For The Kingdom board shuts down center, offers little insight
The staff furloughed on Sept. 21 and Torrey Bates, the executive director, was fired.
The staff furloughed on Sept. 21 and Torrey Bates, the executive director, was fired.
In the bright Saturday sun and cool fall breeze, a local nonprofit held its annual paint festival for the public to come out to support.
Paul Young was named the head of the DMC in early 2021, emerging from a pool of 30 applicants. Now, two-and-a-half years later, the DMC will once again be looking for a new leader.
Straight Drop Seafood in Uptown has 3/8 lb. of shrimp, four potato wedges, half a corn on the cob and half a sausage for $10.
Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet, continued her 11,000-mile journey through the U.S. and Mexico with a stop in Memphis Wednesday, Oct. 4.
The utility wants to move its headquarters to a larger building, a $31 million, 300,000-square-foot facility in the Goodlett Farms area, north of Shelby Farms Park. Related story:
The nonprofit that runs four of the city’s tennis facilities announced price increases for the newly renovated tennis center.
The application includes the outline plan for Mid-City at the former Racquet Club of Memphis site.
More than three-fourths of those who participated in an email survey said they want to move Memphis in May’s annual barbecue contest to Liberty Park.
Glamour Grooming Elite Academy will offer shorter course for people whose training costs are covered by government workforce programs.
The Rendezvous opened 75 years ago. Its success is a lesson in determination, authenticity — and putting down stakes (or ribs!) where you are. So have a cheese and sausage plate to celebrate. It’s a Memphis ribiversary!
The nearly 70-year-old organization hosted an open house to showcase its new location at Peabody Avenue and Cooper Street in Midtown.
The 901 Hot Pot & Korean BBQ opened in March in Bartlett and is ready for an expansion. Plus, a second location in East Memphis is in the works.
An ongoing renovation of the historic church was paused Thursday, Sept. 28, for a look at new stained-glass images of the city’s turmoil in the 1968 sanitation workers’ strike.
Belltower Coffeehouse is serving its coffee, teas and more at Shelby Farms Park.
MPD reported that three suspects armed with handguns robbed an employee who was putting cash into the ATM outside the bank.
Outside of where the Orpheum Theatre’s Black-only balcony entrance once stood, a new educational exhibit was unveiled on Wednesday.
Pizza cutters were used in place of the usual oversized scissors at Wednesday’s ribbon cutting for The Domino’s Village, funded by pizza giant Domino’s as part of a 10-year, $100 million commitment to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Whitehaven Elementary and Whitehaven High schools went on a precautionary lockdown as police investigated an off-campus shooting Wednesday afternoon.
Memphis Police Department officers are looking for a suspect following a robbery of a Wells Fargo branch in East Memphis.
The meeting ended abruptly because the union invited media to attend by video conference.
Most of the daylong festival is free, but tickets to Cat Powers’ concert and an after party featuring New York-based DJ Alix Brown will go on sale Friday.
Sgt. Louis Brownlee, a public information officer with MPD, said no foul play is suspected.
From “dirty” sodas to baked chicken, more than a dozen restaurants and food vendors within the Memphis Medical District will showcase their flavors at the annual Taste of the District.
The Mempho Music Festival will be held Friday, Sept. 29 through Sunday, Oct. 1 at the Radians Amphitheater at the Memphis Botanic Garden, located at 750 Cherry Road.