What’s hot? Dry ice sales for nexAir
Social distancing has meant the shipping of more food to the front doors of more people. Which means Memphis-based nexAir is selling more dry ice.
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June 2020
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Court cases now on screens, so are dozens of U of M law school externs
Judges, law clerks and private firms across the city have retooled their externship programs for this virtual age.
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Protest and activism grow to include restlessness with local status quo on race
Memphians joining the past 21 days of protests are becoming more vocal about changing the city's traditional method for dealing with racial issues.
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Germantown Municipal School District addressing concerns
The Germantown community has signed a letter calling for the suburban school district to better address racial issues in the schools. Superintendent Jason Manuel said he is willing to listen and eager to change.
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Behavioral health agency wants to build $9M crisis center on Summer Ave.
Alliance Healthcare Services will seek the City Council's approval to build in Highland Heights a 40,000-square-foot Crisis Assessment Center, where 150 people will work.
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Calkins: Ryan Silverfield and Memphis football won’t stick to sports
The Memphis football team put together a massive march through campus Sunday morning. The fact that it felt almost routine — another football team marching for social justice — shows just how much the world has changed.
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What ‘Defund the police’ really means from those who use the phrase
The call to "defund" police during three weeks of daily protests in Memphis has grown as action moves from marches to specific issues. The terms doesn't always mean the same thing to everyone, however.
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Five-star point guard Kennedy Chandler finds ‘big bro’ in Grizzlies star Ja Morant
Kennedy Chandler met Ja Morant at the secret Memphis hoop sessions. Now the Grizzlies star is taking the high school senior under his wing.
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City Council Scorecard: End of the budget season, impasses, bridges and absentee voting
The latest edition of our City Council Scorecard, going back to the start of May, gets the council votes on the record for the end of the budget season and other issues that will endure beyond the first budget season for six of the 13 council members.
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Among doctors worried about rising numbers is CEO of field hospital
CEO Richard Walker of the unopened field hospital is a former Boy Scout who loved search-and-rescue work.
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Explore Bike Share rolling onto Hampline in Year 3
Explore Bike Share by the numbers: In two years, Memphis bike-sharing nonprofit logged more than 56,000 rides by 22,000 riders, covering 193,000 miles and lasting for 2.5 million minutes.
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Conaway: A pass from the cops that I didn’t earn
I ran from the cops, people. I was driving drunk. The driveway I was parked in belonged to a prominent Memphian, then and now. Then and now, there’s every reason to believe if I’d been black in that driveway, I might never have left that driveway.
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Gentry, Jordan taken on second day of MLB Draft
Former Arlington standout Gentry goes to Royals while Boston drafts DeSoto Central graduate Jordan.
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Calkins: Fans at college football games? Not so fast, my friend
Dr. Jon McCullers, head of the task force to open the University of Tennessee, remains skeptical that there will be large fan gatherings at football games this fall.
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Country-soul duet raises voices for racial harmony
Local country singer Lance McDaniel invited Bar-Kays lead vocalist Chris Johnson to sing with him on “Skin,” a timely ode addressing racial dysfunction in America.
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Florida offer kicks things into high gear for ECS standout Kam Jones
ECS star Kam Jones blends natural scoring ability with a well-developed basketball IQ.
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Avenida’s plan for active seniors: No food service, no medical care, lots of fun
The soon-to-open "active adult rentals" development eliminates food and medical services but packs in resort-style amenities and programming.
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Calkins: Here is Penny Hardaway’s real statement about racial inequity – and it’s not the one he released
It’s good that Penny Hardaway released a statement in support of the protesters. But he didn't have to. This is why.
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Calkins: A turning-point of a week — but what happens next is what matters
Apologies are necessary. Especially now. But it's what happens after the apology that matters. A story of two Memphis ministers and one simple request.
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Improved apartments, rising rent may force refugees from Binghampton
Some see new investment and neighborhood improvements that can lift the area's quality of life. Others see rising rents and property values that displace neighbors who cannot afford to stay. One or both is happening at Binghampton's Woodcrest Apartments.
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Calkins: They’re not going to rook them! (The Grizzlies catch a break as the NBA returns)
The NBA is returning! And in a truly shocking development, the Memphis Grizzlies were not hosed by the back-to-basketball plan.
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Grizzlies president Jason Wexler on the NBA’s looming return
The NBA’s Board of Governors approved the outline of a plan that will bring 22 teams to a Disney campus in Orlando next month for eight more regular-season games and a full-scale 16-team playoffs. Wexler appears satisfied.
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Doctors warn of serious late-virus reaction in children
Of the more than 350 children in Shelby County who have tested positive for COVID-19, a tiny handful have developed what appears to be a form of Kawasaki disease, the autoimmune disease that causes blood vessels to inflame. Symptoms include persistent high fever and abdominal pain.
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More restaurants reopening, including East Memphis & Cooper-Young favorites
More restaurants reopen as June ushers in the change of season along with a change of minds. But the virus is still here, and we still have to be cautious as we get out more and more.
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Amazon Air plays catchup with FedEx, UPS
New research from DePaul University examines the rise of Amazon Air and the possibility that the e-commerce giant could eventually compete directly with FedEx Express and UPS Air.
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