The Early Word: Does Regional One need a redo? Plus: Back to Frayser
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Mornin’ Memphis.
It’s Monday, March 16, and yesterday was a wild one, weather-wise.
Today’s the beginning of spring break for Memphis-Shelby County Schools and most suburban districts. The Orpheum will reveal its “Broadway” season during a free party.
Time for a new hospital?: Does Memphis need to replace Regional One Health hospital, a public facility that serves a 150-mile radius area around the city? We take a two-part look at the issue, with the first part here.
Meanwhile in Nashville: Noah McLane reports from the state capitol, where Memphis-area legislator Brent Taylor is pushing a bill that would require a written test in English to get a driver’s license.
Down on the farm: Ellen Chamberlain talks to a Millington farm family and regional agriculture experts about weather-related challenges.
Once a Frayser boy …: The cinder-block building that was once home to Skateland in Frayser burned down in January. The place produced a lot of memories, including for our own Bill Dries, a Frayser native who takes us on a tour.
Medicine and memory: Geoff Calkins recounts the story of Sam Bielich, the onetime Memphis football walk-on who became a fixture across the Memphis sports scene and now sees his former fraternity friends rallying around him.
Back in the family: Frank C. Roberts, whose parents sold Palladio in 2023, is taking over the space to open Memphis Water Gardens.
Cocktail time: The former Pearl’s Oyster House space on South Main will soon be reborn as Lost Art Cocktail Bar.
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Chris Herrington
Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He now splits his time between Minneapolis-St. Paul, where his wife works, and Memphis.
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