Avery Cunningham’s historical fiction delves into Black elite of 1920s Chicago
She wrote the 450-page novel late at night in her East Memphis home around her day job in admissions at the Southern College of Optometry.
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January 2024
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The Early Word: Madea came to Memphis, and Buster’s hams it up
Shelby County judge files an order of protection against her brother, Penny stands by decision to play eldest son and you can get pizza by the slice at Grizzlies games.
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Food Files: Rock’n Dough in FedExForum, Waffle House in Cordova
Uncle Red’s, previously Red Bones, will leave Carolina Watershed to open its first brick-and-mortar location. Plus, Rock’n Dough opens in the FedEx Forum, and Captain D’s is coming to Summer Avenue.
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Grizzlies Insider: Is Vince Williams the most quickly beloved Grizz underdog?
Is Vince Williams Jr., a second-round selection in 2022 who played nearly his entire first season in the G League, the first Memphis player to become this popular this fast?
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The Early Word: Chocolatier up for Beard Award; what’s new in chicken
County is cleared in COVID-19 vaccine tweet suit, Tennesseans may be waiting months on SNAP benefits and Vince Williams Jr. dominates Miami.
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’Boro bound? Closing in on Cookeville? These teams can dare to dream
Several area programs have realistic state tournament shots as they head into the final weeks of the regular season.
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Sanford: Punting Davis’ reappointment is a chance to simmer down, work together to fight crime
“I believe being relegated to interim chief undermines her authority inside the police department and raises doubts in the community about her leadership at a time when both are sorely needed to help us fight this city’s rampant crime problem.”
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DeSoto officials embrace nearby $1.9B EV battery plant
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed an incentive package worth more than $400 million, finalizing the state’s role in a deal that will see three companies invest nearly $2 billion in an EV battery facility in Marshall County.
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Collierville Virtual Academy to close
Collierville Virtual Academy will cease operations at the end of the academic year. The suburb’s Board of Education approved the closure Tuesday evening.
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Grizzlies get disabled player exception. What does that mean?
The NBA granted the Memphis Grizzlies a second disabled player exception, but is using it worthwhile?
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Water is Memphis’ new weather problem. What can be done to fix it?
Three years ago, Memphis Light, Gas and Water issued its first boil-water advisory for the area. Since then, it’s issued four more.
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Gold medal archer Joella Bates is show bound
The champion archer will be in town to make an appearance at Saturday’s The Mid-South Sports & Boat Show.
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‘We just gave it away’: After Tulane loss, how Tigers got here, what’s next
“Everything that we earned, we just gave it away,” coach Penny Hardaway said after the No. 10 Tigers’ loss to Tulane. “And now, again, you’ve gotta fight through adversity.”
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Tigers Basketball Insider: Jeff Goodman believes Memphis will miss the NCAA Tournament. Here’s why.
Jeff Goodman, a national college basketball analyst for Stadium, has a hot take about Memphis basketball. Again.
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Sara Lewis, fierce advocate for children and education, dies
“She was very disappointed in Memphis about how the so-called Black children were allowed to falter because it allowed different subsets of schools,” said Aaron L. Lewis Jr., Lewis’s son.
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Collierville Schools board votes to postpone rezoning for one year
Jeff Jones, interim superintendent, made it clear the decision was not to rescind rezoning elementary schools but to delay until the 2025-26 school year.
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The Early Word: Chief Davis is interim for now; plus, why we have water woes
DeSoto County inmates escape, Penny is done playing and we remember Sara Lewis and Jerome Wright.
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Inked: Insight Global, Chase Bank, TwelveStone Infusion Clinic making moves
Insight Global moves into TraVure, Chase Bank proposed to be in Cordova and TwelveStone Infusion Clinic is moving into the Wolf River Medical Building.
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Buckley: Time for Tigers to lose egos, play as a team. Before time runs out.
It’s time for change as No. 19 Memphis tries to bounce back from a two-game skid.
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Hardaway promises to be more ‘aggressive’ with Tigers’ practices ahead of UAB game
Tigers Basketball Insider: Jeff Goodman believes Memphis will miss the NCAA Tournament. Here’s why.
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What expanded school vouchers would mean for Memphis Catholic schools
Catholic education leaders believe the Jubilee Schools wouldn’t have closed if the state government had paid a portion of the families’ tuition. That’s why they support Gov. Bill Lee’s proposed Education Freedom Scholarship Act, which would make private school vouchers much more widely available.
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Hardaway promises to be more ‘aggressive’ with Tigers’ practices ahead of UAB game
After two back-to-back losses, Penny Hardaway admits he’s taken it too easy on his team in practices. He says that changes now.
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The Early Word: Germantown nips minor beer sales in the Bud; Grizz win
Flooding may follow ice, Brent Taylor has ideas to speed up the courts and the Tigers fall from the Top 10.
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Minor pour, major issue: Germantown restaurants fined for beer violations
Two Germantown restaurants were caught selling beer to minors during a routine sting operation by the Germantown Police Department.
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Salaries obtained for two new Memphis football coaching staff members
The Daily Memphian has acquired documents that contain pay rates for former Tigers Reggie Howard and Lou Esposito.
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Grizzlies Insider: Memphis is searching for future chemistry following injury wave
Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins said he’s still searching for chemistry between players as the team plays with a depleted roster.
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