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Bike Shop Hopes to Put Customers on E-bikes With Demo Program
Victory Bicycle Studio wants to help Memphians get around the city in a new way with electric-assist bikes. The store introduced the Electric Bike Demo Program this month. The program allows customers...
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Harris Amends County Plan to Fund MATA
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris announced today that he is amending the previously announced plan to invest $10 million in transit here. Harris presented a plan to the Shelby County Commission last...
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TVA Outlines Next Moves to Possibly Remove Coal Ash
Water whooshes through two black pipes — both as big around a small pizza and long enough to hide their ends — with the gentle sound of a dishwasher humming out of sight. The pipes snake nearly across...
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Group Calls on U.S. Senate to Pass Gun Safety Laws
A group, joined by Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Memphis), gathered Thursday near Memphis City Hall to demand “common sense” gun laws. The Tennessee Chapter of Moms Demand Action’s volunteer leader Kat...
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The Antenna and I. Plus Chuck Hutton's 100th, Ave Maria.
It’s “The Antenna,” not “The Antenna Club” or “Antenna Club.” That repeatedly was told to me over the years by the club's owner Steve McGehee. The historical marker, installed October 5th in front of...
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Celebrating Iris Orchestra's 20th Anniversary and Beethoven's 250th
In an era of shoestring budgets for municipal orchestras, too often at the mercy of the national economy's roller coaster, seeing a local orchestra built on novel principles succeed for twenty years...
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Temple 30, Memphis 28: Turnovers, Disputed Call Seal Tigers' Fate
The 23rd-ranked Memphis Tigers dug themselves into a 0-16 hole early, after shooting themselves in the foot with turnovers. It proved to be a deficit they were unable to overcome in a 30-28 loss to...
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Music Video Monday: Drique
Get dressed up for Music Video Monday. MVM newcomer Drique brings a slow-burn R&B sound with her new single "Pull Up." She glams it up and hits the clubs with some help from Krucial. Director...
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Beantown Blues Brothers
"There is no friend like an old friend, who has shared our morning days."— Oliver Wendell Holmes On June 12, 2019, at TD Garden in Boston, the St. Louis Blues won the Stanley Cup for the first time in...
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Vaping: Insights From the State, a Store Owner, a Street Dealer, and a Doctor
As the number of vaping-related lung illnesses continues to rise around the country, the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) is recommending that Tennesseans avoid using e-cigarettes and other vaping...
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Local Restaurateur Launching AM PM Coffee Bourbon
Bars and restaurants across the city will be welcoming a new addition to shelves this season: AM PM, a bourbon whiskey infused with 100 percent fair-trade Arabica coffee beans, Madagascar vanilla, and...
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Inside The Furry World of Brett Hanover's Radical Documentary Rukus
[I first wrote about Brett Hanover's radical documentary Rukus for last year's Indie Memphis cover story. The film went on to win Best Hometowner Feature at the festival. Now, to celebrate its online...
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Changing Police, Fire Residency Rules Raises Concern Among City Council Members
A few members of the Memphis City Council voiced reservations Tuesday about lifting the residency requirements for the city’s police and fire personnel. The ordinance up for discussion would allow...
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Zinnie's Slated to Reopen November 1st
Zinnie’s — the “Best Little Neighborhood Bar in the Universe”— is slated to re-open November 1st. Or, as Tony Westmoreland, one of the owners, says, “We will be open Halloween.” The bar/restaurant,...
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Down to the Wire for 901 FC After Frustrating Loss to Charlotte
I’m not one to promote Grit and Grind as the be-all and end-all of Memphis professional sporting strategy, but if there’s ever a time for it, it’s now. 901 FC’s frustrating 2-1 loss to the Charlotte...
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Three Thoughts on Tiger Football
• The "Magnifico Miss" will magnify with every Memphis win. How significant will that blown call — Joey Magnifico's "no-catch" on the Tigers' final drive at Temple — be for the U of M? There are blown...
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Maura Rogers and the Bellows at Black Lodge
Sometimes a rotten turn of luck can lead you to your spirit family. That’s more or less the story of Cleveland, Ohio-based folk rockers Maura Rogers and the Bellows. The band — made up of Maura Rogers...
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Raymond James Wins Tax Break to Move From Downtown
A company that saw record-setting, multi-billion-dollar revenues and record-setting, multi-million profits in 2018, won’t have to pay full taxes for its new operations in Memphis over the next eight...
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State Supreme Court Denies Sons of Confederate Veterans’ Petition to Review...
The Supreme Court of Tennessee denied the Sons of Confederate Veterans’ (SCV) petition to review the dismissal of its case against the city of Memphis for the removal of three confederate monuments...
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Eyes on the Prize: An Impeachment Primer for Democrats
Eyes on the Prize is the title of a 1988 book I wrote about the civil rights movement. The title, taken from a folk song, became an anthem for activists who constantly struggled to stay focused on...
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