While I agreed with results stated in the article, I felt it was misleading and it ignored the real reason for the MLGW DOXO ranking. Moreover, it grants undue credit to TVA, our wholesale electricity provider, when exactly the opposite is true.
The Grizzlies staged a number retirement ceremony unlike any other. It was both raucous and joyous. It was as Memphis as Zach.
“There is a vaccine for COVID. There is none for what’s wrong with us.”
News outlets continue to lend credence to Donald Trump’s flirtation with seeking a second term in 2024.
When Minnie Miñoso was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, nobody was happier than Rep. Steve Cohen. A story of baseball, kindness — and an extraordinary life.
‘I am excited to know that in a few years Memphis will have ... a riverfront park that will invite us all to enjoy the most important amenity we all share, the Mississippi River.’
The opioid crisis continues to lay waste across racial, gender and generational lines.
The boys from rural Tennessee are doing what naughty boys in rural communities have always done. They’re metaphorically climbing up to the top of the Memphis Regional Megasite water tower to paint out what they don’t like.
Lang Wiseman, 50, said his greatest satisfaction in his dual role was his work making the planned Ford truck assembly plant at the Megasite of West Tennessee in Haywood County a reality.
For about four decades, the Cranberry Bowl was a tradition at a Whitehaven elementary school football field before finally giving way to injuries and old age.
Gathered again for Thanksgiving, this time with four generations, I’m again reminded of, well, of everything. Most of all, I’m reminded of loss and of renewal, and I’m still surprised at the wonder of it.
“The truth is, farm life historically for African Americans in the South was one of hardship and despair.”
Opinion: Even Tom Selleck would agree it’s important to carefully consider all the pros and cons of a reverse mortgage.
While we have a small segment of our population wreaking havoc across the city, the “stand-up” citizens argue with each other about what to do and who’s to blame.
‘People in river towns understand better than most that nothing good happens when the flow stops, worse still, if it flows backwards.’
“It’s easy for (Mississippi Gov. Tate) Reeves and others of his ilk to continually recite Dr. King’s words about content of character and pretend that racism no longer exists.”
‘The school’s announcement about their stance on sexuality did not shock me, but it did break my heart that young people are once again being targeted for who they are.’
If leaders would listen to our youth, they would explain in depth why an allocation of resources should be shifted away from policing and into counseling.
Quiet as it’s kept, some parents want their children to learn the accurate history of America and the role that race, gender, ethnicity and privilege played in that history.
Saturday’s upset win over No. 23 SMU may not have been the biggest win of Ryan Silverfield’s tenure at Memphis. But never has the coach needed a win more.
‘What they’re proposing and passing this time will kill people. Now and in the future. Men, women, and children will needlessly die at the hands of the super majority of the Tennessee General Assembly.’
‘It’s too bad Republicans in the state legislature don’t read the election commission web site. They never got the memo about nonpartisanship.’
Tuesday, Nov. 2, is All Souls Day. Beginning in the ninth century, Christians have held a day of prayer on the day after All Saints Day to remember the souls of all who had died.
Nora and I started walking together when our youngest child, our son Gaines, started driving himself to school. That was 24 years ago.