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<strong>This old photo shows Ashlar Hall before new owner&nbsp;Juan Montoya cleaned up the exterior.</strong> (The Daily Memphian file)Premium The Early Word

The Early Word: Comebacks planned for Clayborn Temple and Ashlar Hall

County trustee calls Harris’ budget a “fantasy,” MSCS is powerless over PowerSchool and Calkins remembers Reggie Barnes.

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The Early Word: MSCS won’t deny immigrants; hurricanes are coming

More affordable homes are on the way, Tigers track stars are heading to Florida and you could be Incredible Pizza’s landlord.

By Bianca Phillips May 28, 2025
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The Early Word: Jes Shea loves her new skin, and PJ Haggerty has a new home

Burying power lines would cost billions, private-school vouchers are big in Memphis and a Midtown fan store is spinning its last rotation.

By Bianca Phillips May 27, 2025
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The Early Word: University hotel closes, and fire follows Clayborn leader

City Council wants to slash MATA funding, Riverside Drive is going on a diet and we’ve got the tea, er, juice on a new shop at Crosstown. 

By Bianca Phillips May 23, 2025

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    The Early Word: Clayborn fire was intentional; DOJ drops MPD probe

    Patel calls Memphis the ‘homicide capital,’ cops bring the Thunder in crime crackdown and the new Regional One is a few steps closer.

    By Bianca Phillips May 22, 2025
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    The Early Word: City Council OKs raises, wants Downtown bathrooms

    FedEx Freight has its first leader, St. Jude is tearing down buildings and some Bartlett residents say a developer is putting profits over kids. 

    By Bianca Phillips May 21, 2025
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    The Early Word: Liquor stores fight in the east, and Google’s heading west

    MSCS wants more security, Ford says the budget fix is in and the Hard Times Deli guys are at it again.

    By Bianca Phillips May 20, 2025
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    The Early Word: xAI’s water plant is coming; Pontotoc gets back to its roots

    An old drive-in gets a new life, Fawn serves upscale comfort food and there’s more to the Memphis Grizzlies’ name than you might think. 

    By Bianca Phillips May 19, 2025
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    The Early Word: xAI is making power moves, and Second Line says ‘aloha’

    MEM works on better parking, Collierville leaders worry about fluoride and Nike gives us a reason to say “Ohhh, Yeah!”

    By Bianca Phillips May 16, 2025
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    The Early Word: FedEx makes up with Amazon, but can we forgive Coach Cal?

    ATF is looking into Clayborn fire, Summer Drive-in is driving off and the WCBCC is still smokin’.

    By Bianca Phillips May 15, 2025
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    The Early Word: State dismantled DEI; city wants sanctions in Nichols case

    Ford’s trial date is coming soon, but TJ Shorts may not be coming to the Memphis Grizzlies.

    By Bianca Phillips May 14, 2025
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    The Early Word: Youth Villages case dropped; GPAC head steps down

    MSCS sues over a hacking incident, Bartlett’s Union Depot may get bigger and the NBA Draft Lottery wasn’t great for the Grizzlies. 

    By Bianca Phillips May 13, 2025
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    The Early Word: Local band kids win big, and Trader Joe’s is not coming yet

    Riverbeat beat last year’s numbers, Union Avenue’s blue dogs are mostly gone and we try to determine who invented barbecue nachos. 

    By Bianca Phillips May 12, 2025
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    The Early Word: An Irish goodbye for ‘safety,’ and a call for ‘Justice for Tyre’

    Chamber claims xAI is “demobilizing turbines,” Tops Bar-B-Q is smoking again on Summer and we meet Jaylen Wells’ mom.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 09, 2025
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    The Early Word: A not-guilty verdict and a look into the city’s budget hole

    Humes Middle could be an arts school, Oak Court could house a car dealership and Bar Limina wants to be the “space between.”

    By Bianca Phillips May 08, 2025
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    The Early Word: xAI is power hungry; Yelp says Memphis ’cue is not No. 1

    Trump cuts Health Department funds, Growler’s is going local and the new roundabout “will take some getting used to.”

    By Bianca Phillips May 07, 2025
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    The Early Word: More AI is coming, and Ford actually brings the Raid

    County Commission will vote to sync MSCS elections, Tom Lee’s legacy resurfaced in a time capsule and Darren Musselwhite has a famous cousin. 

    By Bianca Phillips May 06, 2025
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    The Early Word: Tom Lee’s rescue and Memphis’ drive-out tag ‘epidemic’

    WKNO may face Trump cuts, the Real ID deadline is this week and we take a look inside the “River of Time.”

    By Bianca Phillips May 05, 2025
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    The Early Word: Halbert mistake cost millions; Feagins wants to ‘take seats’

    Clayborn Temple suffers more loss, Republicans want partisan school-board elections and the Grand Carousel at CMOM is a time machine.

    By Bianca Phillips May 02, 2025
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    The Early Word: What’s left of Clayborn; plus, a shoe store steps out

    Acquittal is denied in the Nichols trial, an autism program counters RFK’s comments and more shake-ups may be coming to MSCS.

    By Bianca Phillips May 01, 2025
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    The Early Word: Bed, bath, booze and an old golf course with too much green

    Clayborn Temple fire probe is underway, college students get visas back (for now) and the Ostrander show will go on.

    By Bianca Phillips April 30, 2025
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    The Early Word: Clayborn Temple may ‘rise again,’ but Oak Court Mall will not

    Tyre Nichols’ mom takes the stand, some MSCS buildings are in bad shape, and you can leave your Halloween skeletons up all year in Germantown. 

    By Bianca Phillips April 29, 2025
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    The Early Word: Where is Mongo now? And do where the Grizz go from here?

    Gun violence is plaguing Memphis, an xAI meeting gets heated and Lakeland used to be a lot more fun.

    By Bianca Phillips April 28, 2025
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    The Early Word: Ja’s fall takes us all down; plus, expert says xAI isn’t so bad

    MPD has eyes on Downtown, late-night Chinese food is coming and we meet the man behind Bartlett’s social media.

    By Bianca Phillips April 25, 2025
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    The Early Word: Grizzlies need us to believe, and Redbirds just need money

    MSCS board members could have terms cut in half, new jail may cost big bucks and MAS is bouncing back.

    By Bianca Phillips April 24, 2025
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    The Early Word: MSCS takeover is dead for now, and some want xAI dead, too

    The Zoo wants more money, the Grizzlies lost again and “Sunday supper” comes to Cooper-Young.

    By Bianca Phillips April 23, 2025
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    The Early Word: Spiked drink probe ends, and JJJ needs to slay today

    Lawmakers pause an anti-immigrant education bill, state Constitutional amendments will go to voters and the Overton Park Shell drops its summer line-up.

    By Bianca Phillips April 22, 2025
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    The Early Word: Grizz get caught in a storm; Liberty concert mystery solved

    Five people were shot in the Medical District, the MPD is being sued over an arrest and we’ve got tips on what to order at Felicia Suzanne’s.

    By Bianca Phillips April 21, 2025
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    The Early Word: CBU students forced to leave; Haggerty may leave Tigers

    MSCS may tear down old buildings, the state budget slashes Memphis programs and Ja Morant is a maybe tonight. 

    By Bianca Phillips April 18, 2025

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