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  • Memphis Grizzlies

    Memphis artists create 191 Collabs for exclusive Grizzlies merchandise

    Clothing designers Immortal Ink and Rowdy Dept. joined forces and debuted their new, exclusive Grizzlies merchandise Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the home game against the Lakers.

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    Memphis Grizzlies tap local designers for limited-edition merchandise

    By Christin Yates March 08, 2023
  • South Memphis

    Back in the swim of things: $11.5M YMCA opens in Whitehaven

    The new facility replaces the Davis YMCA and marks the return of swimming lessons and classes that have seen generations. 

    By Bill Dries March 02, 2023
  • State Government

    Two detained while protesting drag show ban

    The protests of proposed state laws that would outlaw drag various forms of drag shows came as Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee attended the Wednesday, March 1, opening of the Whitehaven YMCA.

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    Back in the swim of things: $11.5M YMCA opens in Whitehaven

    By Bill Dries March 03, 2023
  • Premium Music

    A debut album, a community garden and a heart for art

    Talibah Safiya is the first artist to release an album on the University of Memphis’ High Water Records label in almost 20 years. She’s an artist-in-residence at the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music, an entrepreneur and, with her husband, the founder of the Hood Homestead. 

    By Kylah Strickland-Paige March 01, 2023
  • South Memphis

    Grand jury indicts two in Eason-Williams case

    A juvenile and an adult are indicted on first-degree murder, first-degree murder in perpetration of a robbery and especially aggravated robbery. 

    By Julia Baker February 28, 2023
  • Music

    Herrington: The Music Fest lineup is terrible! (Actually, it’s totally fine)

    It never looks great on paper, but you can always be guaranteed that great stuff will happen. Like a magisterial Jill Scott cracking jokes and dispensing love advice, Sturgill Simpson surprising with a lacerating, hard country-soul set or that time that a nervy Randy Newman surveyed the afternoon crowd and began playing an unedited version of “Rednecks.”

    By Chris Herrington February 28, 2023
  • Education

    MSCS eyes 36 acres north of Shelby Farms for new high school

    Memphis-Shelby County Schools is considering the purchase of 35.79 acres in Cordova for a new high school.

    By Aarron Fleming February 27, 2023
  • Premium Public Safety

    Working in a world where ‘being a shooter is cool’

    The Memphis Allies initiative offers a way out, for those living in a violent culture where shooting helps establish credibility.

    By Don Wade March 06, 2023
  • Public Safety

    Westwood shooting leaves one dead, four injured

    Officers said they arrived at Methodist South Hospital around 4 a.m. Sunday, where five shooting victims had been transported by private vehicles. 

    By Jasmine McCraven February 27, 2023
  • Premium Metro

    Art Gilliam’s WLOK radio stations still stand for activism

    Gilliam’s influence allowed many Black voices to be heard through WLOK. 

    By Jane Roberts February 26, 2023
  • Premium Public Safety

    ‘To save lives, you’ve got to try to intervene.’

    Youth Villages’ Memphis Allies outreach program officials “lost sleep” over Ezekiel Kelly, who was indicted for charges connected to the September 2022 shooting spree. Now, they hope to rescue others like him while they still can.

    By Don Wade March 06, 2023
  • Behind The Headlines

    Affordable housing sustains families and neighborhoods, local experts say

    “If you love economic development — if you’re into job creation, if you’re into health and wellness — then you have to be into housing,” said Amy Schaftlein, of the nonprofit affordable housing agency United Housing Inc.

    By Bill Dries February 25, 2023
  • Recipes

    Recipe Exchange: Calvary Waffle Shop Fish Pudding

    Fish pudding might not have been blessed with an appealing name, but it’s a simple casserole that you can order on Fridays at the Calvary Waffle Shop or make at home any time.

    By Jennifer Biggs February 25, 2023
  • Downtown

    Part of Barbecue Fest moves to Beale Street

    The move of part of the barbecue contest to Beale Street follows an earlier relocation of the Blues Tent from the Beale Street Music Festival to the entertainment district.

    By Bill Dries February 24, 2023
  • East Memphis

    Poplar-White Station Library partially reopens

    The library branch has been closed since MPD officer Geoffrey Redd was shot after responding to an altercation at the branch on Feb. 2. 

    By Kylah Strickland-Paige February 25, 2023
  • Music

    Crosstown Arts to launch first ‘Jazz Month’

    Jazz Month at Crosstown Arts includes more than 40 jazz musicians and band performances, many of which are free.

    By Jasmine McCraven February 28, 2023
  • Public Safety

    Suspects in the Whitehaven shootings out on bond

    Julius Freeman and Ladarius Marion, now both out on bond, are suspects in the shootings at and near Live Lounge on Sunday, Feb. 19.

    By Julia Baker February 23, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    Memphis air pollution study flawed, expert says

    When a study last year looked at how much of cancer-causing chemical was seeping into the air, and potentially harming local residents, it used standards better suited to indoor air quality and workers in protective equipment. 

    By Keely Brewer February 22, 2023
  • Education

    MSCS board looking at possible locations for Cordova-area high school

    Board members discussed some details for a new high school, which comes as a result of Memphis-Shelby County Schools’ agreement to relinquish ownership of the Germantown namesake schools. 

    By Aarron Fleming February 22, 2023
  • Public Safety

    Second suspect charged in Whitehaven shootings

    Ladarius Marion, 21, is charged with second-degree murder, five counts of attempted second-degree murder, and five counts of employment of a weapon during a dangerous felony.

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    Arrest made in Whitehaven shootings

    City council weighs special-use permit for Whitehaven bar after Sunday shooting

    By Julia Baker February 21, 2023
  • Public Safety

    Beauty Shop manager killed in shooting, friend recalls what happened

    Kevin “Shea” Grauer, 55, worked at Karen Carrier’s Beauty Shop in Cooper-Young for 18 years; Carrier called Grauer her “beacon of light.” Friend Duncan Aiken shares what happened the night Grauer died.

    By Jennifer Biggs, Julia Baker February 21, 2023
  • Public Safety

    Mass car break-ins in parking lots have locals talking — and posting

    Car break-ins are up 41% compared to this time last year, according to Memphis Police Department data. 

    By Jasmine McCraven February 20, 2023
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Soup’s On! Youth Villages fundraiser benefits mentoring program

    “Our kids having a mentor makes their stay with us even better. They have someone who is looking out for them, advocating for them, loving them, caring for them, and it really means a lot for their mental health.”

    By Michael Waddell February 19, 2023
  • Visual Arts

    Enamel artist honored in new Metal Museum exhibit

    The exhibit also displays works from contemporary artists, who adopted Bill Helwig’s techniques, such as Martha Banyas, Marilyn Tendrich, William Harper and Jamie Bennett. 

    By Jasmine McCraven February 19, 2023
  • Update South Memphis

    10 people injured, one dead in Whitehaven shootings

    Eleven people were shot, one who died, at two separate scenes in Whitehaven early Sunday morning, the Memphis Police Department said.

    By Aarron Fleming February 19, 2023

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