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    Memphis Tigers paying homage to their Black pioneers

    In September of last year, the Memphis athletic department launched its trailblazers initiative to honor each sport’s first Black athlete to play for the Tigers.

    By Frank Bonner II February 27, 2024
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    W.S. ‘Babe’ Howard headed into Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame

    Howard’s posthumous induction was announced Friday, Feb. 23, at USA Stadium in Millington, which hosted the Team USA Olympic baseball team, 1986-1996.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 23, 2024
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    Gallery: Youth Villages hosts soup-er fundraiser in Downtown Memphis

    At The Kent, Memphians tasted food from 25 local restaurants and caterers for Youth Villages’ 35th annual Soup Sunday. Proceeds from the event benefit the nonprofit’s LifeSet program. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 18, 2024
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    Hot ‘n’ cold: Brave souls take the polar plunge at chili cook-off

    The 17th annual Chili Cook-off and 26th annual Polar Bear Plunge benefitting Special Olympics Greater Memphis saw many Memphians jump into ice-cold water in the middle of winter at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium.

    By Patrick Lantrip February 17, 2024
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    AutoZone Liberty Bowl to honor Joe Theismann

    The former Heisman Trophy runner-up and Super Bowl champion is this year’s Distinguished Citizen award winner.

    By John Varlas February 13, 2024
  • Health Care

    New beauty boutique offers no-cost wigs to cancer patients

    The West Cancer Foundation has provided free wigs since 2020, but it recently added a dedicated space where cancer patients can try on a variety of styles in a private, salon-type setting. 

    By Aisling Mäki February 12, 2024
  • Arts & Culture

    Withers Gallery joins Civil Rights Trail, Beale Street’s future explored

    The archive of 60 years of Ernest Withers’ photographs joins the national set of historic places as the Beale Street entertainment district marks 10 years of operation and management by the Downtown Memphis Commission.

    By Bill Dries February 06, 2024
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    Legacy Award honors memory of The Daily Memphian’s Jennifer Biggs

    Jennifer Biggs was remembered as a communicator who cared deeply about connecting people, sharing her passion for breaking bread and celebrating the city she called home. 

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    Chamber’s Ted Townsend honored as Communicator of the Year

    By Aisling Mäki February 01, 2024
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    Ambitious new collection aims to capture breadth of ‘Memphis Blues’

    This 534-song, 20-CD collection stitches a rich tapestry of a mostly lost Memphis, mapping the city, naming the infamous and celebrating the food. 

    By Chris Herrington February 05, 2024
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    These all-terrain angels braved icy roads to help health care workers

    The recent freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall were no match for members of the Mid-South Jeep Club who shifted into gear to transport hundreds of health care workers to hospitals across the region.

    By Aisling Mäki January 28, 2024
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    Veterans find healing through ‘the magic of writing a song’

    Chattanooga-based Freedom Sings USA and the Department of Veteran Affairs presented a two-day music therapy event at the Lt. Col. Luke Weathers Jr. VA Medical Center at 1030 Jefferson Ave.

    By Kambui Bomani January 27, 2024
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    Calkins: Jerome Wright knew Memphis better than anyone. He loved it better, too

    Journalist Jerome Wright, 74, died Monday evening. He covered Memphis for more than five decades. He knew the place better than anyone else. But he became a beloved figure in the city because he treated everyone with kindness and respect. 

    By Geoff Calkins January 25, 2024
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    Global Café steps in to feed hundreds sheltering from freezing temps

    Freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall have forced many local businesses to close this week, but Global Café has been delivering warm, hearty meals to those in need citywide. 

    By Aisling Mäki December 24, 2024
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    Calkins: Skiing in Memphis — and other scenes from coldest MLK Day in history

    The guy who was skiing through Downtown Monday? We found him. Here’s his story and more scenes from the coldest MLK Day in Memphis since it became a federal holiday.

    By Geoff Calkins January 15, 2024
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    Martin Luther King Jr. ‘speaks’ at virtual MLK Day event

    The National Civil Rights Museum had planned a large celebration to honor what would have been King’s 95th birthday, but as the weather forecast became clear, they realized they would have to pivot. 

    By Michael Waddell January 16, 2024
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    Rutgers University builds pipeline to Memphis

    Former Memphian Antonio D. Tillis is bringing Hamilton and Westwood students to the elite New Jersey school where he now serves as chancellor as “his way of giving back.” 

    By Jane Roberts February 07, 2024
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    Panel focuses on a passion of Martin Luther King: Hard work

    In honor of Martin Luther King’s heart for working people such as the sanitation workers in Memphis, the Intersection of Race and Sports panel focused on economic power in Memphis.

    By Kambui Bomani January 14, 2024
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    One of Orange Mound’s own finds space for kids in his neighborhood

    Fueled by a desire help children fulfill their educational potential as well as developing a relationship with God, Howard Eddings willed the Opportunity Zone into existence.

    By Jane Roberts January 14, 2024
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    Volunteers help restore Raleigh section of Wolf River Greenway

    “We’re turning a toxic dumpsite off of Highland Road into a beautiful, forested area for the community to enjoy.”

    By Kambui Bomani January 13, 2024
  • Neighborhoods

    Tillman Sculpture Park under construction in Binghampton

    Carpenter Art Garden and a team of local collaborators are constructing the park on the corner of Princeton Avenue and Tillman Street.

    By Kambui Bomani January 08, 2024
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    Black Arts Collective is working to change the canvas at the Brooks

    With the collective’s knowledge and funding, the Brooks will annually present one major exhibition by Black artists and buy at least one work by a Black artist for its permanent collection.

    By Jane Roberts January 08, 2024
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    New Year’s resolutions can be beneficial, except when they’re not

    Experts suggest we need to abandon the old notion of fixed, deadline-driven — and occasionally self-loathing — New Year’s resolutions.

    By Don Wade January 02, 2024
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    Barry Fuller blessed us, everyone, as Scrooge, consummate theater man

    He made his largest mark as Scrooge, which he performed at Theatre Memphis 11 times, more than any other actor in the city.

    By Jane Roberts January 17, 2024
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    Buckley: Opt out of the Liberty Bowl? Not this Tigers center. No way.

    Who says you can’t go home again? Memphis’ Jacob Likes cried when he thought he’d played his last game at Liberty Stadium. Now there’s another.

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    Memphis quarterback Seth Henigan can make history in AutoZone Liberty Bowl

    By Tim Buckley December 28, 2023
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    Longtime ‘News Lady’ returns to Channel 5

    After taking time off air this year due to a chronic health condition, Joyce Peterson is back at WMC-TV Action News 5, marking her 30th year reporting the good — and the bad — to Memphians.

    By Don Wade December 26, 2023

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