
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Former St. Agnes standout Rachel Heck wins NCAA Region golf title
The Stanford star snapped an 800-day drought with the win. It was her ninth NCAA tournament win, but her first since 2022.
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