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    Memphis Tourism launches Music Hub site, program

    When Jayne Ellen White arrived in Memphis 13 years ago, it was to explore Memphis music. Now, she's devised a way for other visitors to do the same.

    By Jared Boyd January 24, 2020
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    Vescovo to receive honor at 40th Annual AWA banquet

    Megan Lane with Harris Shelton Hanover Walsh also will be installed as the 2020 president of the Association of Women Attorneys.

    By Christin Yates January 23, 2020
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    Memphis King Day comes with cold crowds, hot talk about King’s legacy

    Thousands lined up to tour the National Civil Rights Museum Monday and at a Midtown forum, there was new reaction to Sunday's tour of the museum by Vice President Mike Pence. The reactions 52 years after Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination show his legacy and what it means today remains a volatile topic.

    By Bill Dries January 21, 2020
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    Volunteers fan out across city to remember MLK through community service

    Memphians volunteered across the Bluff City Monday, Jan. 20, to lend hands and serve the community in remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy.

    By Abigail Warren January 20, 2020
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    Champion for suffrage monument never misses beat, chance to vote

    The story of Memphis’ role in Tennessee ratifying the 19th Amendment has become the story of the Memphis woman who has worked tirelessly to make sure people know how that victory was won.

    By Jane Roberts January 15, 2020
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    Entertainers provide shopping spree for Mid-South kids in need

    Stunt actor Carrie Bernans and reality TV star Candace Rice, both native to Memphis, staged a shopping spree for local children who needed extra help this Christmas. Among them were 10 children who lost their mother in a shooting earlier in December.

    By Jared Boyd December 24, 2019
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    Sheriff’s Office brings Christmas early to Vollentine students

    The Shelby County Sheriff's Office and the Order of the Boll Weevils delivered Christmas gifts to students at Vollentine Optional Elementary School Thursday. 

    By Yolanda Jones December 20, 2019
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    Charlie Newman’s quiet influence profoundly changed Memphis

    The Memphis Bar Association gave its Judge Jerome Turner Lawyer's Lawyer Award to Charlie Newman, the conservationist-minded lawyer at Burch, Porter & Johnson whose work has changed the city's landscape. 

    By Jane Roberts December 12, 2019
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    Calkins: As Mike Norvell leaves for Florida State, remember the party, not the goodbye

    Mike Norvell is leaving for Florida State but not before he and his Tigers won a championship for Memphis.

    By Geoff Calkins December 09, 2019
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    Adam’s achievement: Marathon caps $1M fundraising success

    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.

    By Tom Charlier December 09, 2019
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    Concert spotlights awareness for Memphis’ drinking water

    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.

    By Jared Boyd December 09, 2019
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    Ham says BRIDGES brought her ‘up close and personal with human beings’

    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.

    By Jared Boyd December 09, 2019
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    Fred Davis, Charles and Patra Temple receive Southwest Foundation honors

    Southwest's foundation honored Fred Davis, Charles and Patra Temple, student scholarship recipients, sponsors and donors. 

    By Elle Perry December 09, 2019
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    Methodist Le Bonheur offers tuition-free study at U of M for entry-level workers

    Methodist Le Bonheur employees will be eligible for up to $4,000 in tuition credits a year to advance their careers and earn more money.

    By Jane Roberts December 09, 2019
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    Veterans line up for Thanksgiving dinners

    All the makings for 2,000 Thanksgiving dinners were handed out to military veterans on Thursday at the Fairgrounds.

    By Linda A. Moore November 22, 2019
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    Memphis nonprofit founder nationally recognized by L’Oréal Paris

    The public can vote on one of the 10 finalists through Friday, Nov. 15, at WomenofWorth.com.

    By Christin Yates November 12, 2019
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    Luck has had little to do with Megan Gray’s early success

    The CEO of Moment AI will speak on artificial intelligence ethics at an NVIDIA technology conference on Wednesday, Nov. 6.

    By Toni Lepeska November 05, 2019
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    Porter brings wealth of knowledge to chairman’s post at Leadership Memphis

    Reginald Porter Jr. has worked at some of the largest and most influential companies and organizations in Memphis, giving him unique perspectives as new board chairman of Leadership Memphis. 

    By K. Denise Jennings October 31, 2019
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    Facing History guest speaker takes on white nationalism

    "Rising Out of Hatred" author Eli Saslow talked to Shelby County students Monday morning before his speaking engagement at a Facing History dinner Monday night.

    By Jane Roberts October 29, 2019
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    ServiceMaster YPs gather millennial peers, talk personal leadership

    ServiceMaster's young professionals group reaches out, draws in crowd of peers to talk shop, leadership styles.

    By Jane Roberts October 30, 2019
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    Feeding the flock: Church cooks get tips for healthier meals

    Church Health sees church cooks as change agents. 

    By Jane Roberts October 23, 2019
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    Calkins: Ten reasons ESPN’s GameDay should come to Memphis

    Penny Hardaway can be the guest picker! This and nine other reasons ESPN's GameDay should come to the Liberty Bowl for Memphis vs. SMU.

    By Geoff Calkins October 22, 2019
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    Memphis remains one of the top US markets for real estate investors

    Memphis is the fifth hottest market in the U.S. for investors seeking to flip homes, behind Tampa, Miami, Birmingham and St. Louis, according to a new report from Realtor.com.

    By Frank Lanigan October 22, 2019
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    Memphians are competing at World Food Championships

    Memphian Lisa Gwatney is leading her category at World Food Championships in Dallas.

    By Jennifer Biggs October 22, 2019
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    Project Homeless Connect offers hope, help — and dignity

    Hundreds of homeless Memphians attended Project Homeless Connect 2019 Thursday at the Fairgrounds' Pipkin Building, seeking assistance from 40 city agencies, community partners and service providers.

    By Erinn Figg October 22, 2019

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