Arts Beat: Drawing strangers with crayons in a bar
In a Cooper-Young bar, a musician and painter led a room full of people through speed portraits.
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March 2026
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Bartlett City Schools unveils plans to replace deteriorating Altruria Elementary
The elementary school was built in 1976 and has more than $6 million in deferred maintenance.
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Which Memphis Tigers could return for 2026-27 season? Which should?
Penny Hardaway could make his job easier by returning some of the eight players from this season who have eligibility remaining for 2026-27 and beyond. But how many should Memphis bring back after a season the coach called a failure?
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New cocktail bar planned for former Pearl’s Oyster House
“The best dive and neighborhood bars make people feel at home. Somewhere along the way, true hospitality got lost in between,” said one of the owners.
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Mississippi restaurant to take over San Diego Cantina spot
An opening of the long-empty San Diego Cantina in East Memphis seems to be on the horizon. Plus, a Petals of a Peony’s to-go restaurant is opening near the University of Memphis.
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Bailey: Memories of Libertyland, Lakeland and the Cunninghams’ collection
Former Lakeland Mayor Mike Cunningham and his brother Bill keep the memories of local attractions alive with items from the past.
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The Early Word: Wing man owes big, and Collierville is over half-done hotel
State legislators get automatically reelected, something may finally open in San Diego Cantina and a Grizz loss is a win.
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Collierville threatens to sue over unfinished hotel
An unfinished hotel near Carriage Crossing has become a bit of a mess, and Collierville will take legal action if the developer doesn’t straighten up.
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Building connections: Bartlett hosts 28th annual Business, Health and Home Expo
The annual Bartlett business expo provides an opportunity for local companies dealing in everything from health care to meals to bookkeeping to promote their services.
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Buckley: The season was a ‘failure.’ A somber Hardaway reflects on what’s next.
Memphis Tigers coach Penny Hardaway plans to meet with athletic director Ed Scott following an early exit from the American Conference Tournament.
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Germantown still must decide language regarding full-time mayor’s outside employment
Germantown residents will be voting whether to make the town’s mayoral position a full-time gig. However, officials took back earlier statements that a full-time mayor must quit any other full-time job.
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The Early Word: Game over for Tigers, but liquor stores aren’t giving up
District 93 House seat has no candidates, Germantown changes its tune on mayoral rules and a former food hall may be getting a new life.
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Penny Hardaway admits he could use help to ‘build everything’
As much as Hardaway has enjoyed calling many of the shots himself throughout his tenure as it pertains to building rosters and staffs, he suggested Wednesday that having someone else oversee those operations could be beneficial.
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Memphis students awarded for immigration reform documentary
Three high school students are being nationally recognized for “The Pursuit,” their documentary featuring American Dreamers and DACA recipients.
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$200M would buy nearly 1,000 Memphis school upgrades. Will the money be there?
Over the next couple months, the Shelby County Commission will have to wrestle with how many Memphis-Shelby County Schools projects the county can actually fund. Doing them all would cost $200 million, a sum the county is unlikely to provide.
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Former Bellevue pastor enters hospice care
Bellevue Baptist Church asked for prayers while the former pastor’s family deals with the latest health update.
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Table Talk: Pie, oh my — Pi Day is almost here
Mathematicians celebrate Pi Day for the number 3.14. The rest of us celebrate it for the pie.
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Buster’s owner, others file new lawsuit seeking to shut down The Station
Buster’s owner and others have filed a new lawsuit seeking to shut down The Station, the new high-end liquor store that opened Feb. 17 in East Memphis after a battle that has lasted more than a year.
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National Civil Rights Museum open seven days a week in March
The hope is that the change in hours will assist with the museum’s “youth-based initiative.”
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‘Homes not Hedge Funds’ passes state senate
Republican supermajority passes Nashville Democrat’s bill banning individuals and corporations from owning more than 100 single-family homes in most Tennessee counties.
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Inked: Grocery and coffee shop planned Downtown, and stingrays get new homes
Two buildings on Vance get a new owner and a new purpose; Memphis Zoo getting a new stingray home.
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Grizzlies 25: As franchise’s first All-Star, Pau Gasol did it all
The Grizzlies’ first star may still be the franchise’s most under-appreciated one.
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Competing bills battle to restrict community bail funds
While sponsors argue the bills enhance public safety, community leaders say limiting how often community funds can bail people out would be detrimental.
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The Early Word: Life advice from Lionel Hollins and good news for Liars
Salinas reports back from an ICE detention center, xAI gets approval in Mississippi and stingrays return to Memphis Zoo.
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What to watch as Memphis opens American Conference Tournament with Tulane rematch
The Tigers begin American Conference tournament play against the No. 9-seeded Green Wave.
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