The Early Word: Zoo spies on local wildlife; plus, your winter forecast
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Happy Monday, Memphis. It’s Sept. 14, and just as your week is getting off to a fresh start, so is the new Shelby County Commission. The eight newly elected commissioners have their first full meeting today. They’ll be electing a chair and voting on a new medical provider for the Shelby County Jail.
Wet and mild: That may be your winter forecast in a nutshell.
SpaceXAI tax clash: Some residents in Southwest Memphis are angry over what the city wants to do with SpaceXAI tax revenue.
Blight fight: You may have noticed Downtown Memphis is looking a little spiffier these days.
Blazing a trial: Sydnei Neuble is the first female wrestler in Germantown High history.
Rabbits, raccoons and armadillos! Oh my! Much ado has been made about Flock cameras tracking our cars. But the Memphis Zoo has eyes on the city, too.
Tigers get trampled: The Memphis Tigers had their first loss Saturday to the Boise State Broncos.
Towering over Central Gardens: Here’s the story behind the 65-foot radio tower in a Peabody Avenue front yard.
Crazy a-bao these dumplings: MingXia Dumpling serves dumplings that are stuffed with soup.
Leaving it to the Imagination: Tennessee lawmakers may fully fund the local cost of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
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Bianca Phillips
Bianca Phillips is a Northeast Arkansas native and longtime Memphian who’s worked in local journalism and PR for more than 20 years. In her days as a reporter, she covered everything from local government and crime to LGBTQ issues and the arts. She’s the author of “Cookin Crunk: Eatin’ Vegan in the Dirty South,” a cookbook of vegan Southern recipes.
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