The Early Word: Say goodbye to Smart Mart and five MSCS schools
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Rise and shine, Shelby County. It’s Wednesday, Feb. 25, and the Memphis Grizzlies will play the Golden State Warriors tonight. But big names on both sides are out with injuries. Does anyone else feel like basketball season is already over?
School’s out: The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board voted Tuesday to close five schools.
Why your MLGW bill is so high: There are two reasons why your utility bill from the winter storm is breaking the bank.
Library workers’ fate is in your hands: And your decision could mean they’ll have to reapply for their jobs.
FedEx wants a refund: FedEx Corp. paid President Donald Trump’s tariffs, and now it wants its money back.
Woman sentenced in pastor killing: Latoshia Daniels killed a Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church pastor in 2019.
Whatever happened to the DOJ findings? A nonprofit is suing the city for allegedly denying access to records related to those findings.
Checking in: The Sheraton Memphis Downtown hotel is about to be rebranded.
See ya, Smart Mart: Memphis’ fully automated convenience store building will be replaced with a regular old gas station.
DA using AI: The Shelby County District Attorney’s Office is now using AI to manage evidence in cases.
All hail the Fly-By King: The eighth best Memphis Grizzly of all time had really great shoulders.
We all ‘Scream’: Nestled between two consecutive Friday the 13ths is the release of “Scream 7.”
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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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