By Wendi C. Thomas and Hannah Grabenstein MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Last Friday afternoon’s email had good news: The state of Tennessee confirmed it would send the Shelby County Health Department an allotment of the vaccine […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The biggest New Year’s Eve celebration in Memphis was canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions. Any other year, Beale Street would be packed with people preparing for the annual guitar drop, the street […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — You might have noticed a new commercial airing on News Channel 3, featuring classic Memphis dancing and a public health message. But there’s more good coming out of it as well. It’s […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — For the second year in a row, the Beale Street Music Festival won’t be rocking the Memphis riverfront. Organizers with the Memphis in May International Festival said Friday they are canceling the […]
By Tony Jones MEMPHIS, TN — The Memphis Branch of the NAACP held a COVID-19 resistant membership drive Saturday, Dec. 5th at the black-owned Southbrook Mall. The location was an apt choice. Like the mall’s […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) _ The National Civil Rights Museum in Tennessee is looking for a new leader. Terri Lee Freeman has resigned as president after serving in that role since 2014, the Memphis-based museum said […]
By Wiley Henry MEMPHIS, TN — The church has long been an anchor in the Black community. But can the church provide respite from stress, tension and difficult situations, including mental and emotional distress? There’s […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) _ Longtime Tennessee Chancery Court Judge Walter L. Evans is retiring at the end of November, court officials said. Evans has served as a chancery court judge in Shelby County for 22 […]
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — Memphis is trying to reimagine its police force “as a shield instead of a sword”. Last week Sen. Raumesh Akbari (D-Memphis) used those words to describe two diametrically opposed […]
MEMPHIS, TN — Melvin Jones, publisher of the Memphis Black Business Directory and executive director of the Memphis Business Contracting Consortium died Nov. 15. (Submitted photo) Melvin Jones, publisher of the Memphis Black Business Directory, […]
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