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Business From tenant and landlord issues to debt collection and family estate problems, Memphis-area attorneys have been providing free legal guidance and services to Memphians for more than a decade through a series of clinics offered at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library. -
Food News L’Ecole Culinaire closes, part of national Vatterott shutdown
Students and instructors at L’Ecole Culinaire on Germantown Parkway were taken aback Monday when they were told the school is closing, effectively immediately. -
City of Memphis TVA extends comment period for Allen Fossil Plant coal ash study
The Tennessee Valley Authority has extended the deadline for Memphians to comment on the future of coal ash at the Allen Fossil Plant in southwest Memphis. -
Metro Knowledge Quest students bring design thinking to Tom Lee Park redesign
The Knowledge Quest students helping with the reimagining of the Memphis riverfront and Tom Lee Park spent this past summer engaged in a Stanford University-style design thinking lab. -
Business Amazon to build Marshall County facility, first in Mississippi
Amazon will build its first fulfillment center in Mississippi, just south of the Tennessee state line. -
High school sports results for Saturday, Dec. 22
Here are Saturday's reported high school results along with late results from Friday. For clairifcations, corrections or to report your team's scores, please e-mail jvarlas@dailymemphian.com. -
Memphis Tigers Football Memphis looks to end its losing streak in the program’s record fifth-consecutive bowl game
The University of Memphis (8-5, 5-4 American Athletic Conference) appears in a program-record fifth-straight bowl game when they take on Wake Forest (6-6, 3-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) in the Birmingham Bowl at 11 a.m. on ESPN. -
Public Safety City, ACLU try to work out changes on surveillance consent decree
Both sides in federal lawsuit over Memphis police surveillance request a year to work out differences outside of court ruling.
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Boyd won’t go for outsourcing at UT campuses
University of Tennessee interim President Randy Boyd is searching for better administrative effectiveness within the system’s five campuses, but he said he has no plans to outsource university jobs. -
Health Care UT interim president wants more money for medical residencies
University of Tennessee interim president Randy Boyd is considering seeking more state funding for medicine residencies, an effort to offset stagnant federal dollars and enable the UT Health Science Center to graduate more physicians. -
Germantown Shelby County Election files answer in Germantown mayoral race complaint
Shelby County Election Commission filed a motion to dismiss a complaint filed by John Barzizza, Germantown mayoral candidate, saying his claims for a recount are without merit. -
Memphis Tigers Basketball Tennessee State vs. Memphis means Penny vs. Penny
Tennessee State coach Brian "Penny" Collins grew up an Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway fan. In fact, that's how he got the nickname. Now, they face off Saturday at FedExForum.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Supreme Bey (formerly Chris Douglas-Roberts) is coming back to Memphis
Chris Douglas-Roberts, now known as Supreme Bey, is returning to Memphis early next week to start a foundation and host an event to give Christmas gifts to kids. He explains why he's doing it, what he's up to these days and why he declined the university's offer to retire his number.
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Business Wei Chen’s adventurous spirit, love of flying recalled
Memphis businessman Wei Chen was remembered Friday as an ardent booster of his adopted hometown, which was on full display in his 2011 flight around the world.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Saturday’s Memphis-Tennessee State game could be a free-throw contest
If Memphis and Tennessee State foul at their usual rate Saturday, coach Penny Hardaway says fans may need a pillow.
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Public Safety Searching for funding, MPD still not recording interrogations of murder suspects
As the Memphis Police Department struggles to catch up with a nationwide movement to reform interrogations, its failure to record lets an accused murderer go free.
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Transportation & Logistics 4 killed when local businessman Wei Chen’s aircraft crashes in Atlanta
A twin-engine jet registered to company owned by a Memphis businessman crashed Thursday in Atlanta, killing all four aboard.
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Shelby County Commission approves TIF for $950 million Union Row development
The Shelby County Commission voted to authorize a 30-year, $100 million tax increment financing district for phase I of the $950 million Union Row development Monday, despite a request from Mayor Lee Harris and two county commissioners to delay the vote. -
High School Sports Volunteers land three-time Mr. Football winner Eric Gray
Kevin Locastro told the onlookers assembled at Lausanne Collegiate School Thursday that he's never been much of a Tennessee fan. But he sure is now. -
City of Memphis Confederate monuments anniversary blends with coming city elections
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland won’t officially announce his re-election bid until next month. -
Food News Local colleges step up to help L’Ecole and Vatterott students
Two local colleges are hosting sessions this week for students who found themselves without a school when L'Ecole Culinaire and two local Vatterott Career Colleges campuses closed abruptly on Monday. -
Real Estate New hotel to be built near Ikea
A TownePlace Suites by Marriott, designed for longer guest stays, will be built near Ikea in Cordova.
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Transportation & Logistics FedEx expects growth to continue despite trimming of workforce
FedEx may be trimming jobs with its newly announced voluntary buyout program, but if history is a guide, it doesn't mean the Memphis-based company is done growing. In fact, its workforce has kept pace with rising global shipping demand, despite notable personnel cuts in 2004, 2009 and 2014.
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City of Memphis Confederate monument anniversary reveals a work in progress
One year to the day that Confederate monuments were removed from two city parks, the anniversary revealed the controversy still has some unexpected life left in it among those pursuing the removal of the monuments by different methods.
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State Government State Sen. Kyle eyes run for U.S. Senate seat
Sara Kyle says constituents have been encouraging her to consider running even before U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander announced he would not seek re-election.
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