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    I-55 Metal Museum exit will permanently close

    The goals of the new roundabout design are to reduce crashes, relieve congestion and provide route continuity for I-55.

    By Kambui Bomani November 08, 2023
  • Downtown

    Memphis scraps Greenbelt Park expansion for now

    Beginning in February or March of 2024, work at Beale Street Landing will also render the dock there unusable for most of next year. 

    By Keely Brewer November 02, 2023
  • Food News

    Downtown Dining Week 2023 kicks off Monday

    More than 50 Downtown restaurants are set to take part in this year’s Downtown Dining Week.

    By Kambui Bomani November 02, 2023
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    The Candy Man Can: Downtown’s candy shop sees Halloween sugar rush

    Wayne’s Candy Co. was founded back in 1947 and sells a variety of candies. “Where else can you pick up cases of jumbo Kit Kats and Hershey bars along with a fishbowl of Lemonheads and foot-long Pixy Stix?” 

    By Aisling Mäki October 30, 2023
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    Terrence Howard returns to Memphis to premiere new movie

    “I was baptized for the most part figuratively in Memphis,” Terrence Howard said. “And I don’t mind dipping in the water again just to remember what was important.”

    By Kambui Bomani November 20, 2023
  • Downtown

    Hotel Chisca sign to return

    The building’s owner plans to change its rooftop sign, which reads “LYFE Kitchen,” with one that would read “The Chisca.”

    By Rob Moore October 26, 2023
  • Downtown

    Big River Steel unveils ‘raw, gritty’ mural outside FedExForum

    “With this project, it was kinda different because a lot of times clients are trying to steer things toward more of a clean-cut look,” said artist Brandon Marshall. 

    By Parth Upadhyaya October 25, 2023
  • Public Safety

    ‘Not willing to give up:’ What focus group participants said about crime

    Residents from neighborhoods across the city expressed their opinions about crime and public safety during a series of conversations in this summer.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff November 07, 2023
  • Health Care

    Hamilton shares grief and gratitude at Alliance’s mental health breakfast

    Memphian and HGTV star Carmeon Hamilton lost her mother to breast cancer two months before her wedding, and her husband, Marcus, was was killed in a motorcycle crash in August 2021. 

    By Aisling Mäki October 24, 2023
  • Public Safety

    Woman’s body found on barge identified

    Deputies were notified “late last night” of her identification. 

    By Julia Baker October 24, 2023
  • Real Estate

    Mallory-Neely House reopens for tours

    The 169-year-old Mallory-Neely House will open again for Friday and Saturday tours beginning Nov. 3. 

    By Rob Moore October 23, 2023
  • Public Safety

    Sheriff’s office asks for help identifying woman found on barge

    The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help with what it called a “very unusual investigation” after a woman’s body was found on a barge in the Mississippi River. 

    By Julia Baker October 23, 2023
  • Downtown

    Tom Lee Park will wait for the ‘right decision’ on Vice & Virtue replacement

    Memphis River Parks Partnership officials say plans to replace Vice & Virtue Coffee are tentative with no timeline because the organization wants “to make the right decision rather than a quick decision.” 

    By Sophia Surrett October 23, 2023
  • Transportation & Logistics

    AutoZone team surprises founder with nearly $7M donation for museum

    Pitt Hyde was told he’d be filming an interview with AutoZone leaders. Instead, he was welcomed to a party with about 100 past and present AutoZone employees. 

    By Aisling Mäki October 23, 2023
  • Downtown

    Memphis March for Palestine

    By The Daily Memphian Staff October 22, 2023
  • Arts & Culture

    ‘It’s a Memphis thing’: River Arts Fest highlights artists — old and new

    “I’m meeting all these artists from all over the world, and until someone told me that my art was of the caliber of those other artists, I would’ve never considered myself of that same caliber.”

    By Kambui Bomani October 22, 2023
  • Food News

    Fine-dining concept Amelia Gene’s opens this Sunday

    The 5,200-square-foot, 140-seat restaurant is at 255 S. Front St., which was formerly Ellis & Sons Machine Shop.

    By Sophia Surrett October 23, 2023
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    $10 Deal: Momma’s Trooper is a solid breakfast sandwich

    Momma’s, located on Kentucky Street, bills itself as “the first and last bar in Memphis” — it’s open from 6:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. on weekdays and later on Saturday nights into Sunday. 

    By Joshua Carlucci October 19, 2023
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    ‘It’s just sad’: Brooks descendants react to museum’s new name

    The family was told last spring after the decision was made to change the name, says descendant Vance Lewis. 

    By Jane Roberts October 17, 2023
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    As Memphis flips on LEDs, residents really see the light

    Memphis Light, Gas and Water is on track to change all of Memphis’ streetlights to LEDs by year-end, but the project hasn’t been without criticism.

    By Keely Brewer October 15, 2023
  • Downtown

    Edge Motor Fest featured classic cars, street rods and more

    In the heart of the Edge District, rows of old, new and customized automobiles were parked up and down Marshall Avenue for the fourth annual Edge Motor Fest at nearby Edge Motor Museum Saturday, Oct. 14.

    By Kambui Bomani October 15, 2023
  • Music

    History of Downtown music festivals holds plenty of off-stage drama

    The music festival that began as an off-shoot of the Memphis In May International Festival 46 years ago has at times had a turbulent history as it has grown into a major attraction. 

    Related story:

    Mempho producing a new music festival in Tom Lee Park in May

    By Bill Dries October 14, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    Demonstrators gather Downtown in support of Palestine

    Memphis protesters carried signs with messages including “I stand with Palestine” and “end apartheid.”

    By Rob Moore October 14, 2023
  • Downtown

    DMC forms committee to find Paul Young’s replacement

    A new CEO could be chosen as early as December.

    By Rob Moore October 13, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    Brooks Museum to change name

    The current building in Overton Park will continue to be known as the Brooks Museum of Art while it’s still occupied, but the name of the new Downtown location will be more Memphis-focused. 

    By Christin Yates October 10, 2023

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