Crime Crisis: How MPD is deploying its newest recruits
The department’s No. 1 goal, according to its assistant chief of police services, is to expedite the 911 response time.
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July 2022
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High school football 2022: MAHS’ loss is MASE’s gain
With the arrival of a new head coach and 15 players who started for MAHS last year before the charter school closed, MASE is a legit threat for a deep postseason run.
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The Early Word: A look at Joris Ray’s state of (alleged) affairs; plus, monkeypox is here
A second suspect has been charged in Rev. Autura Eason-Williams’ death, Graceland is having money problems and there’s a new speakeasy coming to South Main (but you’ll need a password to get in).
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Westwood football coach resigns after 6 months on job
On the first day Tennessee schools are allowed to practice in full pads, Devin Scates announced he’s leaving. He replaced the previous coach who’d quit three games into the 2021 season.
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Grizzlies Mailbag: Are the Grizzlies set up to take a step back?
A few months after notching the NBA’s second best record, are the Grizzlies poised to take a step back? How will the team replace the injured Jaren Jackson Jr. In this mid-summer Grizzlies Mailbag, answers to those and other questions.
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Memphian wrote the book(s) on Baldrige quality movement
Diamond in the bluff: Former jeweler Donn Fisher’s out-of-the-box thinking led him to judge entries for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, and his expertise in improving quality and productivity is recognized internationally.
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Vitalant’s David Williams’ nonprofit journey comes full circle
David Williams is a longtime dynamo in the city’s nonprofit sphere with a career dating back to the 1970s. At 68, he persists in his personal mission of serving nonprofits that serve disadvantaged populations in Memphis.
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The Early Word: Memphis Police hope to improve 911, and Crisis Center takes calls to 988
TONE responds to an unauthorized pro-abortion banner at Orange Mound Tower, the federal building gets a new name, and the suburbs map out park plans.
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A bright, green future: suburban municipalities map park plans
Suburban communities are mapping out their goals for parks over the next several years.
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Contractor for FedEx Ground says network in ‘far more peril than anyone realizes’
FedEx Corp. counters that the more than 6,000 service provider businesses in its Ground network earned an average revenue of $2.3 million in 2021.
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Calkins: A St. Jude survivor competed in the World Series of Poker — and cashed big
A former Memphian just won more than half a million dollars at the World Series of Poker. But the best part of his story? He’s alive because of St. Jude.
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The Early Word: Bryant’s Breakfast goes big, and Scott Brockman prepares for departure
A local man was convicted for participating in the Jan. 6 riot, the DA’s office seeks an adult transfer for the teen who killed Rev. Autura Eason-Williams and rival coaches discuss Penny Hardaway’s strategy.
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Grizzlies Insider: Memphis rookies plan to take up golf
“We always used to go to Topgolf as a team back at VCU,” Memphis Grizzlies rookie Vince Williams Jr. said. “It was really fun. I figured I might as well start to do the real thing.”
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What opposing coaches think of Hardaway and the Tigers
In his fifth year at the University of Memphis, Penny Hardaway has assembled his most experienced roster ever. He’s added AAC Player of the Year Kendric Davis. He’s added talented wing players Emmanuel Akot and Keonte Kennedy. -
Conaway: Whistling isn’t evil. Whistling something evil is evil.
“The terms Republican and Democrat have become dog whistles to gather on the far right and far left. The colors red and blue, and the words conservative and liberal have been co-opted into whistles.”
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The Early Word: Teen charged in Eason-Williams death; 96X offers ‘alternative’ to commercial radio
New Melrose High coach is ready for some football, Felicia Suzanne’s is one step closer to reopening and about 1,000 Black attorneys and judges are coming to Memphis.
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Sanford: Beloved faith leader’s murder should be catalyst to end gun violence
“Police alone also can’t stop the violence. It will require a community-wide effort. And that includes the faith community.”
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Table Talk: Good tomatoes, MFWF and join us for lunch at Magnolia & May
Sure, there are tomatoes coming in, but where do we find the best ones? Get your tickets for our Friday lunch at Magnolia & May, and plan ahead for the golf tournament and Memphis Food & Wine Festival.
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Calkins: Memphis and conference realignment. Is the dream officially dead?
For decades, now, University of Memphis fans have dreamed of making it into a power conference. Is that dream now officially dead? If so, what does the future hold?
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High school football 2022: Derrick Bobo ready to tackle high expectations at Melrose
The former star defensive back at Whitehaven will lead his team onto the field for the first time on Aug. 20 when the Golden Wildcats open the 2022 season at home against White Station.
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The Early Word: Remembering Rev. Autura Eason-Williams; plus, The Hub breaks barriers
State Rep. Torrey Harris was arrested in Nashville, Shelby County’s air pollution program faces problems and Collierville campers are all smiles.
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Greased Lightning: Test-driving Ford’s all-electric pickup
Staff at The Daily Memphian recently test-drove the F-150 Lightning, Ford’s first-ever all-electric — and surprisingly quiet — pickup truck.
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Inked: St. Jude expanding, Central BBQ remodeling
This week’s Inked covers news on two new buildings and a parking garage on St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital campus and revised site plans for Central BBQ’s renovation in Midtown.
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Why is FedEx closing its data centers and moving to the cloud?
The logistics giant is closing its remaining data centers and moving completely to the cloud, a decision that it says will take two years.
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Historic Dixie Greyhound Station, Schlitz Brewery to see new life
The $44 million Uptown redevelopment project is expected to begin later this summer. But the original office of Dixie Greyhound chairman James Frederick Smith — his title still on the door — will be kept much as it is today.
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