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    For Silverfield and Memphis football staff, a different kind of grind

    The novel coronavirus and accompanying restrictions are changing the game for Ryan Silverfield and the Memphis football staff. But it isn't changing the goals: prepare, get better, be ready to score more points than the other guy. 

    By Don Wade March 25, 2020
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    Calkins: Help us ‘crazy’ Memphians save local journalism

    Memphians are just audacious enough to think they can can find solutions. That’s what defines us as much as anything else. We roll up our sleeves. We innovate. And at a time when the model for local journalism is broken — but the need for local journalism is as keen as ever — Memphians have come up with a solution to that. But it needs you.

     

    By Geoff Calkins March 25, 2020
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    Restaurant workers find friends – and a meal – at Caritas

    The Binghampton community center continues to feed the needy in the neighborhood, but is also giving free meals to unemployed restaurant workers — or anyone.

    By Jennifer Biggs March 24, 2020
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    Calkins: Yes, it’s true! They had a (very happy) coronavirus parade!

    The teachers at Bailey Station Elementary missed their students. So they threw a giant (no joking) coronavirus parade!

    By Geoff Calkins March 25, 2020
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    YMCA begins food distribution program across Shelby County

    YMCA is running 62 meal-distribution sites across Shelby County from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. 

    By Omer Yusuf March 25, 2020
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    Waters: Lenten preparations in a pandemic

    Typical Sunday attendance is about 70 at Trinity United Methodist Church, about 40 at Shiloh United Methodist in Fayette County. Their virtual worship service had 400 views on Trinity’s page and 322 on Shiloh’s page.

    By David Waters March 25, 2020
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    County’s first drive-thru COVID-19 testing raises awareness

    Dr. Andrenette Fleming hoped to give a boost to local COVID-19 testing when she offered a limited number of tests last week at her Lakeland clinic. 

    By Michael Waddell March 25, 2020
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    Wedding crasher: Love in the time of coronavirus

    Many impending weddings are disrupted by the need for social distancing.

    By Tom Bailey March 25, 2020
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    Memphis Tourism to host virtual music festival to aid local musicians

    The free event will include headlining performances from Southern Avenue, MonoNeon and Ben Nichols of Lucero.

    By Jared Boyd March 25, 2020
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    Black-owned dance company could have moved from Binghampton

    Collage Dance Collective's new facility on the intersection of Sam Cooper Boulevard and Tillman Street will be 10 times the size of its current location on Broad Avenue.

    By Omer Yusuf February 29, 2020
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    ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ will be a test for Christian Brothers High School

    For the first time, the Broadway show will be staged by a group of high school actors.

    By Jared Boyd February 29, 2020
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    Three new sculptures proposed for Memphis riverfront

    The Design Review Board will consider three proposed sculptures for Downtown, changes to the design of Poplar Art Lofts apartments, and the renovation of the old Glass Factory building for Memphis Made Brewing.

    By Tom Bailey February 28, 2020
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    Lecile Harris leaves friends and family ‘wanting more’

    Lecile Harris, well-known rodeo clown and Collierville resident, died Feb. 13. His life was celebrated and remembered Sunday at Collierville High School.

    By Abigail Warren February 24, 2020
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    Born to Coach: The journey of the Tigers’ Ryan Silverfield

    It took two decades for Ryan Silverfield to become head coach of the University of Memphis. Which, considering he "never played a down of college football," is pretty fast, pretty incredible. Now, it's his time to show he is ready. 

    By Don Wade February 23, 2020
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    Rhodes grads’ website gives students leg up on employment opportunities

    The company’s goal is to have 50,000 students signed up this year and 750 to 1,000 businesses. The business side launches on Feb. 6.

    By Christin Yates February 07, 2020
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    Parks Alliance tells cities to ‘look to Memphis as a model’

    'One size does not fit all. But you, Memphis, are a testament to how parks can function as true civic spaces.'

    By Catherine Nagel January 31, 2020
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    UTHSC researches gene that could unravel diabetes, metabolic problems

    Dr. Robert Waller, retired president and CEO of the Mayo Clinic, says the research has implications for better managing other health conditions that negatively impact people as they age.

    By Jane Roberts February 04, 2020
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    Conaway: An architect gives Memphis shape, from AutoZone Park to FedExForum

    You may not think you know Rob Norcross, but you do. He was the architect for the most acclaimed minor league ballpark in the country, and for the home of grit and grind.

    By Dan Conaway February 03, 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
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    FedEx completes 20th delivery of iconic Super Bowl trophy

    FedEx Express delivered the Vince Lombardi Trophy to the Super Bowl host city for the 20th consecutive time on Saturday, Jan. 25. 

    By Wayne Risher January 25, 2020
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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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