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• January 2023

  • Van with AI, laser imaging to scan Memphis streets for potholes

    The effort will comprehensively map the condition of all 6,714 lane miles of Memphis’ streets.

    By Bill Dries January 17, 2023

  • Cancer-causing chemical endangering Memphis due to EPA’s inaction, lawsuit alleges

    The EPA included Memphis’ Sterilization Services of Tennessee on a list of high-risk facilities in August, but a pending lawsuit says the agency is moving too slowly; the Memphis City Council is also considering what actions it can take. 

    By Keely Brewer January 17, 2023

  • The Early Word: Crosstown Mound plans are tainted; Grizz get revenge

    Tyre Nichols’ loved ones demand justice, the city deploys A.I. to find potholes and we look at one transgender homicide victim’s cold case. 

    By Bianca Phillips January 17, 2023

  • The Early Word: RIP, Lisa Marie; plus, Fred Smith finances film on first Black aviator

    Grizzlies give back for MLK Day, Collierville High students learn to fly and a Memphis Police officer has thoughts on “no chase” policy.

    By Bianca Phillips January 16, 2023

  • Martin: Tigers lean on Davis to keep season alive, like Hardaway planned

    Just days after allowing a game-tying 3-pointer at the end of regulation against UCF, the Memphis Tigers found themselves in the same exact predicament against Temple. Luckily, they have Kendric Davis to rely on.

    By John Martin January 16, 2023

  • Tennessee foster children face the most ‘instability’ in the nation, report finds

    About a third of Tennessee foster children are placed in three or more homes in their first year in state custody, according to a Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth report, putting children at greater risk of compounding trauma.

    By Ian Round January 16, 2023

  • Animal lovers hopeful about proposed changes to city ordinances

    Amendments to animal welfare laws could include mandatory microchipping for pets, and modification to policies about dogs “running at large,” which animal welfare organizations see as key to stopping overpopulation and neglect.

    By Alicia Davidson January 15, 2023

  • ‘She deserves respect.’ For transgender victims, closure can lie further out of reach

    Gender issues complicate the reporting of cold cases for transgender victims, but a Shelby County initiative offers hope to families.

    Related story: 

    Tennessee transgender legislation: A summary

    By Ben Wheeler January 15, 2023

  • Recipe for a backlog: 10,557 adult arrests in 2022, and 35 criminal court trials

    While hundreds of inmates sat in jail for more than 500 days awaiting their day in court, and victims longed for closure, the Shelby County Criminal Court held a total of 35 trials in 2022.

    By Julia Baker January 14, 2023

  • What to look for when Memphis Tigers play against Temple Owls

    The Tigers hit the road to take on Temple in Philadelphia at 2 p.m. Sunday, just four days after falling to UCF 107-104 in double overtime on Wednesday.

    By Parth Upadhyaya January 14, 2023

  • Calkins: LIV golfers have everything money can buy. Except Memphis.

    Remember when it was a struggle to get the best golfers in the world to come to Memphis? Now it requires a federal judge to keep them out of here. 

    By Geoff Calkins January 13, 2023

  • Memphis’ collapse to UCF offers Tigers a reality check

    With only four chances remaining for the Tigers to grab Quad 1 or 2 wins, they’ve learned quickly that nothing they set out to do will come easily.

    By Parth Upadhyaya January 13, 2023

  • Conaway: This is our time. But we have to realize it.

    Memphis is the heart of where we all live, and the reason it has a beat. That beat belongs to all of us, and all of us bear some responsibility for its health.

    By Dan Conaway January 13, 2023

  • Grizzlies Insider: Respect runs deep between Gregg Popovich and Taylor Jenkins

    “You have a h--- of a team,” Popovich said Monday about Memphis. “Enjoy it.”

    By Drew Hill January 12, 2023

  • Rossville girls basketball aiming for a higher profile

    A talented trio of transfers have helped the Fayette County school to 18 straight victories.

    By John Varlas January 12, 2023

  • Methodist, BlueCross BlueShield still at odds

    “The insurance company is really going to get out-flanked, from a PR standpoint, by the Methodist system. Who wants to see kids not get the health care they deserve?” Dr. John Rodney said.

    By Jane Roberts January 12, 2023

  • Memphis isn’t alone in water challenges, as nation struggles to repair aging systems

    An industry group estimates there are 250,000 to 300,000 water main breaks in the U.S. every year — generating an estimated loss of 6 billion gallons of treated drinking water across the country.

    By Ben Wheeler January 12, 2023

  • The Early Word: Black holes, blue trees and the BlueCross/Methodist impasse

    Memphis isn’t alone in water problems, White Station students take the wheel on driver’s ed and two local chefs are making moves. 

    By Bianca Phillips January 12, 2023

  • Mississippi lawmaker’s bill takes on residency fraud in DeSoto County schools

    A state senator from DeSoto County wants to put a penalty in the law that addresses people who put a false address on file to attend schools in the North Mississippi county.

    By Beth Sullivan January 12, 2023

  • Calkins: The Tigers give away another. But why?

    Kendric Davis scored 42 points against Central Florida Wednesday, which was great. But if the Memphis Tigers had done what they should have done before the game lurched into two overtimes, they’d have something much sweeter: A win.

    By Geoff Calkins January 11, 2023

  • Spartan study: White Station students draft legislation to analyze driver’s ed availability in Tennessee

    A group of White Station High School students wanted to get more driver’s education programs into Tennessee schools, so their teacher, Shelby County Commissioner Erika Sugarmon, encouraged them to draft legislation toward the goal. 

    By Aarron Fleming January 11, 2023

  • Inked: New co-working space coming to Downtown

    A Dutch company will bring its co-working concept to Memphis, and a North Carolina-based health care real estate firm just bought a building near Germantown. 

    By Neil Strebig January 11, 2023

  • Table Talk: A new bakery in Midtown and a new chef at Bounty

    Nate Oliva is wearing the chef hat at Bounty on Broad, Josh Steiner’s Hive bakery is open in Midtown, and we may be able to get you in to our sold-out reader lunch at Dim Sum King.

    By Jennifer Biggs January 11, 2023

  • Calkins: There will never be another DeAngelo Williams

    DeAngelo Williams became the first Memphis football player elected to the College Football Hall of Fame. He’s the best Tiger player in the history of the school. But looking back, you know the stat that really stands out? He stayed at Memphis for four spectacular years. 

     

    By Geoff Calkins January 11, 2023

  • The Early Word: Cleotha Henderson evaded burglary charges; FedEx slashes Sundays

    Man dies after a “use-of-force” incident, Uptown gets the green light to use TIF funds and the Lakeland School System is getting new digs.

    By Bianca Phillips January 11, 2023