The Memphis 10 this week covers basketball, barbecue and Johnny Cash; school vouchers, pedestrian safety, and the prospect of impeachment; and a voice of Memphis already missed.
A plan to address homelessness in Memphis includes funding a new women's shelter as part of a relocation and expansion of Hospitality Hub.
The Tennessee Senate approved legislation Thursday penalizing paid voter registration drives that turn in large numbers of incomplete forms and fail to train workers, legislation spurred by a 2018 Tennessee Black Voter Project drive.
House of Sage is the signature cocktail at Sage on South Main and it contains whiskey named after the first African-American master distiller.
The North Mississippi Allstars will open the first half of the Levitt Shell's annual summer concert series on May 30. The free concert series will continue through late July, before returning again at the end of August.
The Weekly Crime Trend Report and the Crime Analytics Dashboard track Memphis Police Department data. Soon, the city intends on adding data from other entities, such as the court systems and the Shelby County DA’s Office.
Expiring COVID-19 pandemic grants and inflation force higher costs on airlines, but ticket prices aren’t expected to rise.
The YMCA needs lifeguards. The football-playing kids at PURE Academy need to learn how to swim. The two organizations hit on a creative way to solve both problems. And it’s already making quite a splash.
Several restaurants have opened in Memphis this week, including a “breakfast, lunch and brunch spot,” a high-end Mexican restaurant, a Taiwanese-style bakery and something new in the old Local on the Square.
Bands by the Square, blues by the lake and orchestras in at a winery: Two different concert series kick off in Shelby County suburbs, and a “Night of Enchantment” will unfold in Lakeland.
Stax is more than a great story. It’s great stories within great stories, with highs and lows and lessons and complexities, with big personalities and big moments and resonance beyond the music it produced.
Personal finance apps like Brigit may be new, but established consumer protection principles apply.
Andy Ashby, one of the co-founders of the oldest local breweries in Memphis, along with Maggie Emerson, co-founder of Maroon Brew Co., one the newest local breweries, join Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of The Sidebar.
This week’s crossword puzzle features hints from The Daily Memphian’s recent stories about the Memphis in May International Barbecue Cooking Contest and SmokeSlam.