City tweaks streets closings for Saturday’s St. Jude marathon
More than 26,000 people packed the streets of Downtown Memphis for the St. Jude Marathon on Dec. 7, 2019. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian file)
After a year off because of the pandemic, the marathon returns Saturday, Dec. 4, with some changes to street closures. The changes put a priority on reopening streets in the South Main area first.
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