Caritas Christmas lunch brings community together
Interim executive director Kristin McMillin wanted to create a Christmas lunch to give more people access to a hot meal and a larger community to share it with.
Highwoods begins divesting Memphis office properties
More Memphis office properties could change hands by mid-2020 before Highwoods eventually exits the Memphis market altogether.
More than $30M in investments committed to MLK Success Zone in Frayser
Organizations in the MLK Success Zone of Frayser are hopeful the new investment will accelerate a long-needed transformation in the area.
Now that they’re grown up, Grizzlies wouldn’t mind NBA Christmas
Memories of Christmases Past and hopes of Christmases Future are the highlights of the holiday season for the Memphis Grizzlies
Suburbs see fewer residential sales in 2019
Shelby County's suburban cities and towns have recorded fewer home sales in 2019's sellers' market, although Millington and Lakeland could beat last year's sale numbers.
Governor’s task force backs comprehensive criminal justice reform plan
Tennessee could see sweeping changes through recommendations from the governor’s Criminal Justice Investment Task Force to deal with a billion-dollar budget and increased incarcerations.
Metro
Short agenda Monday as new Shelby County Commission settles in
Commissioners will vote on committee chairs, including a first-term budget chair, after putting off an ethics commission revival and a data center moratorium in committee.
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Business
Tim Duncan’s family history pushed him to get tested. Now he wants other Memphis men to do the same.
Duncan watched his father survive prostate cancer and saw a close friend lose his dad to it. Then came his own diagnosis in January.
Business Highland Strip’s getting a ‘high-end honky-tonk’
Business SpaceXAI offers to buy out some Southaven residents over lawsuit
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Sports
Tim Duncan’s family history pushed him to get tested. Now he wants other Memphis men to do the same.
Duncan watched his father survive prostate cancer and saw a close friend lose his dad to it. Then came his own diagnosis in January.
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Food
Highland Strip’s getting a ‘high-end honky-tonk’
“Take a honky-tonk, sweep up all the sawdust, replace a couple of shots with a couple of glasses of wine, with some cool Memphis music and Western memorabilia,” said one of the three owners.
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Suburbs
What is Love? If you live in DeSoto County, it might mean home.
Residents of the little community south of Hernando don’t have a whole lotta love for all the changes coming their way, but they like the town of Love anyway.
Business SpaceXAI offers to buy out some Southaven residents over lawsuit
Arts & Culture
Hattiloo Theatre raises the curtain on city’s cultural identity for 20 years
This year’s Spirit of Memphis award recipient Ekundayo Bandele discusses how a self-described introvert went from rap battles in Brooklyn to running one the nation’s four freestanding Black theaters.
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Opinion
Herrington: Nine storylines for Grizzlies training camp and preseason
The Grizzlies will hit the Music Highway for a Nashville training camp, and head coach Tuomas Iisalo will get his first full chance to build his own thing.
Public Safety Maxey: ‘Whatever the reasons for addiction, the voices of those impacted need to be heard’
Podcasts
Sound Bites: ‘Donut’ overlook this Midtown bakery
There’s at least one treat that people say they’ve driven hours for — and even shed a few tears over — at Jacques Louise Bakery.
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Games
Sudoku: Sept. 27
Are you ready for it? Here are today’s sudokus.