The Early Word: Who is Intrator; sanitation layoffs; and possible snow
It’s Monday, Dec. 9. Today, the Shelby County Commission will meet; "It's a Wonderful Life" will show at The Orpheum, and, oh, hey, it might snow tomorrow.
It’s Monday, Dec. 9. Today, the Shelby County Commission will meet; "It's a Wonderful Life" will show at The Orpheum, and, oh, hey, it might snow tomorrow.
Germantown aldermen will consider the Carrefour at the Gateway's outline plan Monday. Developers are proposing residential, hotel, retail and office space in the mixed-use development.
Mardi Gras Memphis has reopened again, and this time Penny Henderson has co-owner and chef Shawn Davis helping her in the kitchen.
Tom Intrator is described as “a self-made, self-taught investor, developer and entrepreneur.” So, just who is the man behind one of Memphis' biggest proposed mixed-use real estate projects ever?
State Rep. Kevin Vaughan is set to sponsor legislation enabling active-duty soldiers such as Army Maj. Trevor Joseph of Collierville, a decorated soldier killed this fall in a Black Hawk crash at Fort Polk in Louisiana, to be buried on weekends at Tennessee Veterans Cemeteries.
Led by new president Darrell Cobbins, the 100 Black Men of Memphis are looking to live up to their name, with a goal to have 100 active members by January.
Gladys "MaDear" Bennett overcame racial and economic segregation by running a successful fashion/sewing school and business in the basement of her home.
Some thoughts on Ryan Silverfield, Laird Veatch, the Memphis football job, Memphis attendance and what it means to be alive.
Ryan Silverfield could have left, but elected to stay. Make no bones about it, he wants to succeed Mike Norvell as Memphis head coach.
Navy-Kansas State match-up figures to be a good draw for AutoZone Liberty Bowl.
After winning the AAC championship game, Memphis earned a spot in a New Year's Six bowl and will face Penn State in the 2019 Cotton Bowl.
Mike Norvell officially hired by Florida State, Memphis set to look for his replacement.
Mike Norvell is headed to Florida State. Can Memphis make a third straight great coaching hire? That is the challenge that lies ahead.
With Ja Morant and Mike Conley both out, the Grizzlies lost their third straight game in Utah, as the Jazz made 19 3-pointers.
With no barricades in sight, the line between participant and pedestrian was virtually non-existent during Bartlett's annual Christmas parade.
Mike Norvell is leaving for Florida State but not before he and his Tigers won a championship for Memphis.
The Tigers are expecting a chaotic atmosphere at Thompson-Boling Arena Saturday as their rivalry with Tennessee moves to its next chapter.
ESPN is reporting Mike Norvell is headed to Memphis, but he's focused on tonight and the players who won the Tigers their first outright AAC Championship.
More than 26,000 runners participated in the St. Jude Memphis Marathon races, but few generated the kind of outpouring that occurred when Rhodes College senior and former St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital patient Adam Cruthirds took his final steps of the full marathon.
Memphis basketball held UAB to 17 points in the second half.
Late Antonio Gibson touchdown catch gives Memphis its first AAC conference championship.
St. Jude Marathon, which is a qualifying event for the Boston Marathon, attracts many top-tier long distance runners from around the country.
Entertainment lawyer Bruce Newman’s annual benefit concert will support Protect Our Aquifer. Musicians Maria Muldaur, Ruthie Foster and Dom Flemons are among the performers.
Longtime marketer Cynthia Ham took a chance on youth development in 2012, when she became CEO of BRIDGES. As she retired from the job this week, she said she learned an investment in Memphis' youth is the most important investment in building community.
Starbucks has recently tightened access to bathrooms and installed needle-disposal boxes at some of its core-Memphis coffee shops.