There are 12 article(s) tagged Wolf River:

• June 2025

  • Body of Thaddeus Smiley found in Wolf River

    Smiley jumped in the river to rescue a drowning child on Friday before being swept away by currents that officials estimated were as fast as 6 mph.

    By Jody Callahan June 02, 2025

• May 2025

  • Man still missing day after trying to save drowning child in Wolf River

    Thaddeus Smiley remains missing after jumping into the Wolf River in an attempt to save a drowning child, who survived. In a separate incident, a boy in Arlington was found dead in a pool.

    By Jody Callahan May 31, 2025

• April 2025

  • Memphis Corps District warily eyeing rivers and skies

    The four days of intense rainfall set a new record for the period in Memphis and raised the level of the Mississippi River at Memphis dramatically. 

    By Bill Dries April 09, 2025

• February 2025

  • Lower Mississippi’s largest ecosystem restoration gets go-ahead but not funding

    The $63.7 million project would restore forests and wetland habitats along 39 miles of the Mississippi River.

    By Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk February 11, 2025

• March 2024

  • Bailey: Relief on the way for drivers on Germantown Road across Wolf River

    The barricaded northbound lanes across the Wolf River bridge on Germantown Road soon will reopen, easing the tension that has developed through detours and rush-hour traffic.

    By Clay Bailey March 08, 2024

• February 2024

  • Road closures to affect Germantown traffic

    This weekend’s partial closure of Germantown Road and Germantown Parkway near the Bobby Lanier Bridge will prepare for a longer closure. In a separate project, work is set to begin on Dogwood Road.

    By Abigail Warren February 23, 2024

• August 2023

  • Greenline’s Wolf River pedestrian bridge closed for repairs

    Parts of the Shelby Farms Greenline — a more than 10-mile trail that connects Midtown to Cordova — are currently closed for about two weeks. 

    By Keely Brewer August 22, 2023

• March 2023

  • Conaway: Time to get away is close by

    Getting away from it all is all around us, and — if only for a morning in the woods or an afternoon or day on the water, or in a peaceful moment of reflection — we need but see it.

    By Dan Conaway March 31, 2023

• February 2023

  • Sprawling $50M Mississippi River restoration project proposed

    The Army Corps is looking at a $50 million, 6,000-acre and 39-mile ecosystem restoration project beginning near Memphis. 

    By Keely Brewer February 27, 2023

• July 2022

  • Adventure tourism in Lakeland?

    Lakeland was designated an adventure tourism district for the state of Tennessee in 2017.

    By Michael Waddell July 29, 2022

• February 2021

  • The Wolf River’s connections to places and people throughout Memphis

    This week on The Sidebar, Eric Barnes was joined by two key members of the staff of the Wolf River Conservancy, Executive Director Keith Cole and Chief Development Officer Kelsey Hamilton Gibbs.

    By Eric Barnes February 24, 2021

• July 2019

  • In swampy heat on the Wolf River, canoeists dip in for aquifer research

    University of Memphis researchers use seepage meters to study possible breaches into the Memphis Aquifer along the Wolf River. 

    By Jane Roberts July 27, 2019