The Early Word: Last call for Liquor Store, but Germantown gets tequila
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It’s a tee-utiful day, Memphis! That’s because the pros begin their official competition at the FedEx St. Jude Championship today — Thursday, Aug. 7 — at TPC Southwind. You can also watch Coach Penny Hardaway and other sports stars (who aren’t golf stars) go at it at today’s Danny Thomas Celebrity-Am golf tournament at Spring Creek Ranch.
All students in Shelby County are back in class, since the Arlington, Bartlett, Collierville and Lakeland districts start school today. And in Cooper-Young, a shop that calls itself “Midtown’s most stylish living room” opens its doors to the public.
Feagins demands retraction: An attorney for former Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Marie Feagins is demanding The Daily Memphian take down a story and pay her lots of money.
Where the rubber meets the jail: The Shelby County Jail and the county and federal courts could all move to one site in North Memphis.
Smoking gun? An attorney for Cleotha Abston, who is serving time for both the rape of Alicia Franklin and the murder of Eliza Fletcher, has a concern about a gun.
Cause of inmate death revealed: Here’s why Darian Nolen, an Shelby County Jail inmate, died in February.
Last call: Pour one out for The Liquor Store on Broad.
Let’s taco about Germantown: Wolf River Hospitality Group is planning to open a new restaurant in the former Asaderos Mexican Grill.
The course may be with them: When the players tee off at the FedEx St. Jude Championship today, they’ll be playing on some very firm greens. (Just ask the pros.)
Better together: Local restaurants and guest chefs are partnering up to bring all kinds of fun food collabs this month.
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Bianca Phillips
Bianca Phillips is a Northeast Arkansas native and longtime Memphian who’s worked in local journalism and PR for more than 20 years. In her days as a reporter, she covered everything from local government and crime to LGBTQ issues and the arts. She’s the author of “Cookin Crunk: Eatin’ Vegan in the Dirty South,” a cookbook of vegan Southern recipes.
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