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    Frayser residents turn gas giveaway into dance party

    Ron Redwing and Golden Gate Cathedral set out to ease a financial burden for residents in Frayser, but the addition of music made for a timely party at the pump.

    By Jared Boyd April 30, 2020
  • Visual Arts

    Legacy Catalog will live online long after MCA closes

    The Memphis College of Art Legacy Catalog celebrates the school's 84-year history with lots of photographs and names.

    By Tom Bailey April 30, 2020
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    Daughter of Sisterhood Showcase founder creates online expo for black women

    Christina Stevison looked to her mother, late magazine publisher and entrepreneur Tina Birchett, for inspiration in developing an online workshop with the look and feel of Memphis' annual Sisterhood Showcase expo.

    By Jared Boyd April 30, 2020
  • Business

    Memphis College of Art’s final creation: A prerecorded commencement

    Memphis College of Art is closing and graduates its last class on May 9. The pandemic has made a difficult situation harder, forcing the college to substitute a prerecorded commencement video for the real graduation ritual.

    By Tom Bailey April 30, 2020
  • Business

    Room service with a flair takes flight at Westin during pandemic

    Room service was never so varied as the Westin Beale Street's dinner offering during the COVID-19 pandemic. Guests can get meals delivered to their rooms free from eight restaurants.

    By Wayne Risher April 29, 2020
  • Sports

    No crying in baseball, but Memphis Little League’s ‘momentum’ halted by COVID-19

    Even without a pandemic, Memphis Little League was taking on a huge challenge in keeping baseball alive in the African-American community. 

    By Don Wade April 26, 2020
  • Real Estate

    A new Starbucks may be brewing for Raleigh

    Neither Starbucks nor the developer has confirmed it, but a building permit document suggests that Raleigh may soon have its own Starbucks coffee shop.

    By Tom Bailey April 24, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Made with love: St. George’s students support charitable mission to feed the hungry

    Effort to assist St. Vincent de Paul food ministry is connected to the school’s Institute for Citizenship program. 

    By Erinn Figg April 24, 2020
  • Education

    County budget proposal includes funding for new Frayser high school

    Plans for a new high school, possibly in Frayser, could receive initial funds under county Mayor Lee Harris' 2020-21 fiscal year proposal. But other approvals are needed for the project to move forward.

    By Omer Yusuf April 23, 2020
  • Business

    Self-reflection key for small business owner

    Eclectic Eye owner Robbie Johnson Weinberg is using writing and Facebook to share her emotional vulnerability amid pandemic concerns. 

    By Drew Hill April 23, 2020
  • Real Estate

    A fence of shipping containers deters theft, violates zoning

    The owner of a Whitehaven tire and repair shop is searching for a way to store and protect his inventory from theft in a way that does not violate zoning.

    By Tom Bailey April 22, 2020
  • Metro

    Preservation organization to plant native trees across Memphis

    Neighborhood Preservation Inc., is celebrating Earth Day with a pledge to plant trees in vacant lots across Memphis.

    By Jared Boyd April 22, 2020
  • Business

    Waste Connections pursues Plan B for expanding Whitehaven operation

    The City Council last year rejected a solid waste company's plan to expand operations in Whitehaven. Now the firm plans to enlarge operations in a way that does not need City Hall approval.

    By Tom Bailey April 21, 2020
  • Real Estate

    Chick-fil-A coming to Summer Avenue

    The site is where the Grimes Memorial United Methodist Church building was closed and demolished last year.

    By Tom Bailey April 21, 2020
  • North Memphis

    Heights CDC adjusts community efforts during coronavirus

    The Heights CDC has established a COVID-19 Response Fund to help neighborhood residents, while also delaying a $6 million project for new park and greenspace on National Street.

    By Omer Yusuf April 20, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Whitehaven golf course reopening Saturday to ‘test’ loosening of restrictions

    The Links at Whitehaven city golf course will reopen Saturday, April 18, in the first loosening of restrictions in the city’s state of civil emergency.

    By Bill Dries April 17, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Laid Off Lawn Care was robbed – but saved by Memphis again!

    Remember Scott Briggs from Laid Off Lawn Care? He had his tools stolen on Thursday, but Memphis came to the rescue. 

    By Drew Hill April 17, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Pete & Sam’s delivers spaghetti meals for families in need

    Some meals were distributed at St. Patrick Community Outreach Center, St. Mary’s Soup Kitchen and St. Vincent de Paul’s Food Mission.

    By Erinn Figg April 16, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Nonprofit healthcare clinic offering coronavirus testing to Frayser patients

    Cherokee Health Systems is offering COVID-19 testing to new and current patients at its Frayser location, 2574 Frayser Boulevard. 

    By Omer Yusuf April 15, 2020
  • North Memphis

    Frayser church and gas station to give away free gas Wednesday

    Those who drive to Dell's Hollywood gas station at 2637 James Rd. Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. will get $10 of free gas. 

    By Omer Yusuf April 15, 2020
  • Business

    Former bartender turns misfortune into ‘Laid Off Lawn Care’

    Scott Briggs, a laid off bartender in Memphis, borrowed a truck and turned his misfortune into a lawn care business that can pay the bills. 

    By Drew Hill April 16, 2020
  • Neighborhoods

    Easter church gatherings went viral for the most part

    The parking lots of 17 Memphis-area churches were mostly bare Easter morning as they adhered to social-distancing guidelines during the pandemic, but some found ways to engage their congregations nonetheless. 

    By Tom Bailey, Michael Waddell April 12, 2020
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    A man, a dog — and how they saved one another

    Mario Chiozza witnessed something horrible but it was later difficult to measure the good that came from it. 

    By Karen Pulfer Focht April 13, 2020
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    Pandemic stress taxes our mental health, but there are ways to ease the pressure

    Fear for yourself and loved ones, along with financial woes, can tax people with or without a mental health diagnosis, but experts say there are ways to make things better.

    By Linda A. Moore April 11, 2020
  • Business

    Mahaffey takes hit, finds peace of mind in battle against coronavirus

    Memphis-based temporary structure company Mahaffey Event & Tent Rentals is helping in the fight to stop the spread of COVID-19 nationwide.

    By Drew Hill April 09, 2020

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