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  • Metro

    Local manufacturer joins national recycling effort

    Plastic container manufacturer Ring Container Technologies has joined How2Recycle.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff January 30, 2020
  • Metro

    Rhodes disables 6 drinking fountains after lead testing

    Rhodes has 110 fountains on campus; all were tested. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 04, 2020
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    Join Magnolia Homes for their 15th annual Live Life Well® event

    With more than 40 years in the homebuilding industry, Magnolia Homes is celebrating 15 years of its Showcase of Homes event, held the weekends of Sept. 19-21 and Sept. 26-28 in four of its communities.

    Magnolia Homes
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Inside the Coliseum’s vault, shooting strategy, and are snoballs food?

    It's Thursday, Jan. 30, and we're staring down history with a Grizz win, a flu outbreak and vintage rock 'n' roll memorabilia for the opening of a Coliseum archive. 

    By Mary Cashiola January 30, 2020
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    Lost Coliseum files reveal Prince, Queen and an entire era of music history

    A team from the Memphis Public Libraries has digitized some of the trove of files they found last year in the mothballed Mid-South Coliseum. 

    By Bill Dries January 30, 2020
  • Metro

    Carnival to honor Boyle, Morgan, McNeill, Turley and Lightman

    Carnival Memphis this year will honor four titans of Memphis commercial real estate as well as eight development companies that have made a lasting mark in the industry and community.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff January 30, 2020
  • State Government

    Democrats demand major funding increase for K-12 education

    One Memphis lawmaker contends Tennessee is setting up public education to fail by underfunding it then turning it over to charter operators and private schools.

    By Sam Stockard January 29, 2020
  • Public Safety

    Police launch new strategy to handle interstate shootings

    "Operation Safe Travel 2" MPD's latest initiative to handle interstate shootings, kicked off Tuesday. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 30, 2020
  • State Government

    Perennial candidate throws hat in ring for Alexander’s Senate seat

    This will be Shelby County radiologist George Flinn's sixth campaign for Congress in the past decade. 

    By Sam Stockard January 29, 2020
  • Education

    Memphis board overrules staff, keeps 3 charter schools open

    The decision by the Shelby County School board means about 2,800 students will not have to find another school to attend in the fall.

    By Laura Faith Kebede January 29, 2020
  • Metro

    Rudd elected to leadership role on accrediting board

    The group is regional authority for accrediting colleges, universities in the South.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff January 29, 2020
  • State Government

    Busts of other Tennesseans may join Forrest’s march out of Capitol

    A resolution seeking removal of the State Capitol’s Nathan Bedford Forrest bust is likely to be amended, rotating all busts out of the building and replacing them with more modern historical figures. 

    By Sam Stockard January 30, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: FedEx, Amazon and the airport; plus meet Flight’s chef

    It's Wednesday, Jan. 29, and today is all about aviation. We're talking about FedEx's role in China, how Amazon is backtracking what it said about launching cargo operations at the airport (but they still need you to be a robot boss) and the executive chef at Flight Restaurant Group. 

    By Mary Cashiola January 29, 2020
  • Business

    Make less than $56,000? Free Tax Prep lives up to its name

    Lack of awareness, misunderstanding and even distrust are among reasons the vast majority of Memphis-area residents who are income-qualified do not take advantage of Free Tax Prep.

    By Tom Bailey January 29, 2020
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    Commerce committee passes Kelsey’s Right to Work amendment

    With an 8-1 vote, the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee passed a resolution Tuesday, Jan. 28, by state Sen. Brian Kelsey to put Tennessee’s Right to Work Law into the state Constitution.

    By Sam Stockard January 28, 2020
  • State Government

    Memphians sound off against governor’s anti-abortion plan

    Memphis resident Kimberly Bradshaw and other Memphians joined a rally Tuesday at the State Capitol against Gov. Bill Lee's proposed anti-abortion legislation.

    By Sam Stockard January 29, 2020
  • Metro

    Highway shots close portion of Tenn. 385 at Kirby Parkway

    Memphis police shut down a portion of westbound Tenn. 385 near Kirby Parkway Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 28, after a report of shots being fired.

    By Yolanda Jones January 28, 2020
  • Metro

    Harwood Center, U of M partner to expand services for special needs children

    The University of Memphis and the Harwood Center are developing a partnership that will create an early learning classroom for children with special needs, ages 2-6.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff January 28, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Amazon comes to town in a big way; restaurateurs take on some bad mojo

    Good morning. It’s Tuesday, Jan. 28, and we're talking about Germantown's apartment ban, Geoff Calkins' tribute to his dad and the Penny Hardaway experiment. 

    By Mary Cashiola January 28, 2020
  • Shelby County

    Committee considers residency exemptions for public safety workers

    An ad hoc committee of the County Commission on residency for Shelby County workers is considering limited exceptions for sheriff's deputies and fire department personnel.

    By Linda A. Moore January 27, 2020
  • Shelby County

    Residency referendum a no-go on first County Commission reading

    Shelby County Commissioners voted down on first reading Monday an ordinance that would let voters decide if county workers must live in the county.

    By Linda A. Moore January 27, 2020
  • Shelby County

    Shelby County Wheel tax will stay at $50 after commission debate

    A resolution to cut the wheel tax by $5 was voted down by the Shelby County Commission Monday. 

    By Linda A. Moore January 28, 2020
  • State Government

    State paying voucher contractor $1.2 million in unbudgeted money

    The Tennessee Department of Education is paying a contractor $1.2 million this year to handle its voucher program even though the money wasn't placed in the state budget, education officials admitted Monday.

    By Sam Stockard January 28, 2020
  • Metro

    Transit funding approved by County Commission on second reading

    Extended funding for transit was approved by the Shelby County Commission in an ordinance on second reading that gives it 1.5% of county's CIP budget.

    By Linda A. Moore January 27, 2020
  • Metro

    Kendi will discuss ‘How to be an Antiracist’ in free event at Rhodes

    His book hit No. 2 on The New York Times Bestseller list. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 04, 2020
  • Elections

    Bipartisan division, frustration simmer beneath county’s blue surface

    The jury is still out on whether Memphis will see much of the presidential campaigns a week away from the Iowa caucuses. But the divide over impeachment and social issues in a divided America is still evident in a blue county within a red state.

    By Bill Dries January 27, 2020

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