The Early Word: Puck’s in peril; Hi-Tone reopens but isn’t rocking – yet
This morning we’re seeing dense fog, house lust, a new day school for student athletes and how quickly things can change. Plus, South Main’s food hall is in trouble again.
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The Early Word: ‘Heartless’ man and how science is helping us — even journos — build better bodies
It’s Friday and we’re saying goodbye to the beach, expecting more students in school (soon) and eating pasta Downtown.
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The Early Word: University layoffs, a Tiger needs a job and when we’ll return to work
It’s Thursday, Oct. 8, and we’re exploring what happened with MLGW’s plan for new power providers, where The Last Lawson is headed and what’s new on the shelves in High Point.
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The Early Word: Staying out later, sitting closer and scooting on Summer Avenue
A Memphis business is looking at coronavirus ‘lollipops,’ a Grizz legend explains his Twitter handle, and is Summer Avenue ready for a comeback?
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The Early Word: Call the midwife and talk to the contact tracers
It’s Tuesday, Oct. 6, and midwifery is a hot topic. Plus, an elected official is taking on appointed ones, Amazon is dropping another package in Cordova, and the U of M is planning a new housing facility adjacent to rapid transit.
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The Early Word: How the pandemic has changed us; farm becomes a ‘Phoenix’
It’s Monday, Oct. 5, and FedEx is getting cold, restaurants want more from the Health Department and the Restaurant Pheonix Project goes whole hog.
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The Early Word: A loss of life and livelihood; plus, so long, Spaghetti Warehouse
It’s Friday, Oct. 2, and education leaders aren’t afraid of changes, one company is betting on bugs and the blues are still blue. Plus, the difference between a Rhodes graduate, a Rhodes scholar and a road scholar.
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The Early Word: Salt, a sign and 7 officers suspended
To celebrate the first day of October, we’ve got moderator ideas for the next debate, outdoors adventure and questions over continued coronavirus restrictions.
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The Early Word: Memphis’ new homicide high; a peacemaker passes on
FedEx plans to transport people, divorce filings are up, and events can return elsewhere in the state but locally ... expect Santa to be a no-show.
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The Early Word: Affordable housing, election raising alarms; a bird comes back
It’s Tuesday, Sept. 29, and we’re talking about our rent-to-own ratio, a real estate mystery and how we’re prepping for peak in the Golden Triangle.
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The Early Word: A baby, business boom; turning pain to a positive
The pandemic is affecting us in expected — and unexpected — ways while our coronavirus data gets a little better. And a rescue operation hits a bump in the road.
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The Early Word: SCS looks to in-person education; Rhodes responds to Supreme Court
Happy Friday, folks. We’ve got Daily Memphian freebies, the initial Indie Memphis lineup and how we can prevent another Breonna Taylor tragedy.
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The Early Word: The $$$ cost of missing school, Kushner’s Cordova buy and waffles
Student athletes try again to talk to Joris Ray; MPD makes a change to its excessive force complaint policy and both local activists and Hollywood actresses react to the Breonna Taylor decision.
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The Early Word: Drinks, tacos and Cancun
Just call this the vacation edition. We’re talking about bars in prep mode, a popular pizza place and teachers wanting to go virtual.
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The Early Word: Ginsburg’s local legacy and ‘Classic’ Deion Sanders
It’s the first day of fall, and Prime Time is going to Jackson, the police can use social media for investigations and one woman finds herself 6,000 miles away from home but flourishing in Memphis.
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The Early Word: When school is a test and The Office is for sale
Fall is on the way, and we’re looking at a home near The Lake, dinner and a movie and two former Tigers who just scored their first NFL career touchdowns.
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The Early Word: Relaxing restrictions and thank ‘quad’ for the outdoors
Happy Friday! We’re talking about a new venue for street food, how the coronavirus pandemic hasn’t slowed down two local museums and how the rates are changing (and changing us).
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The Early Word: How football is faring; judge agrees to DNA testing in 1987 death row case
A local organization is going through an epic shift, the Grizz are looking for potential, and this weekend is playtime.
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The Early Word: Virus hits U of M, Ray Jay, landlords, and we’re ‘taco-ing’ about it
Local landlords are suing the federal government; U of M deals with coronavirus clusters; Trip J is releasing birthday music, and we’re keeping our eye out for a change to the Health Directive.
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The Early Word: Domino’s and its dough; Barzizza’s bill; and a ‘Lucky’ lunch
It’s Tuesday, Sept. 15, and Memphis will play host to an “Empty Event” today while Germantown is sending a former mayoral candidate a bill.
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The Early Word: How to handle pandemic stress; Frayser’s game changer
After six months of the pandemic, health care workers are feeling the effects, the Grizzlies are looking at new members of the team and a Memphis-bred soul singer is big in Japan.
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The Early Word: COVID sets sights on suburbs, a bass pro and stars under the night sky
It’s Friday, Sept. 11, and we’ve got a treat (or trick) from the Health Department, East High school has an award-winning teacher, and coach Mike Miller has expectations on him at Houston.
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The Early Word: Snuff gets the Spirit; fantasy football’s reality check
We're talking about kids and COVID, whether the Sheriff's Office should get tanks or bayonets, and a fresh, new East Memphis cafe.
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The Early Word: Health Dept. investigates glitch, businesses; we’ve got game
Home prices are up, inventory is down and we're watching out for one Heck of a golfer. And summer may be over, but there's still time for a staycation.
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The Early Word: Celebrate with a sign or hold one in protest; plus, bars become restaurants
It's Tuesday, Sept. 8, and we've got bars reopening under different rules, scientists pivoting for the public good, and the backstory between MLGW and TVA. We're also talking about the Tigers' first game and where they go from here.
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