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    The Early Word: Employee sues over Kroger shooting, and Marybeth Conley flips her life

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    The Early Word: FedEx cuts costs, and a new cutbank offers access to Tom Lee Park

    Cleotha Henderson is arraigned for a 2021 rape, the University of Memphis is short a few deans and a provost, and eight music legends are inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame.

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    The Early Word: John Barker under investigation; Henri Brooks wants changes to office that investigated her

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    The Early Word: MSCS says Strickland is wrong; locals step up to fill nursing shortage

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    By Bianca Phillips September 07, 2022
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    State Department of Children’s Services is “near collapse,” the Memphis Tigers are off to a rough start and talk about a third bridge is back.

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