No time to wait: SWITCH Youth is trying to stop juvenile gun violence
Intervening early can be the key to success, and Memphis Allies’ SWITCH Youth program seeks to do just that.
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March 2023
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Working in a world where ‘being a shooter is cool’
The Memphis Allies initiative offers a way out, for those living in a violent culture where shooting helps establish credibility.
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‘To save lives, you’ve got to try to intervene.’
Youth Villages’ Memphis Allies outreach program officials “lost sleep” over Ezekiel Kelly, who was indicted for charges connected to the September 2022 shooting spree. Now, they hope to rescue others like him while they still can.
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Court orders forger to pay Memphis artist Nancy Cheairs $2.1M
The court allowed the highest penalty based on the level of fraud.
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Memphis Allies’ mission to reduce gun violence will take time and patience
It’s difficult to measure success when there’s no way to quantify violence that doesn’t occur, but those behind the Memphis Allies initiative believe their lofty goals are worth the effort.
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Grizzlies Insider: Jaren Jackson Jr., other teammates voice support for Ja Morant
The Memphis Grizzlies next play the Lakers in Los Angeles.
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Kendric Davis, Tigers ready to face Cougars again after latest loss
A potential re-match with Houston in next Sunday’s AAC Championship is on Kendric Davis’ mind.
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Alex Lomax cherishes final stretch as a Tiger: ‘It means the world’
The Memphis guard’s college career has at times been turbulent. He decided to stay for a fifth season anyway. Now, starting with Senior Day on Sunday, it’s winding down.
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The Early Word: Morant may have threatened mall cop; artist wins forgery fight
MPD brings back old traffic unit, the Grizzlies break road losing streak and Collierville has utility bill issues, too.
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The Early Word: Tigers, Grizzlies have big weekend, for better and worse
Memphis in May’s getting a deal, Memphis Black Restaurant Week begins and Saturday night’s alright for owl sightings at Overton Park.
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The Early Word: Allies offer exit from violence; Winter makes early exit
Corps wants to restore the river, Tigers are one step closer to the Big Dance and Memphis could be the new hip-hop capital.
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Visible Music College sells in-house record label to alum
For more than two decades, the record label has developed artists, produced songs and released dozens of records. But the sale will allow it to work with a broader base of artists.
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Calkins: A magnificent day for Memphis — right up until the end.
It was a magnificent day for Memphis basketball. Right up until Houston hit the winning shot. On a day when Tiger basketball conjured that magical feeling once again.
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Calkins: Morant is sorry? That’s a good start.
It’s easy to be skeptical about Ja Morant’s statement of apology. But it represents an important first. He never before has accepted responsibility for his actions. Now maybe there’s a shot he will change.
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Calkins: It’s time to put down the gun, Ja. And to put down the act.
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Calkins: It’s time to put down the gun, Ja. And to put down the act.
Nike produced a Ja Morant shoe because he is “a real leader” for “the NBA, for basketball and for the city of Memphis.” Morant’s latest Instagram live video makes a mockery of those words. It is time for Morant to put down the gun and put down the tough-guy act. Here’s hoping he realizes that, at long last.
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Family Affair: A passion for coffee is in her DNA
Not long after Ashleigh Weaver moved from Nashville to Memphis, she turned her passion for coffee into a start-up business. “One thing I really like about Memphis is they are very big on locally made,” she said. “Nashville isn’t like that as much.”
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Recipe Exchange: Calvary Waffle Shop Chicken Salad
This week’s recipe comes with a bonus, too: the Waffle Shop’s special mayonnaise.
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His best friend is gone. His father is missing. But Kendric Davis has found ‘joy’ in Memphis.
Tigers fans have admired the grit that’s allowed Kendric Davis to fight through a series of painful ankle injuries — but that’s nothing compared to the larger battle he’s had to fight to get where he is now.
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Final Four Memories: Lee Hunt left his mark on the 1972-73 Tigers
Fifty years ago, the Memphis State assistant coach was both a tactician and a friend for an NCAA Final Four team.
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Calkins: Now comes No. 1 Houston — and a day this Memphis team has earned.
The best thing about Sunday’s epic matchup between the Memphis Tigers and No. 1 Houston? It was earned.
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What to look for in Memphis’ showdown against No. 1 Houston
When the Cougars come to town Sunday, March 5, it will be just the second time in program history Memphis hosts the top-ranked team in the country — and the first time at FedExForum.
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Hernando seeks cure for Commerce Street congestion
Traffic at Commerce Street and Interstate 55 in Hernando has outgrown the original 1960s design. With no room to widen it more, the city is looking to legislators for help.
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The Early Word: Gershun Freeman video is out, and so is public drag
Tigers clinch No. 2 seed, Rape Crisis Center expands and we look at what areas were targeted by the SCORPION unit.
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Conaway: The Word. And waffles.
“For a hundred Lents, words have been offered — mixed, seasoned, and served — from the pulpit of Calvary Episcopal Church just as ingredients have been from its kitchen below.”
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‘A mixed bag of emotions': Kendric Davis returns to SMU for the first time as a Tiger
When Memphis takes on SMU on Thursday night, it’ll be Kendric Davis’ first time back inside Moody Coliseum since joining the Tigers last offseason.
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