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  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: How restaurants, bubble party are raising hard questions about Health Dept.

    The FedExForum reopens for basketball, we’re not fair with our philanthropic dollars, FedEx the company makes a strategic acquisition and another film festival is coming to Memphis.

    By Mary Cashiola December 03, 2020
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    The Early Word: Christmas numbers come early and how a bubble ‘saved’ the All Black Affair

    The VPOTUS is headed to the Bluff City, Bartlett is ready for a parade, and the Memphis City Council doesn’t need lobbyists to register. 

    By Mary Cashiola December 02, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: A party raises eyebrows and restaurants see a wait

    Plus, One Beale could be a beacon, medical residencies are under the knife and axe-throwing and other heart-pounding activities are coming to the former Fairgrounds.

    By Mary Cashiola December 01, 2020
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    The Early Word: Cyber Monday, snow! and Tom Lee funding takes pandemic hit

    It’s Cyber Monday and we’re talking about the Tigers' performance, what happens when COVID comes to your house and fall getting frozen.

    By Mary Cashiola November 30, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Hospitals fill up, Grizz get down and happy birthday to us

    We’re talking about Tiger basketball’s new season, the U of M’s plans for spring break and all the gratitude we have for you. 

    By Mary Cashiola November 27, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: The ‘soul’ of South Main hits the market; gyms go to mat for ‘essential’ status

    Trying to save Christmas, even without the parades, how high home prices are going, and when the area’s field hospital might open. 

    By Mary Cashiola November 24, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Masks are back on the menu and a look inside the Luciann

    As we approach Thanksgiving, we’re talking about new restrictions from the Health Department, two girl scouts making history and the “Line” king. 

    By Mary Cashiola November 23, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: HD looks to new restrictions, mayors to possible mask mandates

    Memphis-born painter makes it big and gives back to the Bluff City, what you should cook for your smaller-than-usual Thanksgiving and a visit with the ghosts of NBA Drafts past and future.

    By Mary Cashiola November 20, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Grizz have a good night and the perfect gift idea for 2020?

    We’ve got all the basketball today, from high school to the NBA, as well as an agonizing wait for local restaurants, a home (testing kit) for the holidays and the continuation of City Council contention. 

    By Mary Cashiola November 19, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Are more restrictions headed our way? Plus, the future of the Nylon Net

    We’re remembering two Memphis pioneers, arguing about who should lead us and wondering what’s going to happen with two Saint Francis hospitals. 

    By Mary Cashiola November 18, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Shiny new buildings, Rust Hall, and a vacation to remember

    Today, we’ve got a new kitchen, a win for the home team and what a Wiseman once said. 

    By Mary Cashiola November 17, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: What Joe Biden might mean for Memphis; Germantown’s unlikely volunteers

    We’ve got local leaders thinking about medical marijuana, a new deli coming to Arlington and we’re talking out of school, especially when it comes to Collierville Middle. 

    By Mary Cashiola November 16, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Sick days and staffing shortages; FedEx peak could get shot in the arm

    Amid raised concerns about the coronavirus, we’re dusting off the Rust, looking at new homes in Germantown and, just in general, hamming it up.

    By Mary Cashiola November 13, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: A diamond in the ruff and Raleigh’s getting a little buzz

    Memphis’ city-run animal shelter is adapting to COVID, and a cup of coffee isn’t just a cup of coffee in Raleigh. Plus, new Grizz gear, a returning son and artwork from a high school senior. 

    By Mary Cashiola November 12, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Gratitude to vets, pride in our water

    As they say, there must be something in the water. A years-long water-rights dispute seems near to a close (and hopefully we won’t owe anyone $600 million). Plus, a local start-up looks to revolutionize the logistics industry. 

    By Mary Cashiola November 11, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Tigers, Grizz get ready to Hoop, FedEx gets ready to deliver

    A new beer maker comes to town, and an iconic theater organ makes a comeback. And Shelby County Schools will reopen buildings in January, but will teachers follow? 

    By Chris Herrington November 10, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: A good weekend for Joe Biden and Brady White

    Plus, a new kind of residential subdivision, African pop on two new radio shows, and Oprah’s 2020 list of favorite things includes a treat from Memphis.

    By Chris Herrington November 09, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Restaurants get coronavirus assurance; will Grizz bring fans back?

    We’re talking about police brutality and how it’s handled, how you pronounce Marechalneil and what we think about the speed of U.S. election results. 

    By Mary Cashiola November 06, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Health care workers get sick, Texas tacos, and ideas for Union Avenue?

    It’s Thursday, Nov. 5, and we’re still waiting on a president. But we do have plans for a new taco shop, suggestions for Arkansas, and a friendship between two coaches. 

    By Mary Cashiola November 05, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Your cheat sheet to yesterday’s election; plus, donuts

    You know today would be a great day for donuts. 

    By Mary Cashiola November 04, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Oswalt pilots new course, barbecue pizza is here to stay, and time to vote

    It’s Election Day, and the University of Memphis will have to find student housing somewhere else, the Nylon Net Building has a new owner, and we’re not betting on the NBA draft. 

    By Mary Cashiola November 03, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Why Topgolf isn’t in Memphis and what’s in store for Mud Island

    We’ve also got a fair bit of news from the judicial branch of government, with landlords petitioning the courts and friends from Rhodes remembering Amy Coney Barrett. 

    By Mary Cashiola November 02, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Catching a new ride, and we’re hung up on a win

    South Main sparkles, FedEx innovates and we’re dreaming of all the things we could be. 

    By Mary Cashiola October 30, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Inequity and the return to schools; long-hauler clinic created

    We’re off to our own private islands, a local prosecutor is under investigation and the difference between local schools’ back-to-class plans is real. Plus, a health care merger gets COVID complications of its own. 

    By Mary Cashiola October 29, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: A ‘challenging’ fall, a Memphis film and tons of jobs

    Local officials expect our total coronavirus cases to double between now and the end of November, we’ve got a plan to scan and what Memphis has in spades better than the moon. 

    By Mary Cashiola October 28, 2020

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