The Early Word: Retail shots and a new brew
The pandemic is taking its toll, Beale Street could be bookended and the surprising group of people who are reluctant to get a vaccine.
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The Early Word: New vaccination sites and sounds; an Edge-y new cocktail bar
We’re talking about depression, what’s the next play for schools at the state level and Memphis mailboxes being full of mashed potatoes. Just your typical Friday.
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The Early Word: The worst shot is no shot
We’re bowled over at our options on cold, winter days; the Snuff District is trying to avoid surface parking; and residents are questioning Collierville High’s in-person plan.
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The Early Word: We’re headed to new Heights; plus, vaccine standby takes effect
Local schools may be put to the test by new CDC guidance, the city is launching an online portal for complaints against the police and Eloise at the Poplar Plaza?
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The Early Word: New vaccine locations and, maybe, a Fastpass for a shot?
Frida’s owners say “I do” to another location, Ja could be big in Japan and Germantown studies a new park place.
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The Early Word: More change headed to Summer; relighting the PILOT fight?
We’ve got Cummins and goings, the death of a local legend, and excitement in Orange Mound.
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The Early Word: City poised for $200M upgrade; Memphians and the Bernie meme
We’re ready for a celebration: A long fight for $15 finally bears fruit, the Tigers win and our coronavirus reproductive rate is the lowest it’s been since the pandemic started.
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The Early Word: Is a school showdown looming? Plus, limited series from ABC looks for locals
The Grizzlies’ majority owner earns an incentive, Justin Timberlake and Stax students bring Memphis to the world, and we could be dancing in the streets (with members of our own families).
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The Early Word: Waiting for restrictions to be lifted; finding Rihanna
A light wind from a Bluff City business, new charges for a local politician and a Capitol rioter’s Memphis backstory.
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The Early Word: Facebook spawns sandwich speakeasy; employers look to vaccines
PPP is back, the Grizz are five-in-a-row and why Memphis may be behind other counties in phasing in vaccinations.
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The Early Word: A new coffee place, a nurse’s story, and an Irish tale
Shopping centers are out, a new QB is headed to Memphis, and the Health Department isn’t ruling out extending our latest ‘Safer at Home’ restrictions.
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The Early Word: Poplar offices are getting spruced up, and if you want a rainbow ...
Today’s edition includes lots of sun, fried chicken and some talking and walking in Memphis.
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The Early Word: What it’s like at the Pipkin, Gus’s going to Germantown
Top cop responds to murder by “rogue officer,” and MLK Day will look different this year. Plus, we’re talking chicken, cigars and color schemes in the suburbs.
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The Early Word: To all the cooks in the kitchen; plus, a possible motive for murder
Could one of Memphis’ historic districts be under fire? We’ve also got our next round of coronavirus vaccinations beginning, hearty takeout, and a new club for golfers.
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The Early Word: Cop arrested for on-duty murder; relief for restaurants, workers?
Watt’s up on Germantown Parkway, a model home in Binghampton, vaccines are back (if you can get an appointment) and snow no!
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The Early Word: All shook up over penguins, snow and maybe a year of vaccinations
We’ve got Grizzlies taking a knee, an adorable letter-writer and a second-generation Memphis company becoming a Texan.
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The Early Word: Shots in D.C. but we’re out of the vaccine here
We’ve also got a proposed fund to help restaurant workers, Nashville looking to determine where Memphis police officers can live and a final tally of the area’s 2020 homicides.
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The Early Word: The Pipkin is our ‘room of requirement,’ council gets into traffic
We’ve also got a new food truck policy in Collierville, a planned cigar bar and a mystery at Mud Island.
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The Early Word: Everyone has questions about the vaccine, and Soulsville is getting a new stage
Memphis police are looking into donuts on I-240, we’re reading the tweet leaves when it comes to the Grizz and a former FedEx-er wants to bring his experience to Olive Branch.
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The Early Word: 2020 hindsight and Overton Park’s future overhaul
We’ve lost a hard-working public servant. Plus, a bittersweet homecoming, an assault on veterans and a united stand.
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The Early Word: Teachers, seniors move up; when the Sparks is gone
We’re rounding out the year with a new tech initiative, film recommendations and more time for the dusky gopher frogs to be alone.
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The Early Word: How we’re celebrating NYE; plus, a party is over in Cooper-Young
Today, we’ve got olive the news, including a new international grocery store and a pipeline project under pressure, and we’re looking at what was good in 2020.
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The Early Word: Health Dept. doses police and fire; Morant gives us a scare
Living to tell the tale of 2020, what a new class of elected officials did with their year, and Arlington is so over it.
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The Early Word: Shows over at Malco (temporarily) and a hot item for the pandemic
It’s the last Monday of the year, and we’ve got questions about the Nashville bombing, predictions for the legislative session and a few more miles to go.
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The Early Word: Ja Morant starts in style, Brady White finishes a winner
Plus, Methodist Le Bonheur’s plan to buy local Saint Francis hospitals is off, and Geoff Calkins’ Christmas Storytime goes digital, with assists from Kirk Whalum and Scott Morris.
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