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Three Charged In COVID-19 Fraud Scheme
Three people employed by a Memphis tax firm were charged this week in a $1.1-million fraud scheme taking money from a COVID-19 relief fund. The charges were unsealed Monday by U.S. Attorney Michael...
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Active Virus Cases Rise Above 2,000 As Surge Continues
New virus case numbers rose by 342 over the last 24 hours, putting the total of all positive cases in Shelby County since March at 34,850. The higher daily figure tracks the fall surge in cases warned...
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Dan Penn’s Latest: Timeless Lyrics Skip Over the Placid Waters of the Soul
Dan Penn knows a bit about suffering and joy. Since he began writing songs and producing at Fame Studios in Florence, Alabama, in 1960, and through his long Memphis period at American Sound Studio,...
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Rhodes Scholar: The College That Made Amy Coney Barrett
When White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany mistakenly called Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett a "Rhodes Scholar" a couple weeks ago, I nodded in recognition. I came to Rhodes in the fall...
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It’s October, Supposedly. Time for a Chocolate Rye Porter!
I can't wait to write a fun-filled and informational column in these pages about the perfect New Year's beer. It's not that I'm a fan of the holiday (I'm not — it's amateur night), but that...
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To Bee or Not to Bee: How Kelsey Johnson Became a Beekeeper
Johnson’s 901 Remedy products are available online. Kelsey Johnson was a honey hater. "I didn't start liking honey until maybe my early 20s," she says. That's when she began using honey to sweeten her...
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Shroomin’: Wanna Learn Some Fungi Facts?
A mycology class will be hosted at the Vollintine-Evergreen Greenline this Sunday. Here's something useful. Learn all about the science of mycology. Sounds boring. What is mycology and why do you want...
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Theatre Memphis Resident and Scenic Designer Hosts Fall- and...
Jack Netzel-Yates designed two backdrops for Photo Ops & Lollipops. Are you a nerdy librarian by day, sexy schoolgirl by night? Corporate executive during the work week, but a weekend Hell's...
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MEMernet: Reddit Bonanza!
A roundup of Memphis on the World Wide Web. Memphis dazzled on Reddit last week. Here are just a few examples. Interesting as Duck A gif of the Peabody Hotel duck march made the front page in a post...
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At Grandma’s House
A talk with Crosstown Arts resident composer Maeve Brophy. The residency program at Crosstown Arts draws artists in all media to the heart of Midtown every year, and, despite the limitations of the...
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American Utopia
Spike Lee and David Byrne team up for an ecstatic concert film From the beginning, America has been a utopian project. The Founders had come of age in an era that highlighted the problems of monarchy...
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Losing the Latinos: The President’s Failed Strategy
The national media has reported recently (and erroneously) that Latino support for Joe Biden is flagging. These reports note that Hillary Clinton, in October 2016, held wider margins of support with...
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It’s On!
Your 2020 Election Guide: the races, the candidates, the record turnout.For Democrats, especially, the memories of four years ago are still very much alive — not just the nerve-crunching countdown of...
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Undo That Work
"He'll listen to the scientists," Trump added in a mocking tone, before saying, "If I listened to the scientists, we would right now have a country that would be in a massive depression. Instead we're...
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Three Thoughts on Tiger Football
• Five minutes into the third quarter of last Saturday's game at the Liberty Bowl, it appeared stories about the event would focus more on what was missing for Memphis — star receiver Damonte Coxie and...
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Total Virus Cases Top 35,000 in Shelby County
New virus case numbers rose by 227 over the last 24 hours, putting the total of all positive cases in Shelby County since March at 35,077. The higher daily figure tracks the fall surge in cases warned...
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State Releases COVID-19 Vaccine Plan
The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) released its plan Wednesday to distribute COVID-19 vaccines across the state once they are available. Here's how state officials will distribute vaccines here...
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The Flow: Live-Streamed Music Events This Week, October 22-28
One may not often tune in to a live-streamed concert for the setting. Often they're broadcast from someone's den. But you have to admit, Optic Sink's billing, "Live ON the Lamplighter," is intriguing....
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New Virus Cases Rise by 202
New virus case numbers rose by 202 over the last 24 hours, putting the total of all positive cases in Shelby County since March at 35,279. The higher daily figure tracks the fall surge in cases warned...
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Indie Memphis 2020: Bluff City Filmmakers Document Their Hometown
As director of operations for Indie Memphis, Brighid Wheeler has had a crazy year. She and her organization have been charged with trying to figure out how to throw a film festival amid a worldwide...
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