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    The art of closing: MCA takes high road to the end

    Memphis College of Art endures the challenges of an extraordinarily long "teach-out" to give its last students a chance to graduate. 

    By Tom Bailey September 10, 2019
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    Diaper bank will address families’ needs in Shelby County

    The Mid-South Food Bank has partnered with the Urban Child Institute to help low-income parents and women in Shelby County by providing diapers and feminine care products through a new program called the Bare Needs Diaper Bank.

    By Christin Yates September 09, 2019
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    U of M graphic design duo behind set design for Democratic debate

    U of M professor taps student to help him with set design for 2020 presidential primary debate this week in Houston.

    By Jane Roberts September 09, 2019
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    Community Foundation marks 50 years of serving the Mid-South

    Community Foundation's new Forever Fund is a permanent endowment that will ensure grants will be distributed for generations to come.

    By Christin Yates September 08, 2019
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    Comcast ‘Digital Inclusion Day’ means free laptops, grants for nonprofits

    Comcast came to Memphis on Friday bearing free laptops for students, free internet service for their families and tech grants for local nonprofits. 

    By Elle Perry September 06, 2019
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    Largest superconducting magnet in world arrives at St. Jude

    St. Jude is first in the world to acquire a 1.1-gigahertz magnet. In a month, it will be ready to use.

    By Jane Roberts September 06, 2019
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    Memphian determined to give voice to black women living with HIV

    Three years after her diagnosis, LáDeia Joyce is in a pharmaceutical ad campaign and on the public speaking circuit. 

    By Jane Roberts September 04, 2019
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    Chick-fil-A hosts 17th annual Labor Day 5K to help kids win at life

    Chick-fil-A's annual 5K brought nearly 2,000 racers downtown. The event served free chicken sandwiches and benefited Junior Achievement of Memphis.

    By Abigail Warren September 03, 2019
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    City planners, immigrant overcome barriers in parking problem

    The Office of Planning & Development went the extra mile for a family that traveled 9,000 miles for a better life in Memphis.

    By Tom Bailey August 30, 2019
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    Yo Gotti surprises Frayser school with free uniforms

    Rap superstar Yo Gotti announces partnership with Shelby County Schools to outfit students at his former middle school with free uniforms. The music mogul said he hopes to expand the program to more schools in the district.

    By Jared Boyd August 23, 2019
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    Calkins: The best kind of comeback story

    Doug Barron won a golf tournament Sunday. But that's not not the only reason 200 friends and family members gave him a surprise welcome home.

    By Geoff Calkins August 20, 2019
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    Agricenter opens $100,000 kitchen for kids

    With the new kitchen, Agricenter is helping children learn to cook with produce from a farmers market, surrounding fields.

    By Jane Roberts August 16, 2019
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    I Love Memphis Blog celebrates 10 years of teaching Memphians to love home

    Memphis Tourism's I Love Memphis Blog is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a party at Railgarten.

    By Jared Boyd August 16, 2019
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    Conaway: Memphis still amazes. It just amazed me.

    A tour bus of folks from Toledo hits the highlights: from the site of the first Piggly Wiggly, to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, to The Peabody. A Memphian along for the ride finds fresh cause for wonder. 

    By Dan Conaway August 16, 2019
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    Herrington: Lights burn bright as Elvis faithful flock to annual vigil

    Forty-two years after Elvis' death, fans from around the world gathered at Graceland for the annual Candlelight Vigil.

    By Chris Herrington August 16, 2019
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    Women’s Foundation making strides in 38126

    Memphis ZIP code 38126, which has family poverty rate of nearly 60%, has been getting targeted help from the Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis.

    By Elle Perry August 14, 2019
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    Wade: All aboard for a rollicking Memphis sports season

    Not so long ago, the future for the city's "Big Three" sports teams wasn't very promising. Now? Buckle your seat belt, a wild ride could be ahead. 

    By Don Wade August 12, 2019
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    Art, history and soccer converge in Downtown Memphis

    The scale of images on the art walk in four historic Downtown alleys invites selfies. “We expect to lose some of our crowd as people stop and Instagram the murals,” said Penelope Huston of the Downtown Memphis Commission.

    By Jill Johnson Piper August 10, 2019
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    Back-to-school rally chance for law enforcement to build bridges with community

    After a rally held by community organization F.F.U.N. (Freedom From Unnecessary Negatives) in South Memphis on Saturday, 1,200 young people and their families are heading into a new school year with more than just new supplies but also information about health, wellness and violence prevention. 

    By Jared Boyd August 04, 2019
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    City Year program gears up for third year helping students succeed in Memphis classrooms

    While teachers, students, faculty members and parents across Memphis are gearing up for the school year, City Year, a nonprofit powered in partnership with AmeriCorps, is also getting into gear.

    By Jared Boyd August 06, 2019
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    Memphis Lift donates 1,000 backpacks at back-to-school block party

    Parent-led community organization Memphis Lift joined with North Memphis businesses to provide school supplies to local children.

    By Jared Boyd July 28, 2019
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    Crème de Memph: Planner mines for the joy, quirks in what Memphis has built

    Weekdays, Josh Whitehead serves as planning director for Memphis and Shelby County. Weekends, he writes and takes photos for his history blog that has drawn a following. 

    By Tom Bailey July 25, 2019
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    Big Brother wants you to visit home of blues, soul, rock ‘n’ roll

    Ashley McHugh, Memphis Tourism’s first research director, said it’s “scary and fun” but not particularly creepy mining aggregated data on visitors to figure out where they come from and why.

    By Wayne Risher July 22, 2019
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    Waters: A couple say farewell to Memphis after ‘grueling but healing’ work on the Lynching Sites Project

    Randall Mullins and Sharon Pavelda founded a project to identify and memorialize lynching sites in Shelby County, and helped create a community of supporters, from the National Park Service to the local NAACP, preachers and politicians, activists and academics.

    By David Waters May 29, 2019
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    Cupcakes, croissants and hope: Lucy J’s Bakery provides work, job training for homeless

    The proprietors of Lucy J's Bakery are paying employees $15 an hour, a tall order for small businesses but one they say is paying dividends beyond profits.

    By John Klyce January 16, 2019

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