The meeting hosted by MLGW alongside Memphis City Council member Pearl Walker came after months of community worry about the project, which promises to add the electrical equivalent of several thousand homes to the utility’s distribution system. Related story:
Environmental activists have raised concerns about emissions from the site as well as impact on the region’s drinking water.
The Land Use Control Board sided with a recommendation to reject the landfill’s expansion in Frayser, a relief for the advocates who opposed it. But the landfill’s owners will now seek approval from the City Council.
Tony Ludlow started a Marine Corps boot camp-themed workout class in 1999. The boot camp still meets today at Christ Church Memphis near Laurelwood.
Several key returnees on both sides of the ball have the Fairley Bulldogs poised to take one step further.
Two Downtown restaurants are closing, and a Midtown ice cream shop is moving down the street.
Aug. 16 marks 47 years since the death of Elvis Presley. Elvis Week 2024 offers fans from near and far a number of ways to commemorate his legacy.
“Let me just call it out. The money’s at South Hollywood,” said Commissioner Miska Clay Bibbs, in an apparent reference to the school board district offices at 160 S. Hollywood St.
Kelvin Perkins, star defender Charles Sullins and several new faces look to keep the Jaguars in Class 5A title contention.
Liberty Park, formerly known as the Mid-South Fairgrounds, could see a broad transformation in the coming years with $112.5 million in private development now cleared for takeoff.
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Memphis-Shelby County Schools welcomed more than 100,000 students back to classrooms for the first day of the 2024-25 school year.
Clay Bailey goes down memory lane in a golf cart, celebrating a number of courses that have disappeared from the local landscape.
“Not enough of us understand or respect what Memphis truly is. The Mississippi River is a confluence of 10 to 12 rivers that become one. Memphis is a confluence of cultures. Rich and poor. City and country. Religious and secular. Black and white.”
The mausoleum at Forest Hill Cemetery where Elvis Presley was interred shortly after he died in 1977 opens again to the public this month after being closed for the last seven years.
Bane and the district supplied thousands of backpacks, and the Grizzlies guard shared his thoughts on the team’s offseason.
Muggin’ Coffee has a new operations partner, a new Pakistani-Indian-American cuisine food truck is open, and Wingstop is adding three locations in Memphis.
The club closed abruptly July 31, leaving more than 20 people without jobs.
The company said it has begun recruiting for store management roles in Memphis.
Some of the best brisket — and brisket sandwiches, for that matter — Joshua Carlucci has ever had has been here in Memphis.
Mr. Football winner Radarious Jackson, standout lineman Isaiah Lackey and a talented supporting cast looking to take the next step.
“We’ve seen good work from the single-gender schools, even though there’s not that many of them,” said Emily Lilley of the Tennessee Charter School Center.
First Assembly Christian School’s Mr. Football runner-up has graduated, but the Crusaders still have plenty of playmakers on each side of the ball.
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If funding pressures disrupt construction timelines for the new schools, Shelby County Commissioner Charlie Caswell knows what he wants to see: “Frayser’s coming first.”