Cupcakes, croissants and hope: Lucy J’s Bakery provides work, job training for homeless
The proprietors of Lucy J's Bakery are paying employees $15 an hour, a tall order for small businesses but one they say is paying dividends beyond profits.
John Klyce
John Klyce is an enterprise reporter with The Daily Memphian who writes a wide range of in-depth features, as well as profiles about local leaders, scientists, musicians, artists, entrepreneurs, and anyone else doing exciting and important work in this city.
There are 25 articles by John Klyce :
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January 2019
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Spirit of Memphis
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April 2019
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City of Memphis Memphis Zoo employee works with elephant organization in Africa, brings knowledge back home
The Memphis Zoo works with Elephants for Africa to lower conflicts between elephants and humans.
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September 2025
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Spirit of MemphisThe ‘greatest era of all’ — symphony conductor Robert Moody, a decade in
When Robert Moody joined the Memphis Symphony in 2016, the orchestra was in danger of collapsing due to financial challenges. But Moody believed the MSO could survive.
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November 2025
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Spirit of MemphisHe won awards as a powerlifter and bodybuilder — and at 71, he’s not done yet
Growing up in New Chicago inspired Kevin Swannigan to work hard. One of his proudest moments came when he posed as the muscular image on the National Civil Rights Museum logo.
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Visual ArtsArtist Jay Etkin’s passion is celebrating life — but it looks a lot like community instead
Jay Etkin’s been an artist, a gallery owner, the head of a museum, an innovator — and a friend.
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BusinessElves on the shelves — and ladders and roofs
Jack Alberts and Jordan Veilleux don’t just install Christmas lights. They dress in elf costumes, play holiday music and talk and pose for photos with the kids.
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Performing ArtsCrosstown’s ‘12 Angry Jurors’ includes an A-lister behind the scenes
Filmmaker Craig Brewer directed Crosstown High School’s “12 Angry Jurors,” and, as the student who played Juror Number Nine put it, “Not a lot of people can say they’ve gotten this opportunity.”
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Visual ArtsNew art school is ready to transform students — and teachers
In East Memphis, an artist’s utopian daydream is becoming a reality.
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Spirit of MemphisThis Central High student launched a cookie company. His special ingredient? Something you can’t teach.
Central High junior Jackson Hines has run track since he was little, but about a year ago, he decided to take his other hobby — baking — to the next level.
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Health Care WWII hero and pioneering scientist dies at 100
“They talk about the greatest generation. (Dr. Murray Heimberg) was one of them.”
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Ask the MemphianAsk the Memphian: Why is the U of M’s mascot a tiger?
Tigers and what is now the University of Memphis go back to around 1914, and the partnership eventually led to the school having a live feline on the sidelines during football games.
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MetroHow these Memphians got here: Stories about family and the American dream
Today, almost all Americans can trace their lineage back to another part of the world. The Daily Memphian recently talked to 16 locals — including business owners and a former mayor — about their families’ journeys to America.
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Health CareSome viruses can wreak havoc on the brain. These UT scientists are working on a way to fix that.
A team at UTHSC is using a revolutionary method to study certain types of viruses and test an antiviral drug.
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December 2025
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MusicCovering ‘Sweet Caroline’ in Crosstown
As part of the release of Craig Brewer’s “Song Sung Blue,” local musicians Bryan Hartley and Tm. Prudhomme won the chance to record a Neil Diamond cover.
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East Memphis‘Too close to home’: Memphis rabbi turns grief into light after Bondi Beach shooting
In the wake of a mass shooting during a Hanukkah celebration at Australia’s Bondi Beach, the Memphis chapter of Chabad Lubavitch held a similar celebration — and people felt compelled to be there.
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Spirit of MemphisSecrets of a 2nd-generation Santa
Kennison Kyle has been a Santa since the late 1990s, and his magical world includes canned corn, home visits and makeup lessons with his father.
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Visual Arts Glaciers, asthma and the midnight sun: Memphis artists’ adventures in the Arctic Circle
On a schooner in the Arctic Circle, artists, writers, musicians and scientists come together to observe, experience and research the frigid region.
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January 2026
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Performing ArtsFor Monica Sanchez, Cazateatro is a labor of love
The bilingual theater troupe teaches theater and ballet classes and puts on several shows and major events each year.
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Health Care‘Crazy amazing:’ How an artist painted one of the city’s largest murals at Le Bonheur
“We wanted it to look like, no matter what your background is or where you’re from, come to Le Bonheur, and you’ll be at home,” said the artist. “If you’re from outer space and you need to come to Le Bonheur, be from outer space. Or, if you live in a cactus or if you live in a boot, come on by.”
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MetroWhere do baby zoo animals come from? Maybe not exactly where you think
The Memphis Zoo is identifying pregnant animals and using innovative techniques to bring endangered species back from the brink of extinction.
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Health CareAnyone can do science: How a little girl from rural Louisiana became a research leader at UTHSC
About a year and a half ago, Dr. Jessica Snowden became the vice chancellor for research at UTHSC as well as a professor in the College of Medicine — and she has big plans for the university.
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Spirit of Memphis ‘A big heart:’ Fifth-grader starts food pantry
Jack Knight is one busy 11-year-old. He’s an athlete, actor and aspiring entrepreneur.
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Spirit of Memphis ‘A huge mark:’ 100-year-old Memphian Peggy Bodine dies, family, friends, reflect on life of service
Peggy Jemison Bodine, an historian and building preservationist, former president of the Junior League of Memphis as well as former president of the Memphis Symphony League, died on Jan. 22. She was 100.
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February 2026
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Ask the MemphianAsk the Memphian: What was The Gray Hat Mystery?
A slain businessman, known as the “Hot Tamale King.” A young, fedora-wearing detective. And a tantalizing clue: a gray felt hat, left near the scene of the crime.
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DowntownUncovering the Legacy at 87 Adams: Downtown Memphis church will memorialize thousands
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.
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