The Early Word: Guard will be under Lee’s control; Tops catches fire — again
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B.B. King once sang, “They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday’s just as bad.” But don’t let that give you the blues on this Tuesday, Sept. 16. Because it’s King’s birthday! The late “Blues Boy” would have been 100 today, and there’s a concert at B.B. King’s club on Beale Street to celebrate.
Can’t make it? There’s also an exhibition of never-before-seen King concert photos at the Stax Museum through Oct. 19.
Safer in four to five weeks? That’s what President Donald Trump said Memphis would be under his Memphis Safe Task Force, which involves deployment of the National Guard.
Still smokin’: Tops Bar-B-Q & Burgers just experienced its fourth fire in less than a year, and this time, it may be arson.
Take-backsies? The City of Memphis thinks its agreements with employee unions shouldn’t be binding.
AI updates: A subsidiary of Elon Musk’s xAI plans to lease 500-plus acres for a use that may include solar power.
Good Fortune’s fortune: Good Fortune Co. made it to the Sunday finale on the Food Network’s “The Great Food Truck Race.” Here’s what happened.
If a pizza and a sandwich had a baby … it might look like the offerings at Wiseacre OG’s new in-house eatery.
Will the SEC leave us be? The Daily Memphian’s Geoff Calkins explains why the Memphis Tigers rarely play SEC teams anymore.
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Bianca Phillips
Bianca Phillips is a Northeast Arkansas native and longtime Memphian who’s worked in local journalism and PR for more than 20 years. In her days as a reporter, she covered everything from local government and crime to LGBTQ issues and the arts. She’s the author of “Cookin Crunk: Eatin’ Vegan in the Dirty South,” a cookbook of vegan Southern recipes.
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