The Early Word: New Cordova high gets a no, and 901 FC leaves the 901
Good morning, Shelby County! It’s Wednesday, Nov. 13, and I hope you’re ready to get buck wild because Buc-ee’s Gallaway — that’s the one planned for Fayette County — will break ground this morning. Beaver nuggets, here we come!
The Greater Memphis Workforce Development Board is scheduled to vote today on whether to remove its director, Amber Covington. She’s been asked to resign, but just like Jennifer Holliday in that song, she says she’s not going.
The Memphis Grizzlies beat the Los Angeles Lakers in a revenge game last week, but the two teams are back at it today in California. And the Memphis Tigers women’s basketball team is in Indiana to play Ball State. For a different kind of competition TV, you can catch a rerun of Good Fortune Co. co-owner Sarah Cai on “Guy’s Grocery Games” on the Food Network late tonight.
The Memphis City Council voted down a permit Tuesday for a new Memphis-Shelby County Schools high school on Fischer Steel Road in Cordova. Some neighboring business owners opposed the plan over traffic concerns, and some worried the site’s past uses could have left the land in a hazardous state. Council members also questioned whether the school system even has the money to build the school.
Memphis’ soccer league is reportedly moving after the city’s plan for a permanent soccer stadium didn’t pan out. Memphis 901 FC has transferred its ownership rights to Santa Barbara, California, and that club will replace Memphis in the United Soccer League Championship for the 2026 season. The city had originally planned a 10,000-seat, soccer stadium as part of a larger sports venue plan, but the state funds instead went to the renovations of Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium and FedExForum.
Plus, a council member is mad about a rat mural, Cordova residents are worried about fire services and the old CA building is going up for auction.
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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. She’s a diehard morning person who spends her free time running marathons and ultras. She’s the author of “Cookin Crunk: Eatin’ Vegan in the Dirty South.”
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