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    Company that ‘invented tenting’ adds event planning

    Mahaffey Event and Tent Rentals began in 1924, making circus tents and more. Now the Memphis firm has bought Holliday Events’ furnishings and supplies, with plans for “full-service event planning.”

    By Jane Roberts July 02, 2023
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    Memphians welcome new brunch spots with open arms, eager bellies

    Three new brunch spots have Memphians’ mouths watering for everything from chicken and waffles to beignets and salmon croquettes. And the people behind one of those brunch places are already opening a sister location in East Memphis. 

    By Christin Yates July 02, 2023
  • Sports

    Memphian Aubrey Miller Jr. determined to prove he belongs in the NFL

    The former Whitehaven High star played at Missouri and Jackson State before signing this year with the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent.

    By Liaudwin Seaberry Jr. July 02, 2023
  • Downtown

    Strike a pose: Photoshoot captures the new Tom Lee Park

    Dozens of Memphians got a sneak peek of the revamped Tom Lee Park with a test run of its new amenities during a photoshoot hosted by Memphis River Parks Partnership Saturday, July 1.

    By Alicia Davidson July 05, 2023
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    Midtown boutique owners seek to stop developers’ assisted-living plan

    “There’s more light here and love and healing here that other spaces don’t have,” said the owner of Lucyja Hygge, a shop full of incense and teas, as developers plan to demolish it.

    By Jane Roberts July 02, 2023
  • North Memphis

    Micro-grocery opening in Raleigh

    Exodus Marketplace will be open Monday-Saturday, offering wholesale prices on produce, bread, eggs, honey and jams, meats and other food items from Mid-South vendors.

    By Rashod Cobb July 05, 2023
  • Food News

    For new dessert shop, the ‘proof is in the pudding’

    Elise Dessert Co. is celebrating its grand opening in the University District. The shop features banana pudding made with owner Bria Walls’ family recipe.

    By Matthew Fite July 01, 2023
  • Neighborhoods

    Youth draw out neighborhood beauty on Binghampton sidewalks

    Children and teens cleaned up Memphis streets including Tillman Street, Carpenter Street and Mimosa Avenue. Then, they were handed chalk.

    By Jada Ojii June 30, 2023
  • South Memphis

    Memphis school receives $10M for energy improvements

    “No children in America should be sitting in a classroom, sweltering in the summer and cold in the winter,” said Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm. “Every child should have a safe and comfortable learning environment so they can soar.”

    By Rashod Cobb June 30, 2023
  • Midtown

    Midtown’s Cafe Society sold

    The Evergreen Street eatery will close Friday, June 30, and will reopen under new ownership.

    By Matthew Fite June 29, 2023
  • State Government

    State Attorney General leads resistance to proposed EPA regulations of EtO

    The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed tighter restrictions on ethylene oxide, or EtO, which is used in a South Memphis facility. But 20 state attorneys general are urging the EPA to forgo or defer the regulations.

    By Keely Brewer June 30, 2023
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    Doris Bradshaw honored as mother of local environmental justice movement

    For a time, Doris Bradshaw walked miles around the neighborhood nearly every day, telling her neighbors about the toxins at the Defense Depot — arsenic, lead, mercury and a host of other chemicals — that seeped into their soil and water. Within the first year, Doris had organized a group of about 1,500 people. 

    By Keely Brewer June 29, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    Council redistricting scrap overshadows end of city budget season

    The council ultimately approved a new set of district lines because of the closeness of October city elections. The council also took the race for City Court Clerk off the same ballot.

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    City Council drops property tax increase proposal

    By Bill Dries June 27, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    Greenlaw Community Center will operate under Memphis Parks department

    The change is a reversal on previous plans for the city’s police department to run the center instead. 

    By Julia Baker June 27, 2023
  • Business

    AutoZone announces new CEO as 18-year vet steps down

    Philip B. Daniele III, 54, AutoZone’s executive vice president of merchandising, marketing and supply chain, will take over as president and CEO in January. 

    By Aisling Mäki June 26, 2023
  • Premium Downtown

    A quarter-century ago, AutoZone Park gave Downtown a jump-start

    After decades of decline, Downtown started to rebound — and perhaps nothing spurred the comeback quite like the 2000 opening of AutoZone Park at Third and Union. The whole atmosphere changed. Or as now-retired AutoZone executive Ray Pohlman remembers: “Downtown was cool ... it just flourished.”

    By Don Wade June 26, 2023
  • South Memphis

    Drive-In cleanup: Westwood dreams of new future for the Southwest Twin

    Volunteers rolled up their sleeves and got to work cleaning, weeding and painting Westwoods’ abandoned drive-in, with sights set on a new community area. 

    By Alicia Davidson June 24, 2023
  • Premium Public Safety

    Poll confirms it: Local residents think speeding is a major problem

    A majority of polled residents in the city and Shelby County say they witness speeding or reckless driving on Memphis streets and highways more than once a week. 

    By Ben Wheeler June 24, 2023
  • Education

    MSCS Interim Superintendent discusses budget and new Frayser high school

    “The best way to know your priorities is to figure out where you put your money,” MSCS Interim Superintendent Toni Williams said. “Our students are our priorities, and I’m extremely proud of this budget.”

    By Alicia Davidson June 23, 2023
  • $15 Deals

    $10 Deal: Traditional Honduran food on Jackson Avenue

    This is one of Joshua Carlucci’s favorite dishes in Memphis.

    By Joshua Carlucci June 22, 2023
  • Midtown

    Red pandas born at the Memphis Zoo

    Memphis has not had a red panda birth since June 2015.

    By Rashod Cobb June 22, 2023
  • Food News

    Memphis dish named one of best ‘Over-the-Top Treats’

    A Memphis dish has named the best Over-the-Top Treat in the state.

    By Rashod Cobb June 22, 2023
  • North Memphis

    After renovation, sunlight streams into Gaston Community Center again

    The windows surrounding three sides of the city’s first and oldest community center were boarded up nearly 50 years ago. The $4 million renovation formally opened Wednesday, June 21, bringing natural light back to the gym, while adding other uses to the center.

    By Bill Dries June 22, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    Memphis City Council Scorecard: How a redistricting plan died

    The Daily Memphian’s City Council Scorecard looks at how a significant change in council district lines ahead of the October city elections came to an abrupt halt earlier this month. 

    By Bill Dries June 21, 2023
  • Music

    More than 100 previously unreleased Stax recordings made public this week

    A 7-CD box set brings together 146 demos from the legendary label, including 140 previously unreleased recordings.

    By Ezra Wheeler June 21, 2023

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