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• October 2021

  • Fight for police reform continues long after death of Elton Hayes

    The fight for reform continues today, a half-century after Elton Hayes was beaten to death.

    By Yolanda Jones October 17, 2021

  • Half a century later, the memory of Elton Hayes still echoes today

    In October 1971, three Orange Mound teenagers went for a ride that ended with law enforcement officers beating one of them to death in a ditch off Lamar Avenue. Fifty years later, no one has been convicted in the killing.

    By Bill Dries October 17, 2021

  • Dries: Tales told by a headstone’s date

    Fifty years after the death of Elton Hayes, a journey to his grave tells the story of the differences between Black and white in the Memphis of 1971 and the Memphis of today.

    By Bill Dries October 17, 2021

  • Calkins: With season on the brink, Tigers respond the way you’d want them to

    After three straight losses, the future of the Memphis football program hung in the balance. Why Thursday’s win over Navy was bigger than most. 

    By Geoff Calkins October 15, 2021

  • Conaway: In Memphis, there’s just something in the water

    Every year, Americans are swallowing about 45 gallons of water per capita from either plastic or glass bottles. That means folks around here, people literally sitting on top of famed Memphis water, are getting soaked. 

    By Dan Conaway October 15, 2021

  • Herrington: NBA preview, with notes and predictions for every team

    With the 2021-22 NBA season now days away, here are some fast thoughts and record predictions for all 30 teams.

    By Chris Herrington October 14, 2021

  • UTHSC researchers building software to scan thousands of genomes

    With a supercomputer, science will be able compare one person’s DNA against thousands of others in a matter of minutes. 

    By Jane Roberts October 14, 2021

  • Sanford: Morgan’s run for county mayor will test his readiness for bare-knuckle partisan politics

    Worth Morgan formally announced Monday, Oct. 11, as a Republican candidate for Shelby County mayor.

    By Otis Sanford October 14, 2021

  • Calkins: After all these years, Memphis basketball is still ‘unbelievable, surreal’

    Memphis fans thronged to FedExForum Wednesday to watch the return of Memphis Madness. It was a celebration of a new season — and a program that endures.

    By Geoff Calkins October 14, 2021

  • Daily Memphian Power 15: Collierville, Briarcrest rise in top 5

    Lausanne maintains its hold on the top spot after last week’s victory over ECS.

    By John Varlas October 13, 2021

  • Friday football preview: Brothers, Owls renew area’s oldest rivalry

    Host MUS boasts one of the area’s top passing offenses.

    By John Varlas October 13, 2021

  • Daily Memphian high school honor roll: All hail Kirby RB House in big victory

    Senior tops 200 yards and accounts for all three of his team’s touchdowns against rival Ridgeway.

    By John Varlas October 13, 2021

  • Friday football preview: Dragons puts perfect record on the line against archrivals

    Collierville is ranked sixth in the state among Class 6A teams following last week’s big victory over Germantown.

    By John Varlas October 12, 2021

  • 12 questions for the 12 most important Tigers basketball players

    Just 12 days away from the first exhibition game of the season, here are a dozen questions for the Tigers to ponder.

    By Steven Johnson, John Martin October 12, 2021

  • September home sales up by double digits from 2020

    MAAR president Cassandra Bell-Warren said the market remains active. 

    By Rob Moore October 12, 2021

  • Calkins: Pretty please, NCAA — just not a postseason ban

    Judgment Day is coming for Memphis basketball. And that judgment could be severe. 

    By Geoff Calkins October 11, 2021

  • Penny Hardaway wants nine- or 10-man rotation; who makes the cut?

    Hardaway says the toughest guys who play the right way will be the players who make that rotation. Here are some options.

    By Steven Johnson October 11, 2021

  • Thanks to kindness of friends, and a stranger, Arlington athlete is finishing strong

    After a pair of major surgeries, Tigers volleyball standout Bella Wade beat the odds to play her senior year.

    By John Varlas October 11, 2021

  • Penny Hardaway has turned Memphis into ‘Disney World’

    It was an afternoon showcasing talent that is the stuff of fantasy.

    By John Martin October 11, 2021

  • Courting Ford: How the Memphis Megasite was chosen as the winning site

    Memphis area industry recruiters share stories of how West Tennessee landed “the big one.”

    By Tom Bailey October 11, 2021

  • Warm paws and soft fur provide comfort after tragedy

    Maverick doesn’t speak. Nor does he perform heroics worthy of his ancestor, the TV star of “Lassie.” But the crisis response dog can listen, as he did for Kroger employees after the recent mass shooting in Collierville.

    By Don Wade October 11, 2021

  • Local developers feel sting of high construction costs

    The global supply-chain shortage, which first took its toll on automobile manufactures in need of semiconductor chips, eventually affected the cost of lumber. Developers like the Henry Turley Co. were left trying to keep construction projects on time and on budget. 

    By Rob Moore October 11, 2021

  • Event planners make COVID concerns a priority

    For gatherings such as the Collage Dance Collective grand opening, and the National Civil Rights Museum’s Freedom Awards, keeping guests safe is paramount.

    By Christin Yates October 10, 2021

  • Here’s what we know about 100 N. Main

    It’s likely the DMC will have a final candidate for redeveloping the tower by the end of the year. 

    By Rob Moore October 09, 2021

  • Conaway: Data-driven benefits — for all — by the truckload

    The new manufacturing site is named Blue Oval City after the iconic Ford logo and it will be three times larger than their current flagship Ford Rouge Factory in Dearborn, Michigan.

    By Dan Conaway October 08, 2021