For a decade, Calvary Episcopal Church leaders and parishioners have been wrestling and reckoning with a disturbing truth: In the mid-1800s, Christians worshipped God in their church while enslaved men, women and children were sold right outside.
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A new bill would allow them to use parking spaces otherwise reserved for people with disabilities.
On Transit Equity Day, more than 60 MATA riders and others gathered in Orange Mound to express their frustrations and hopes for a better public transportation system in Memphis.
Tsunami, the Cooper-Young restaurant that helped launch the Midtown neighborhood as a place for dining and entertainment, will close Feb. 21.
Wunderlich was the board chairman of Financial Federal bank as well as a member of several Memphis civic organizations, including the Shelby Farms Conservancy.
For the third year in a row, the owners of Fat Tuesday Memphis and Esco Memphis restaurants brought back their Mardi Gras in Memphis celebration.
His short-form cooking videos rack up hundreds of thousands — sometimes millions — of views, but Kai Stowell’s most recent videos have an altruistic side.
A group of homeschool students from Olive Branch is headed to Washington, D.C., to compete in a national robotics competition.
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Presbyterian Day School has launched a campaign to reshape the center of campus to better support community, outdoor learning and student development.
This marks the second closure of an institution of higher learning in Memphis this decade following the shuttering of the Memphis College of Art in 2020.
Tennessee Flight Training recently expanded to Millington-Memphis Airport. Part of the reason was to address a global pilot shortage, its founder said.
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Dr. Paul Park has been named the J.T. Robertson Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
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Today’s puzzle is the interior of Maru Handroll Bar and was taken by Patrick Lantrip.
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The former Cordova School, a centerpiece of the East Shelby County community, was sold Friday, ending a 40-year ownership of a local group who ran it as a community center.
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The Memphis barbecue spot will open a new location in July, but first, the owners need to “de-Arby-fy” it.
Lakeland broke ground on its new YMCA, a desire for the community for almost 10 years. The location improves the look of the entry into the suburb since it replaces the Econo Lodge eyesore.
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“The troubling thing about this case is that Ford learned nothing from all the past instances and allegations of local public corruption — some of it involving members of his own family.”
The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board is about to decide on the district’s leadership, and candidates are campaigning for school board seats. But two sponsors of a state bill say little, if any, of that matters.
This jigsaw puzzle is a photo of the pies made by Whisks of Doom and was taken by Partick Lantrip.
From 1855 to 1862, about 3,800 slaves were sold in what is now Calvary Episcopal Church’s parking lot. The church is shedding a light on this history, and it received a major grant for its effort.