Artist weighs in on pipeline controversy with billboard
A billboard depicting a young girl holding melting ice cream now stands on Interstate 55, across from the Valero refinery in South Memphis.
A billboard depicting a young girl holding melting ice cream now stands on Interstate 55, across from the Valero refinery in South Memphis.
The Grizzlies have had a placid summer so far, but can take notes from teams who have not.
The apartments, which were located near streetcar lines, retail and restaurants, were designed to attract middle-class workers moving to the city from nearby rural areas.
Independence Day gatherings and parades mark a return to near-normalcy. But COVID-19 cast a shadow on July 4, as 66 new cases pushed Shelby County over the 100,000 mark. Many are the highly contagious Delta variant.
In a world with ever-increasing access to news and information, Americans find it more difficult to trust in core institutions, such as government, business and media, and in each other. But perhaps on the local level, there is more hope. Opinion: Reporters and readers have a shared responsibility to pursue truthRelated story:
Don Wade: ‘It’s on the journalist to never assume the facts. ... And it’s on you, the news consumer, to hold journalists accountable. But yourself, too. Just because you read it, saw it, or heard it — perhaps in a literal click or snap — does not guarantee that you can treat the information as fact.’
A developer plans to remove a hodgepodge of additions from Olive Branch’s historic Cotton Gin building, and turn the site into the anchor for a residential and entertainment district across from City Hall.
Who will be joining Ja Morant and company? Speculation begins right now, with the first installment of Grizzlies draft headquarters, which likely will have several editions the next few weeks as we get more information.
Despite the easing of the pandemic, most local governments are keeping their states of emergency active, renewing them as often as weekly, to make sure they don’t run afoul of funding.
Jackson Hopper remains in the Shelby County Jail without bond.
“It’s just a super exciting time to be in real estate as our economy is going through this transformation,” said Kemp Conrad of Cushman & Wakefield.
Armed with a somewhat unique bid, Memphis could learn soon if it will again host the American Athletic Conference’s men’s basketball tournament. Memphis Tourism’s Kevin Kane helped make the city’s case.
Representatives from Australian winery Unico Zelo, which focuses on sustainability, visited the Memphis wine shop earlier this week.
As the Southaven community has grown, the need for an expanded facility has become increasingly apparent to both city officials and local animal welfare advocates.
April artists on view in Memphis include Dolph Smith, Colleen Couch, April Bey, Joel Parsons, Brian Jobe, Kiersten Williams, Yancy Villa, and many more.
Lent should unsettle our belief we’ve done anything to justify what we have and what others do not. And that, I believe, is a way of life worth living.
Flyway Brewing Co. took over the former High Cotton Brewing and Edge Alley restaurant locations near Downtown. They reopened as a combined space in November.
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