The Early Word: University hotel closes, and fire follows Clayborn leader
City Council wants to slash MATA funding, Riverside Drive is going on a diet and we’ve got the tea, er, juice on a new shop at Crosstown.
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May 2025
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Memphis mayor, council clash over ‘poor budgeting’
New budget proposal relies on rosy projections, cutting MATA funding in half and extending ongoing hiring freeze.
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Conaway: Our ghosts are calling this Memorial Day
“On Dec. 2, 1943, USS LCT-242 was sunk by a circling torpedo off Naples, Italy. In a little more than a year of service, she earned two battle stars. She was a Memphis girl.”
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Lakeland couple is breathing new life into cigar lounge
Hoping to capitalize on the growing cigar-smoking trend, a pair of entrepreneurs is retooling a smoking emporium concept in Lakeland after the troubles with The Lake District.
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Spring Fling: St. Benedict falls in D2-AA softball final
Bartlett soccer advances to state title match; Munford, Lakeland Prep baseball teams remain in winner’s brackets; and Briarcrest and CBHS are eliminated in baseball.
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U of M ‘exploring options’ as it closes Holiday Inn for renovations
The closure, which was a surprise to at least one group planning an October event at the hotel, comes as the school’s contract with the current hotel vendor comes to an end.
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Grizzlies Insider: Important announcement coming soon from NBA
The NBA will announce the All-NBA teams on Friday, which will give the Memphis Grizzlies clarity about how they can approach the coming offseason.
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Buckley: The night Redbirds manager Ben Johnson answered a special call
Germantown High graduate Ben Johnson had family in mind on a big night for the Memphis Redbirds.
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Spring Fling: Briarcrest, CBHS fall in Division 2-AA baseball
The defending champion Saints managed only three hits against Lipscomb Academy, setting up a Thursday elimination game against rival CBHS.
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The Early Word: Clayborn fire was intentional; DOJ drops MPD probe
Patel calls Memphis the ‘homicide capital,’ cops bring the Thunder in crime crackdown and the new Regional One is a few steps closer.
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Lausanne boys win fourth straight team title; girls snag their second
Lockard Richardson secured a victory for the boys with a three-set victory.
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Redbirds recap: Memphis manager hits milestone with win over Jacksonville
The Redbirds jumped ahead of the Jumbo Shrimp early on manager Ben Johnson’s big day, and stayed there.
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Shaping Frayser’s future: Libertas breaks ground on middle school campus
Construction begins on the public Montessori school’s $7.5 million expansion, revamping Southwest Tennessee Community College’s former Gill Campus building into a middle school with a kitchen and workshop for students.
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D.C. Scorecard: FBI director’s 43 words about murders in Memphis
“I didn’t know this until my confirmation process, but Memphis, Tennessee, is the homicide capital of America per capita, didn’t know that,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”
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Redbirds recap: Memphis keeps close, but can’t catch Jacksonville
Memphis ultimately stranded the tying run on base in the sixth and was unable to score with the tying run at the plate in the seventh.
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Ask the Memphian: Why is the Memphis NBA team named the Grizzlies? (There’s more to it than you think.)
You know the Memphis NBA team is named the Grizzlies because they moved from Vancouver. But why did the Vancouver team have that name?
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Brick-and-mortar Cafe Noir to blend literature and coffee
The bookstore and coffee shop will open this summer at 635 Madison Ave. in the 1,960-square-foot front space within The Ugly Art Co. gallery.
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Inked: ‘Adult playground’ coming, St. Jude demolishing buildings, more
Playground Memphis will offer adults a space to play, ALSAC will demolish more than 12,000 square feet of buildings, senior housing is coming to the Medical District and a Midtown apartment building was sold.
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After two years on sidelines, Germantown’s Madison Rhodes primed for state meet
A mystery injury kept her from competing. Now the senior has qualified in three events for Thursday’s Class AAA state championship track and field meet.
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The Early Word: City Council OKs raises, wants Downtown bathrooms
FedEx Freight has its first leader, St. Jude is tearing down buildings and some Bartlett residents say a developer is putting profits over kids.
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Next GPAC director must understand ‘the Germantown way’
Germantown will likely hire its next executive director from within. The opening comes as Paul Chandler takes the top position at Memphis River Parks Partnership.
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Memphis, Louisville basketball series includes two Nashville games
Contract reveals details of a six-game series between the Tigers and Cardinals.
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MUS launching $200M campus improvement plan
The first phase of the project — which includes a new science building consisting of 14 labs — will begin with the demolition of the library in June.
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Lakeland Prep soccer team falls in Class A quarterfinals
In just their second varsity season, the Lions end the year with a record of 19-3-2 — and much promise for the future.
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FedEx chooses insider to lead Freight spinoff
John A. Smith is considered one of FedEx’s best operators. One analyst said, “What do you do? Put in a jockey that’s never won the derby on a horse, or do you put in a jockey that won a dozen derbies?”
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