Live Nation to operate new live music venue in Crosstown
“The new venue will be a unique addition to the city and bring even more exciting shows to Memphis,” said Grant Lyman, president of Live Nation Southeast.
“The new venue will be a unique addition to the city and bring even more exciting shows to Memphis,” said Grant Lyman, president of Live Nation Southeast.
Up to 400 families received canned goods, electrolyte mixes, games, books, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, makeup and other toiletry items Thursday, Nov. 7.
Command staff, recruits, officers and their friends and community partners will paint, put in siding and install doors and windows as part of a Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis project at Imperial Avenue and Pearce Street.
The $81 million, 270,000-square-foot Northside Square development is partnered with the work of restored and new affordable housing under the banner of “Moving Klondike Forward.”
The Wraparound District 6 strategy, which received an initial $600,000 investment that will be managed by the School Seed Foundation, will address public safety, public health and public education in north Shelby County.
The project leaders of the redevelopment of the former Northside High School in Memphis’ oldest Black community announced on Thursday, Oct. 17, that the residential financials have closed.
An alumnus donated 50 pairs of Nike Dunk sneakers — free for each of Delano Elementary’s kindergarten students.
Memphis Mayor Paul Young and members of the Blight Zero team filed into a bus and rode to the sites of several active or recent demolitions on Friday, Sept. 20.
After closing school on Tuesday, students at Cornerstone Prep Denver returned to class Wednesday with the support of counselors.
Police say the carjacking suspect fired shots at officers during a foot pursuit. TBI is reviewing the shooting.
Working for 15 years to reduce recidivism in Memphis, Lifeline to Success has helped some 2,271 former inmates navigate life after incarceration.
Southwest sold its Gill Center to education neighbors Libertas, who plan to renovate the building for a middle school expansion, the organizations announced Wednesday.
MSCS Superintendent Marie Feagins says Caldwell-Guthrie Elementary School, shuttered last week by its state-takeover operators, will stay open this fall and expand to take on students from Humes Middle School. MSCS closed Humes earlier this spring.
The Memphis Lift, a nonprofit that helps families navigate the education system, has a new building that’s a source of pride for its North Memphis neighborhood. Mayor Paul Young said work done there helps make the city safer.
LaterSkaters Memphis recently gained official nonprofit status and hopes to give 300 kids skateboards this year.
One event, Tone’s music festival, features Memphis rap legend Juicy J and Memphis producer HitKidd.
In addition to remembering dead service members buried at Memphis National Cemetery, this year’s Memorial Day Flag Placement hosted by the Scouts commemorated the late cubmaster for Pack 258, Nathan Cortez.
“I’m most proud that I carry myself as a young man and don’t stoop down to the level they see me as, coming from Frayser,” Hampton said.
The layoffs will begin in early July and conclude by the end of the month.
Memphis City Council members talked about better camera surveillance and other measures with Memphis Parks Director Nick Walker.Related story:
Siblings Teddy and Tiara Jasper, who grew up in Frayser, are bringing their successful tequila line back to their hometown.
The developers shouldn’t be able to pursue any similar projects for five years, but a representative of the project said otherwise.
Humes, now a middle school, is exiting a state-run turnaround district after 10 years. Its students will be reassigned to a school in a different part of the city.
City leaders get an earful from Frayser citizens at Memphis Mayor Paul Young’s third “One Memphis” forum.
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.