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    Bus shelter art of jookin’ dancers ‘like the Rocky statue for Memphis’

    Muralist Brandon Marshall said he designed the Hickory Hill images to inspire drivers and bus riders with uplifting pictures of “a strong cultural asset for the city.”

    By King Jemison June 21, 2024
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    Former MUS standout set to compete for spot in Paris Games

    Harrison Williams won the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the two-day event in 2023.

    By John Varlas June 21, 2024
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    The Memphis music inspo behind new Tom Hardy/Austin Butler movie

    “The Bikeriders,” which opens in Memphis on Friday, June 21, features music from a stalwart Memphis rock and roll band that’s been a local scene staple since the late 1990s.

    By Chris Herrington June 20, 2024
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    Civil Rights Museum to honor three with Freedom Awards

    The honorees will be in Memphis on Oct. 17 for the 33rd annual awards presented by the National Civil Rights Museum.

    By Bill Dries June 18, 2024
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    Memphis nonprofit grinding to give kids boards and places to skate

    LaterSkaters Memphis recently gained official nonprofit status and hopes to give 300 kids skateboards this year. 

    By Jody Callahan June 17, 2024
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    Passion for Overton Park fed strong roots for future

    After 12 years, Overton Park Conservancy executive director Tina Sullivan is ready to step down and she’s confident the green space will endure and thrive under the next generation of leadership.

    By Jane Roberts June 18, 2024
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    Real magic: Trio’s nonprofit began with haircuts and graduated to hugs

    In Whitehaven, Magic Dads are buying kids backpacks and school supplies, giving them haircuts and making sure they have a positive male role model.

    By Ron Maxey June 16, 2024
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    Juneteenth Festival celebrates freedom

    The Juneteenth Festival at Health Sciences Park June 15 brought the community together for a fun run, education, a car show and more.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 15, 2024
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    Orange Mound residents ‘not standing’ for gun violence anymore

    Nearly two months after a block-party shooting, community members, organizations and government officials gathered at an Orange Mound high school to participate in a Walk Against Gun Violence.

    By Kambui Bomani June 15, 2024
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    Hill: Tragic story unites Memphis soccer community with 901 FC

    When Denise Linebarier saw the email, she thought it was a scam. There was no way 901 FC was trying to get her attention. But after an investigation, it was determined this message was no dupe.

    By Drew Hill June 15, 2024
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    Calkins: The mural said, ‘We can do better.’ Within weeks, it was vandalized.

    A group of Crosstown High students painted a beautiful mural that said, “We can do better.” Within weeks, the mural was vandalized. So how did they respond? By doing better. 

    By Geoff Calkins June 11, 2024
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    Mayors face off and the Grindfather takes a bow

    Former Memphis Grizzlies forward Tony Allen received the Heal the Hood Foundation’s first-ever Heroes of Change Award during halftime of the high-profile basketball game. 

    By Kambui Bomani June 08, 2024
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    Former Super Bowl foes team up to run camp at Horn Lake High School

    NFL linebackers Darius Harris from the Kansas City Chiefs and Nakobe Dean from the Philadelphia Eagles orchestrated a football camp at their alma mater for about 200 kids. 

    By Frank Bonner II June 08, 2024
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    Memphis skaters celebrate Tyre Nichols’ birthday

    “My son is a skater,” RowVaughn Wells said of her son Tyre Nichols, who would have been 31 on Wednesday, June 5. “That was his passion. Anytime the skating community wants to honor my son, I’ll be there.”

    By Jody Callahan June 05, 2024
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    Hill: Let’s hope the Overton 99 becomes par for the course

    When a workout nut and a golf addict got together in Memphis, they created one of the city’s biggest fundraisers for youth golf in the city. 

    By Drew Hill September 18, 2024
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    Forever young: Seniors prove you’re never too old for prom

    The 60 and older prom was a groovy way to get Shelby County seniors out of the house and onto the dance floor. “One of my favorite things I ever heard was that this is the best party that they’ve ever been to on a Monday.”

    By Kambui Bomani June 06, 2024
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    Reddit-famous Memphian is the pick of the litter

    Four or fives times a week, Glenn Morris takes out one of his Litterbuggies to pick up trash in Memphis neighborhoods. And Batman has nothing on this guy’s utility belt.

    By Jody Callahan May 27, 2024
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    Calkins: These Navy operatives are among the best in the world. And they’re in Millington.

    If a Navy bassoonist stationed in Hawaii busts up his bassoon or a tuba player stationed in Seattle dents her tuba, where do you imagine those instruments end up?

    By Geoff Calkins May 26, 2024
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    Scouts salute departed service members

    In addition to remembering dead service members buried at Memphis National Cemetery, this year’s Memorial Day Flag Placement hosted by the Scouts commemorated the late cubmaster for Pack 258, Nathan Cortez.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 25, 2024
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    Hattiloo leader graduates from Morehouse

    “That was the rite of passage from what we call a man of Morehouse to a Morehouse Man,” said Ekundayo Bandele, founder and CEO of Hattiloo Theatre.

    By Alys Drake May 23, 2024
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    Larry Hampton, Frayser’s finest, ends career with Class A long-jump title

    “I’m most proud that I carry myself as a young man and don’t stoop down to the level they see me as, coming from Frayser,” Hampton said.

    By John Varlas May 22, 2024
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    Beloved teacher to retire, leaving 51-year history of his own at Briarcrest

    “Bob Shirey is the only employee that was here the day that Briarcrest opened its doors and is still here,” said Caron Swatley, Briarcrest president.

    By Jane Roberts May 20, 2024
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    St. Jude hosts first kindergarten graduation in 5 years

    In the hospital’s first ceremony since the COVID-19 pandemic, 22 patients graduated from the Imagine Academy by Chili’s, which is the hospital’s school that is accredited as a special-purpose institution.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 18, 2024
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    Memphian and seed vault partner to receive World Food Prize

    Cary Fowler, a 1967 graduate of White Station High, and Geoffrey Hawtin created the “doomsday vault,” an underground seed storage facility built in the Svalbard Archipelago in Norway, 600 miles from the North Pole.

    By Jane Roberts May 14, 2024
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    Life is sweet for Rebecca Dinstuhl

    Dinstuhl’s co-owner Rebecca Dinstuhl loves the candy business and shepherding a family business, but she also loves football. She was recently named president of the 2024 AutoZone Liberty Bowl.

    By Christin Yates May 13, 2024

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