Poor & affluent in Uptown: City seeks balance
City Council rejects more ‘affordable’ apartments
In rejecting "affordable" apartments for Uptown, the City Council seeks to balance Uptown's mix of low-income and more affluent residents.
Camper hammers Lee on vouchers proposal in State of the State
Gov. Bill Lee proposes putting $25 million into education savings accounts, a program that would affect low-income students in Shelby County Schools.
FedEx’s Gloria Boyland listed among country’s most powerful black female executives
FedEx executive Gloria R. Boyland has overseen development of the newly unveiled FedEx SameDay Bot and truck platooning technology. She's one of Black Enterprise's Most Powerful Women in Corporate America.
Herrington: Evaluating Jonas Valanciunas, Avery Bradley and other new Grizzlies players
Early analysis on Grizzlies new additions, including Jonas Valanciunas, Avery Bradley, and Delon Wright.
Malco Powerhouse Cinema to have in-theater food delivery
Malco Theatres latest location will allow patrons to recline back in their seats and have food delivered to them inside the theater.
Daily Briefs
Metro
Man convicted for 2023 Olive Branch hotel shooting
Alvin Myles Jr. was sentenced after a four-day trial.
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Elections T.J. Hardaway to run write-in campaign for late father’s state House seat
Elections Eight candidates certified for Criminal Court judicial race
Business
Winchester Commons snapped up for $17.1 million
DLC Management Corp., in partnership with a fund managed by DRA Advisors, bought six properties in five states, including the shopping center at Winchester Road and Hacks Cross Road.
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Transportation & Logistics Current airport board takes care of business in what may be last meeting
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Sports
Buckley: Sky Forest has a plan to bring Memphis together. It starts indoors.
Lausanne product Sky Forest is the new starting quarterback for The Arena League’s Memphis Hound Dogs, and the physics major has grand plans.
High School Sports Daily Memphian postseason boys soccer awards: CBHS senior, Briarcrest coach honored
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Food
Sound Bites: Mushroom queen and Groovy Gratitude guru to host Juneteenth dinner
Mushroom Queen Daishu McGriff said she wants the Umami Amora dinner on Juneteenth “to be a celebration of Black chefs where people can see the love through food.” She and dinner co-host Alicia Dixon are guests on “Sound Bites” this week.
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Suburbs
Man convicted for 2023 Olive Branch hotel shooting
Alvin Myles Jr. was sentenced after a four-day trial.
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Arts & Culture
Memphis producer Tay Keith has died at 29
Grammy Award-nominated Memphis producer Brytavious Chambers, known professionally as Tay Keith, has died, according to Nashville police.
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Opinion
Calkins: The new board managing Memphis Schools opens for business — in Nashville.
The new board overseeing Memphis-Shelby County Schools convened for the first time Thursday — in Nashville, with little notice, at 8:45 a.m. If the hope was to win over conflicted Memphians, this was a bizarre way to start.
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Podcasts
The AM/DM podcast: More about the charges Tami Sawyer is facing
And, also, what does the Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk do?
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Games
Daily Jigsaw: Beauty, Beast and a buffet
Today’s puzzle is from “The Cast Party,” a spread of home-cooked meals from the Friends of the Oprheum for the cast of “Beauty and the Beast.” It was taken by Brad Vest.