There are a litany of things that can cause a ship or barge to collide with a bridge, with “Mother Nature being a primary one,” according to a waterways management chief with the U.S. Coast Guard. 

“If I wanted to have a sophisticated school, I would have ballet,” Principal Louis Padgett said. “I want (the) boys and girls to be more sophisticated than myself. I said I’d never leave this school until it had ballet.” 

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“No matter what I’m doing, I spend (time) investing in kids and neighborhoods. At New Ballet, I get to do it in a way that’s fresh and exciting.”

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Last year’s Asian Night Market event was packed, and organizers have a plan for how to handle for this year’s crowds. 

This year’s NCAA weekend followed the previous weekend’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, when there were 95% more crimes reported.

“Today I don’t want to own (a restaurant), but I can never stop cooking,” Chef Tamra Patterson said. “Cooking is in my blood — it’s all I know to do.”

At the Memphis International Auto Show, eligible attendees got the chance to drive some of the latest car models on the main road outside the Renasant Convention Center.

At a rare community meeting Thursday evening, tensions between about 30 community members and a couple company representatives boiled over. One message was clear: The community doesn’t trust Velsicol.

The kids’ area that is more wheelchair-friendly than a traditional playground is an expansion of The Well, Church Health’s wellness program for children.

The project, which received key approvals in 2019, ran into the buzzsaw of the pandemic, and then the developer blamed higher interest rates after the pandemic for delays. 

At Cole Jeanes’ Kinfolk restaurant, he’s blended the seemingly divergent influences of Japan and the American South on the menu and in his mind. For him, they are in culinary harmony.

Two Memphis nonprofits are among 361 community-led, community-focused organizations who received funding from billionaire philanthropist and Amazon co-founder MacKenzie Scott. 

A suspicious package call shut down part of Union Avenue Thursday afternoon, March 21, as the Memphis Police Department investigated a possible bomb threat.

This Daily Memphian food writer looks for a fine balance between quantity and quality in everyday sushi, and he said Sekisui straddles that line with the best of them.

Eight teams are in town, starting a journey to what they hope will be a 2024 Final Four appearance — and maybe a national championship. Follow reports on all eight here, updated regularly after representatives from each team speak.

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Located in the heart of Soulsville, the new clinic will be on the next block from the Stax Museum and the Soulsville Foundation. 

The Terrace menu is also an indication of what’s to come with both Paulette’s Restaurant and Tug’s Casual Grill. 

For teams and their fans traveling to the Bluff City for the tournament — or locals heading Downtown for March Madness — here’s a guide to what to do and where to eat in Memphis. 

The basketball tournament comes nearly a week after two fatal altercations occurred Downtown amid St. Patrick’s Day celebrations and after the leader of the agency tasked with managing the entertainment district touted new security technology.

Wayne Tabor said Memphis Tourism had offered the city and county $30 million on Monday but “they keep wanting more and more.” 

Memphis Urban Wood planned to turn a vacant 10-acre property on North Watkins Street into a facility that transforms wood waste into lumber and wood compost. 

The Genre, known for its musical atmosphere as well as its food, is one of the many local businesses participating in the ninth annual Memphis Black Restaurant Week. 

Attendees from Memphis and beyond headed Downtown for the 51st Annual Silky O’Sullivan’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade Saturday, March 16.

Around 300 attendees connected with local organizations working to achieve a greener and cleaner Memphis.

Nearly all of Global Cafe’s starters are under the $10 deal mark.