The Early Word: Maine comes to Memphis, and Mega Kroger does, too
Jury rules against an inmate beaten at 201, crime is still trending down and City Silo’s new spot will come with a new menu.
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October 2024
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Conaway: Katz and Wright, therapy for the moment
“If you see me talking to myself, just move along. I’m self-employed; we’re having a staff meeting.”
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Food Files: City Silo East Memphis update and menu sneak peek, Blue Note Bourbon
An update on City Silo's new East Memphis location and a menu sneak peek, Blue Note Bourbon releases a new limited-release honey whiskey flavor and Teriyaki Madness to open in Cordova.
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Junior League honors the one woman who makes it all work
For 35 years, Pat Pope has been the office manager, the first person people see when they visit the offices on Central and the spirit of collegiality in its work.
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Chandler Martin’s path to becoming the face of Memphis’ defense
Now a legitimate All-America candidate, linebacker Chandler Martin’s experience as a 6-year-old in Georgia helped him become an instant leader for the Tigers.
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Southaven converting closed Fred’s store into new court building
“We’ve made tremendous investments in our police department,” said Southaven Mayor Darren Musselwhite. “When your police is more active, your court is more active. So our court is very busy.”
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Memphis hires DeMarcus Suggs as new ‘arts czar’
“The easiest way to explain is that for the first time in the city’s history, we’ve created what is basically an Office of Arts and Culture,” said an official involved in the hire.
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MicroPort downsizing, selling adjacent land in Arlington
A rezoning of a site adjacent to MicroPort Orthopedics is an indication of the company’s intent not to expand its operation.
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The Early Word: Santi Claus comes early; CY sober home tired of waiting
Two friends share stories of growing up around guns, Penny shuts down drama and we’re taco-ing about Maciel’s new spot.
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Germantown may hold referendum on making mayor full time
The first step in a lengthy process of changing the mayor’s duties, requiring full-time attention, is scheduled for Monday.
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Martin: Penny Hardaway puts end to the drama — and it bodes well for the future
This is the new world of college basketball. It’s a free-for-all. And if coaches are to flourish in this climate, they have to figure out a way to navigate and master it.
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Point of Impact: With switches proliferating, officers are outgunned
Patrol officers usually carry semi-automatic handguns, which fire once for each pull of a trigger. But those weapons make them ill-equipped to encounter a person with a converted pistol.
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Table Talk: Downtown Dining Week returns with a twist
This year, Downtown Dining Week is ditching the fixed-price menu.
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Inked: Edward Jones opens in Crye Leike Plaza; Foxridge expands
Also: Fun City Adventure Park opens another location in Memphis.
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Residents move into Cooper-Young recovery home without city’s OK
People in addiction recovery started moving into a controversial house in Cooper-Young this week, after city officials previously said the use as a recovery home violated zoning ordinances.
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Trauma center workers see increase in gun violence first-hand
What people don’t see is the blood on the floor. Bag after bag that’s used to save lives. They don’t see the doctors and nurses with soaked scrubs. They don’t see the gore left for janitors to clean up.
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How have Memphis’ elected officials voted on state gun laws?
The Daily Memphian has compiled a review of the major pieces of gun-related legislation passed through the Tennessee Legislature since 2013.
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A closer look at Tennessee’s pivotal gun laws
Restrictions on Tennessee gun owners have loosened in the past decade, and the state Legislature shows no signs of changing that trajectory.
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Downtown tourism tax dollars back after pandemic
The sales-tax growth captured Downtown showed city taxpayers will not bail out Bass Pro Shops at The Pyramid, the Renasant Convention Center and other Downtown projects for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Calkins: As NBA season tips off, FedEx’s Richard Smith says it’s a ‘desperate’ moment for Downtown
FedEx exec Richard Smith says this is a critical moment for Downtown Memphis — and the Grizzlies, FedExForum and Beale Street may be the key.
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The Early Word: FedEx’s Smith has Downtown worries; MATA stops cuts
Downtown is recovering economically, but Richard Smith still worries about crime. Plus, there’s a new Indian eatery that has everything from dal to dosa, and we’ve got hot tips on Halloween horror films.
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Buckley: Memphis needs Mario Anderson. Anderson may need the Tigers more.
Mario Anderson had his best game as a Tiger. It came after his worst game as a Tiger.
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Calkins: Richard Smith on crime, conference realignment and how the Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium gift happened
Richard Smith was as surprised as anyone when Fred Smith, his father, decided the family would give $50 million to help renovate the stadium. Here’s Smith on crime, Ja Morant, conference realignment and how that gift came to be.
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Memphis-Arkansas Bridge’s political history goes back to Boss Crump
Politics is nothing new when it comes to projects like “America’s River Crossing” in Downtown Memphis. The circa-1949 bridge it would replace saw plenty of it when it came time to consider its name.
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Arlington mixed-use development moving ahead after quarter of a century
The Donelson Farms plan adds retail, office and light-industrial uses in smaller buildings along I-269, with larger warehouse and office buildings — not to exceed 250,000 square feet each — behind them.
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