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<strong>An aerial view taken of Mud Island Park just after the park opened in July 1982.</strong> (Courtesy DIG Memphis)Premium Ask the Memphian

Ask the Memphian: Why did the city and state try to put a highway on Mud Island?

In this week’s Ask the Memphian, we look back at the 1980s plan to build a highway on Mud Island, and the efforts of the people who stopped it. 

By John Klyce 2 hours ago
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Echols: A celebration of architecture — right here in Memphis

“It felt as if someone was whispering good secrets to the rest of the world about my home, and I was the one caught unaware. Sure enough, that’s precisely what has been happening for about a decade now.”

By Candace Echols 17 hours ago
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At Midtown Hardware, one finds solutions, supplies and plenty of smiles

Pay a visit to Midtown Hardware on Summer Avenue, and you’ll enter the only independent hardware store in Shelby County owned and operated by women.

By Jane Schneider 21 hours ago
Education

Frayser high has a name — but it won’t be the only new school for the neighborhood

Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members settled on a name for the district’s new high school in Frayser. Neighborhood charter school Libertas is also set to expand into high school grades.

By Laura Testino 8 hours ago

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    Cardboard and creativity: How 901 Games brings Memphis’ gaming community together

    How a Midtown business creates community and space for gamers of all ages and creeds.

    By Noah McLane June 14, 2026
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    Camp aims to build confidence in kids born with limb differences

    Organizers hope the Step Up Squad Adaptive Camp for children born with limb differences will spur self-confidence, friendship and fun.

    By Jody Callahan June 13, 2026
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    Flyway completes Tom Lee Park transformation

    The 220-foot-long boardwalk two years in the making offers an elevated view of the Mississippi River just beyond the edge of Tom Lee Park.

    By Bill Dries June 12, 2026
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    Inspire Community Cafe closing this month

    The Binghampton cafe that opened with a mission of helping the community is closing its doors after seven years.

    By Jody Callahan June 12, 2026
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    Calkins: The road to Graceland is an international embarrassment. We drove it to find out why.

    Why is it taking nearly two decades to fix Elvis Presley Boulevard? I invited state Senator Raumesh Akbari to join me in my 2015 minivan for a drive-along. Here’s what I learned.

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    By Geoff Calkins June 12, 2026
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    State vows to speed up roadwork on Elvis Presley Boulevard

    TDOT Commissioner Will Reid and Mayor Paul Young met twice this week after a stormy public meeting in Whitehaven recently, where those involved in the joint project told residents it wouldn’t be completed until 2031.

    By Bill Dries June 11, 2026
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    New York firm acquires former Memphis chemical manufacturer facility

    Perdomo Worldwide plans to open a developable site in an older industrial submarket that’s seeing a slight resurgence.

    By Andy Ashby June 11, 2026
  • Music

    Overton Park Shell ‘Shell-ebrates’ 90 years with free fall shows

    The lineup includes celebrations for the Shell, Hattiloo and Opera Memphis; festivals like Gonerfest; and concerts like Drivin N Cryin. 

    By Elle Perry June 10, 2026
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    Projects planned in Parkway Village, North Memphis, Cooper-Young and Covington Pike

    If approved, these projects could add residential units and commercial property across the city. 

    By Andy Ashby June 09, 2026
  • City of Memphis

    A legacy of pride: Civil Rights Museum launches Bayard Rustin Institute to inspire ‘angelic troublemakers’

    As a gay man operating in a homophobic era, Bayard Rustin was often forced into the background of the Civil Rights Movement, despite his critical role as a trusted adviser to Martin Luther King Jr.

    By Brandon LaGrone II June 09, 2026
  • Premium Real Estate

    Outdoors Inc. building hits market for almost $2 million

    Location, location, location: The two buildings that housed the former Outdoors Inc. are near one of the busiest intersections in the city, seeing more than 29,000 vehicles daily.

    By Andy Ashby June 08, 2026
  • Premium Business

    Why is Hernando’s Hide-A-Way taking a stand against AI art? It comes down to soul.

    Generative AI has become widely used. But Celine Lee, co-owner of Hernando’s Hide-A-Way, wants no part of it. Here’s why. 

    By John Klyce June 08, 2026
  • Premium Millington

    Where we droppin’ boys? Navy levels up recruitment efforts with East Memphis esports facility

    In forming its esports, or video game competition, team, the Navy held tryouts to find the best players in a variety of games — like “Marvel Rivals”, “Call of Duty”, “Valorant”, “Counter-Strike”, “Rocket League”, “League of Legends” and “Fortnite” — and then gave them a space to hone their skills for competition.

    By Michael Waddell June 07, 2026
  • Premium East Memphis

    No billboard, no problem. Lunch crowds find their way to Pesce’s Deli

    Without much advertising or large, visible signage beckoning diners, this tucked-away East Memphis sandwich shop relies mostly on word of mouth.

    By Amaya Taylor June 07, 2026
  • Premium Real Estate

    Work starts on $70M Smokey City Market in North Memphis

    The Community Redevelopment Agency is moving forward with the first phase of Smokey City Market, an estimated $70 million project aiming to bring affordable housing, senior care, retail and green space to the area.

    By Andy Ashby June 08, 2026
  • Premium Bartlett

    Bailey: Ramble on Summer finally ramblin’ through Bartlett approval process

    After two years in limbo, Ramble on Summer seems to be moving ahead, bringing another piece to the development on U.S. 70 in Bartlett.

    By Clay Bailey June 05, 2026
  • City of Memphis

    Connecting the new housing dots and vacant lots in North Memphis neighborhood

    Working a few lots at a time with different developers, the City of Memphis is beginning to connect the vacant lots in North Memphis neighborhood to form a pattern of redevelopment.

    By Bill Dries June 05, 2026
  • Premium Real Estate

    North Memphis is about to have Jazz and Blues

    Memphis Jazz, a residential community of 249 homesites, will be across the street from the Memphis Blues neighborhood. 

    By Andy Ashby June 05, 2026
  • City of Memphis

    Renovated Bickford Aquatic Center makes a splash

    The renovated Bickford Aquatic Center opened Thursday, June 4, in North Memphis just in time for summer.

    By Bill Dries June 05, 2026
  • $15 Deals

    $15 Deal: New breakfast items at Central BBQ

    “It just made sense,” said Brandon Ellenburg, Central BBQ’s director of operations. “We are here anyway since we have to take the shoulders off the pits at 6 a.m., so why not serve breakfast?”

    By Jennifer Chandler June 04, 2026
  • Performing Arts

    With ‘Beauty and the Beast’ in town, Gaston plays tour guide and Cogsworth is a duckmaster

    A Memphis native has returned home to take the Orpheum stage — and help his castmates find a good place to eat. Plus, the Peabody ducks are keeping time with the help of a new clock.

    By Brandon LaGrone II June 03, 2026
  • Neighborhoods

    ‘If this were Poplar Avenue, … this would have been completed years ago’

    A standing-room only crowd in Whitehaven heard that the Elvis Presley Boulevard project, begun in 2013, may last another five years.

    By Bill Dries June 03, 2026
  • Premium Business

    Hernando’s Hide-A-Way in Whitehaven goes international

    The honky-tonk was just featured in a new video series by Brand USA that is meant to encourage more international tourism to the U.S. and Tennessee.

    By Noah McLane May 31, 2026
  • Premium Spirit of Memphis

    Memphis Italian Festival: A place to play bocce, eat pasta and greet family

    Since 1989, Holy Rosary Catholic Church in East Memphis has staged the festival centered that centers around Italian gravy, aka spaghetti sauce.

    By Jody Callahan May 30, 2026
  • Premium Bartlett

    Chef Flavas’ Bartlett location caught fire, but Downtown is ready for business

    Owner Chris Moore said they weren’t planning to open the Downtown location of Chef Flavas until mid-June, but now they are offering to-go orders from the new restaurant.

    By Sophia Surrett June 04, 2026

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