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  • Education

    Bill Lee urges Whitehaven grads’ pride in their achievements and city

    Memphis “has its unique challenges, but it also has a unique future because of the leaders that are being created today in this stadium,” the governor said in his commencement address.

    By Alicia Davidson, Aarron Fleming May 20, 2023
  • Education

    Hamilton High valedictorian receives selective Gates Scholarship

    “I want to bring about change and I think my fellow 2023 Hamilton graduates and I really have a good chance of making a difference.” 

    By Liaudwin Seaberry Jr. May 09, 2023
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    Miles away, years apart: Air pollution steals time from Black communities

    Air pollution is a global issue when it comes to longevity. In Shelby County, there are five air monitoring sites but not one in southwest Memphis, where residents have some of the area’s lowest life expectancies. 

    By Keely Brewer May 04, 2023
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    Miles away, years apart: When geography impacts destiny, everything plays a part

    The almost 20-year difference between estimated life expectancies across Shelby County is a product of differences in food, education, crime rates and access to all sorts of resources. 

    By Aisling Mäki May 02, 2023
  • Education

    ‘Bold and vibrant’: Whitehaven High band director dies in Atlanta

    Newsom died while out of town with the band in Atlanta, where they performed yesterday, April 29.

    By Alicia Davidson May 01, 2023
  • South Memphis

    Small businesses and neighbors network at MEMFix event

    Memphis residents showed off their emerging small businesses while connecting with Alcy-Ball neighbors Saturday, April 29, at BLDG Memphis’ first MEMFix 2023 event.

    By Alicia Davidson April 29, 2023
  • Public Safety

    FBI assisting MPD with search for abductor

    MPD has conducted investigations in Gaslight, Bunker Hill and Cane Creek for weeks, determining in the “early morning hours,” a man has been approaching “young females” and forcing them into his vehicle.

    By Julia Baker, Aarron Fleming April 27, 2023
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    Hernando’s Hide-A-Way, with all its history, is up for sale

    The sale price is $800,000 and includes numerous upgrades and a hint of famous DNA that still hangs in the air.

    By Jane Roberts April 24, 2023
  • South Memphis

    MEMFix coming to seven areas in 2023, starting with Alcy-Ball

    Each neighborhood’s event will feature local vendors and pop-up shops, local performers and temporary street and space activations. The upcoming Alcy-Ball event is set to feature 45 vendors.

    By Elle Perry May 01, 2023
  • South Memphis

    New EPA rules could cut EtO emissions by 80% in South Memphis

    However, it could take years for the proposed regulations, which would govern emissions of a cancer-causing chemical, to be finalized and enforced. 

    By Keely Brewer April 11, 2023
  • Business

    Mickey’s, making a name in snack world, could use your vote

    Whiskey-flavored caramel corn gains national attention, taking Kenny and Penny Mickey’s socially conscious business straight to the Barclays Small Business Big Wins contest.

    By Jane Roberts April 08, 2023
  • South Memphis

    College students pick up 75,000 pounds of trash from McKellar Lake

    College students from nearly a dozen universities removed 75,000 pounds of trash from McKellar Lake in the past three weeks, intercepting it before it entered the Mississippi River. 

    By Keely Brewer March 24, 2023
  • Education

    Charter school bags former Parkway Village Kroger for new campus

    “I’m excited for people to drive by and say, ‘There is Merit in Memphis’” said Lakenna Booker, Memphis Merit Academy’s founder and head of school. 

    By Aarron Fleming March 24, 2023
  • $15 Deals

    $10 Deal: Feast on a smoked turkey sandwich at BallHoggerz

    BallHoggerz BBQ is the real deal. You can get a smoked turkey leg sandwich at lunch for $8, or even go with smoked sausage for $5.

    By Joshua Carlucci March 23, 2023
  • South Memphis

    County urges South Memphis facility to reduce cancer-causing emissions

    The County Commission vote approves a nonbinding piece of legislation, but it’s a show of support for residents and groups such as Memphis Community Against Pollution. 

    By Keely Brewer March 21, 2023
  • South Memphis

    Citywide LED streetlight replacement program begins

    Memphis will spend $42 million to replace all 77,000 of its high-pressure sodium streetlights by the end of the year — a move that is equivalent to taking about 10,000 cars off the road. 

    By Keely Brewer March 21, 2023
  • Music

    Graceland battle brewing in California but impact could land in Memphis

    Priscilla Presley is challenging a document that would make her granddaughter, 33-year-old actress Riley Keough, the sole trustee to what’s left of the family’s stake in Elvis’ empire. 

    By Chris Herrington March 10, 2023
  • Neighborhoods

    MLGW to use drones to inspect power infrastructure

    The pilot program is starting in the two areas that experience the most frequent and longest power outages: Orange Mound and Sherwood Forest. 

    By Alicia Davidson March 10, 2023
  • Shelby County

    County poised to join city to ask facility to reduce cancer-causing emissions

    A small, but patient, group of South Memphis residents concerned about a cancer-causing pollutant in their neighborhood waited five hours to address the Shelby County Board of Commissioners yesterday. 

    By Keely Brewer March 09, 2023
  • Music

    BankPlus Amphitheater to reopen in April after $10M facelift

    Better Than Ezra will headline a grand opening show as BankPlus Amphitheater christens its new season and renovated venue in April. The number of seats has more than doubled for a total of 9,800.

    By Beth Sullivan March 08, 2023
  • Shelby County

    Three projects to prevent another 2011 flood move forward

    Shelby County received $60 million for climate resilience projects in 2016 and work is ongoing in Raleigh, Frayser and Millington. A project along South Cypress Creek is just beginning. 

    By Keely Brewer March 07, 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.

    Related story: 

    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

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