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Democrats Gear Up for Suburban Races in 2020
Now that the "nonpartisan" city election is over and done with — as presumably it will be after two runoff elections for Memphis City Council seats, in District 1 (incumbent Sherman Greer vs. Rhonda...
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Thank You For Your Service
You are being discharged from the Army today — from your Army. It is your Army because your skill, patriotism, labor, courage, and devotion have been some of the factors which make it great. You have...
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Ja Morant, the Hero Memphis Needed
Rookie Ja Morant scored a game-winning bucket after splitting three defenders with a left-handed drive to the rim with 0.7 seconds left on the clock to lift the Grizzlies over the Hornets on Wednesday...
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TECH: New Site Shows City Issues at a Glance
Memphis has problems and hundreds of organizations fighting to ease them; a new tool maps them together, making it easier to find out who’s fighting what where and how you can help. The Community...
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Judge Denies City’s Request to Modify Decree on Police Surveillance
The city’s motion to immediately modify the 1978 consent decree prohibiting police surveillance was denied this week by a federal judge. Last year, U.S. District Judge Jon McCalla ruled that the...
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Challengers Logan, Easter-Thomas Win Council Runoffs
The 2019 Memphis city election finally concluded Thursday with the ouster of the incumbents in two runoff elections. In District 1 (Frayser, Raleigh) challenger Rhonda Logan, president of the...
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Former SCS Student Petitions for Inclusivity in Schools’ Cosmetology Program
A former Shelby County Schools (SCS) student started a petition last month asking that ethnic hair be a part of the elective cosmetology courses offered at SCS high schools. Jazmyne Wright, a freshman...
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When They See Us Screening Connects The Central Park Five Case With...
In April, 1989, a crime wave was happening in New York's Central Park. Among the assaults and petty robberies was a brutal rape of Trisha Meili, an investment bank executive who was jogging in the...
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Say Hola to the New Pancho's Man
Pancho's quietly rolled out its new Pancho Man recently, a decidedly less cartoon-y version of the Pancho Man who has been the face of the beloved cheese dip since 1956. Pancho's announced a change to...
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Former Employee in Federal Suit Against Playhouse on the Square
The curtain is about to rise on another act in the legal drama surrounding Playhouse on the Square (POTS) during the heyday of its since-retired founder and executive producer, Jackie Nichols. Leanna...
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A Big Score for Jozzy: "Old Town Road" Nabs a Country Music Award
Music history was made last night at the Country Music Awards, with an assist from an up-and-coming Memphis artist and songwriter. The CMA for Musical Event of the Year, often given to one-off...
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Obruni Dance Band Celebrates That Memphis Beet & Community Table Garden
In Ghana, music and community go hand in hand. This is true wherever people gather to listen to bands, of course, but the communal experience is especially crucial to the music of Africa, where all...
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#13 Tigers 102, Alcorn State 56
If you have to play a game without your preseason All-America, it helps to have the Alcorn State Braves on the other bench. The Tigers overcame sloppy play to open the game — 31 combined fouls were...
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#18 Tigers 45, Houston 27
Memphis quarterback Brady White tossed five touchdown passes (to four different receivers) to lead the 18th-ranked Tigers to a comeback throttling of the Houston Cougars Saturday afternoon in Texas....
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Spencer McMillin Steps Down as Caritas Chef de Cuisine. Matthew Schweitzer is...
Spencer McMillin is stepping down November 18th as chef de cuisine of Caritas Community Center and Cafe. Matthew Schweitzer will be the new chef de cuisine. McMillin says he will now “assume more of a...
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Cold Night for the Grizzlies: Denver 131-Memphis 114.
The Shirelles' top-ten hit, told us, "Mama said there'd be days like this," and it was true for the young Grizzlies on Sunday night before the home crowd. The Denver Nuggets ended Memphis' three-game...
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Three Thoughts on Tiger Football: Memphis Beats Houston Edition
• A win for the ages . . . or at least the decade.Their 45-27 win at Houston Saturday has the Memphis Tigers on the cusp of the fourth 10-win season in the 104-year history of the program. (If you...
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Music Video Monday: Stephen Chopek
Catch a fire with Music Video Monday! Stephen Chopek, Memphis' favorite one-man minimalist music video auteur, is back with a song about putting in the emotional work to overcome past traumas. If that...
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Students Rally Behind Rhodes Grad Who Says Sexual Assault Case Was Mishandled
A Rhodes College student group is rallying behind a recent graduate who went public last week, expressing her disappointment over the way the college handled an allegation of sexual assault she made...
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The Mandalorian
Star Wars has always worn its influences on its sleeve. Its most direct influence was, of course, the cheap Flash Gordon matinee serials of the 1940s. But George Lucas was a fan of all kinds of...
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