National Civil Rights Museum is expanding its legacy — Legacy Building, that is
The National Civil Rights Museum will break ground May 16 on the expansion of the museum’s Legacy Building.
Topic: Memphis
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April 2023
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Echols: ‘This is our chance to love our sister city’
“Memphis — tough, strong, seasoned Memphis — this is our chance to be soft. This is our chance to love our sister city — to be the ones who understand. This is our chance to be with.”
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March 2023
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Tara Stringfellow on her novel, her love of Italy and her book signing
Tara M. Stringfellow talks about the new paperback edition of her book, “Memphis,” which she’ll be signing at Novel Tuesday, March 7, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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January 2023
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MSCS superintendent search advisory committee calls for more community input
Committee members asked that additional input surveys be created once the district’s board of education picks a search firm that will help MSCS find superintendent candidates.
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December 2022
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MLGW urges office workers to work from home because of water system issues
MLGW is asking that office employees work from home on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week in order to reduce water use in office buildings and continues to ask that “non-essential” water use be curtailed.
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Why not Nashville? A goal from Memphis helps do in the U.S.
Memphis Depay led the Netherlands team in their win over the United States at the World Cup.
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September 2022
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Conaway: The Lucca Model — a proposal
“Let’s make Memphis an independent city-state.”
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Calkins: Friday morning, a throng of women in Memphis will ‘finish Liza’s run.’
Danielle Heineman, a runner, knew she had to do something in response to the abduction and murder of Eliza Fletcher. So she is inviting women to join her at 4:20 a.m. Friday to finish Eliza’s run.
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June 2022
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Calkins: 20 years ago, Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis — and the world — came to Memphis
Twenty years ago, Mike Tyson fought Lennox Lewis at The Pyramid. It was a defining moment for sports in Memphis. And it was a hell of a lot of fun.
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April 2022
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‘Memphis’ novelist celebrates fiction debut — and Black women
On Tuesday, Memphian Tara M. Stringfellow will celebrate the launch of her first novel in style.
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January 2022
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Calkins: Merry Christmas, Memphis. Here’s to all who persevere.
It is hard not to think about loss this Christmas. Here’s to those who help us find joy in the midst of it all.
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November 2021
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Young Dolph’s holiday giveaway continues despite rapper’s death
“None of us are doing well, but Dolph would have wanted us out here, so we out here giving back to the people just like he would have wanted.”
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April 2021
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Collierville High students land artwork at airport
A majority of the finalists from the annual art competition are Collierville High students. The works are part of a display that will hang in the Memphis International Airport for the next year.
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Former Memphis lawyer found guilty in $250K fraud scheme
Former Memphis lawyer George Skouteris Jr. faces a maximum sentence of 30 years and a fine of $1 million and five years supervised release.
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March 2021
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Memphis gets bad rap on Twitter
The social media company apologized that accounts tweeting the word “Memphis” were limited for a while on Sunday.
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Melrose School to be ‘reimagined and repurposed’
After planning and construction, the project to reimagine the historic school is expected to be completed in 2023.
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February 2021
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Mid-South prepares for incoming icy weather
Temperatures will drop to 33 degrees, bringing rain Wednesday evening and later 31 degrees overnight.
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November 2020
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Angel Tree program for children of inmates needs sponsors
Prison Fellowship asks Shelby County residents to make Christmas brighter for the children of inmates through its Angel Tree program.
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Community leaders seek solutions as child homicides increase
Homicides involving children are on the rise, and community leaders are looking for answers.
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Opinion: Gun violence is a public health issue
“The Shelby County Health Department is participating in the Unity Walk Against Gun Violence on Nov. 14, 2020. As public health director, I will be joining the walk to demonstrate my personal commitment to working with others to address the gun violence epidemic in our community.”
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October 2020
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Unemployment nudges down in Memphis, Shelby
The Shelby County unemployment rate is back in single digits for the first time since COVID-19 hit in March, according to the state’s September jobs report.
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Opinion: Let’s expand children’s educational horizons, not limit them
“Phasing out the heroes, myths and legends as they pertain to America’s unique story is damaging to our shared cultural identity, our mosaic of greatness.”
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September 2020
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Memphis hits homicide record as officers grapple with rise
Memphis has set a grim milestone with three months to go in 2020, as the city recorded a record-setting 229th homicide for the year with the death of a 12-year-old during a drive-by shooting in the Westwood area Monday night, Sept. 28.
Related story: Haushalter hopes COVID effort is model for other chronic city problems
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Band of brothers: Mother starts mentoring group for late son’s friends
After her son was shot and killed during a robbery outside his family’s apartment complex in 2018, Tameka Talley started a mentoring group for his friends.
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Calkins: How a sophomore basketball player at BTW wound up dead at a Kroger gas station
A year ago, Cameron Pryor was on a winning team. On Monday, he was killed trying to carjack an SUV. His shooting may have been ruled justified, but the path that took him to that Kroger was a civic tragedy.
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