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• October 2021

  • Sanford: Morgan’s run for county mayor will test his readiness for bare-knuckle partisan politics

    Worth Morgan formally announced Monday, Oct. 11, as a Republican candidate for Shelby County mayor.

    By Otis Sanford October 14, 2021

  • Calkins: After all these years, Memphis basketball is still ‘unbelievable, surreal’

    Memphis fans thronged to FedExForum Wednesday to watch the return of Memphis Madness. It was a celebration of a new season — and a program that endures.

    By Geoff Calkins October 14, 2021

  • Daily Memphian Power 15: Collierville, Briarcrest rise in top 5

    Lausanne maintains its hold on the top spot after last week’s victory over ECS.

    By John Varlas October 13, 2021

  • Friday football preview: Brothers, Owls renew area’s oldest rivalry

    Host MUS boasts one of the area’s top passing offenses.

    By John Varlas October 13, 2021

  • Daily Memphian high school honor roll: All hail Kirby RB House in big victory

    Senior tops 200 yards and accounts for all three of his team’s touchdowns against rival Ridgeway.

    By John Varlas October 13, 2021

  • Friday football preview: Dragons puts perfect record on the line against archrivals

    Collierville is ranked sixth in the state among Class 6A teams following last week’s big victory over Germantown.

    By John Varlas October 12, 2021

  • 12 questions for the 12 most important Tigers basketball players

    Just 12 days away from the first exhibition game of the season, here are a dozen questions for the Tigers to ponder.

    By Steven Johnson, John Martin October 12, 2021

  • September home sales up by double digits from 2020

    MAAR president Cassandra Bell-Warren said the market remains active. 

    By Rob Moore October 12, 2021

  • Calkins: Pretty please, NCAA — just not a postseason ban

    Judgment Day is coming for Memphis basketball. And that judgment could be severe. 

    By Geoff Calkins October 11, 2021

  • Penny Hardaway wants nine- or 10-man rotation; who makes the cut?

    Hardaway says the toughest guys who play the right way will be the players who make that rotation. Here are some options.

    By Steven Johnson October 11, 2021

  • Thanks to kindness of friends, and a stranger, Arlington athlete is finishing strong

    After a pair of major surgeries, Tigers volleyball standout Bella Wade beat the odds to play her senior year.

    By John Varlas October 11, 2021

  • Penny Hardaway has turned Memphis into ‘Disney World’

    It was an afternoon showcasing talent that is the stuff of fantasy.

    By John Martin October 11, 2021

  • Courting Ford: How the Memphis Megasite was chosen as the winning site

    Memphis area industry recruiters share stories of how West Tennessee landed “the big one.”

    By Tom Bailey October 11, 2021

  • Warm paws and soft fur provide comfort after tragedy

    Maverick doesn’t speak. Nor does he perform heroics worthy of his ancestor, the TV star of “Lassie.” But the crisis response dog can listen, as he did for Kroger employees after the recent mass shooting in Collierville.

    By Don Wade October 11, 2021

  • Local developers feel sting of high construction costs

    The global supply-chain shortage, which first took its toll on automobile manufactures in need of semiconductor chips, eventually affected the cost of lumber. Developers like the Henry Turley Co. were left trying to keep construction projects on time and on budget. 

    By Rob Moore October 11, 2021

  • Event planners make COVID concerns a priority

    For gatherings such as the Collage Dance Collective grand opening, and the National Civil Rights Museum’s Freedom Awards, keeping guests safe is paramount.

    By Christin Yates October 10, 2021

  • Here’s what we know about 100 N. Main

    It’s likely the DMC will have a final candidate for redeveloping the tower by the end of the year. 

    By Rob Moore October 09, 2021

  • Conaway: Data-driven benefits — for all — by the truckload

    The new manufacturing site is named Blue Oval City after the iconic Ford logo and it will be three times larger than their current flagship Ford Rouge Factory in Dearborn, Michigan.

    By Dan Conaway October 08, 2021

  • Broadway returns to Orpheum stage with ‘Come From Away’

    Broadway theater has returned to the Orpheum, starting with “Come From Away,” a musical production about airplane passengers diverted to a small town in Newfoundland following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. 

    By Julia Baker October 07, 2021

  • Daily Memphian Power 15: No change at No. 1; ECS, Munford climb into top 10

    The ninth-ranked ECS Eagles will face top-ranked and undefeated Lausanne on Friday.

    By John Varlas October 07, 2021

  • Daily Memphian high school honor roll: Runners with strong showings at Jesse Owens Classic

    Sophomore Hays Adams helps Houston to fourth place in team competition. 

    By John Varlas October 06, 2021

  • A bunch of bologna: Memphis groups billed state for meals they didn’t serve

    Two Memphis organizations providing meals to children in the summer of 2020 billed the state for meals they didn’t serve. Federally funded food programs have been susceptible to fraud for years.

    By Ian Round October 06, 2021

  • Preservationist strikes again, buys historic Lowenstein Mansion

    Preservationist William “Bill” Townsend is on a tear. He just bought the Lowenstein Mansion, which is a mile east of his Masonic Temple and four miles west of his Luciann Theater building.

    By Tom Bailey October 06, 2021

  • Health Dept. Director: ‘We wish they would call us back’

    “People don’t understand why they are being asked to name people. They don’t understand the whole role of contact tracing,” said Dr. Rebecca Wurtz, director of Public Health Administration and Policy at the University of Minnesota. 

    By Jane Roberts October 04, 2021

  • How former public school parents took education into their own hands

    Here are a few options that parents have taken after opting out of traditional, in-person schooling. 

    By Daja E. Henry October 03, 2021