Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell
Turning 103 – the journey of Jannie Louise Rucker Winfrey
Ask Jannie Louise Rucker Winfrey what should happen next after she celebrated her 103rd birthday, she will tell you, “Start making plans for the 104th birthday.”
When you live 103 years, your life is filled with stories – happy and sad, well-earned accomplishments and hurtful...
School board agrees to create a new policy to replace access ban
Memphis-Shelby County School Board members will explore revising its policy about maintaining both order and public safety during board meetings.
The board made the commitment after much discussion during its Tuesday (May 30) business meeting.
The review stemmed from the banning of five activists from board...
Pastor Ricky Floyd builds on youth-entrepreneurial focus
Pastor Ricky Floyd at Pursuit of God Transformation Center recently purchased the remaining space of the strip mall across from the church.
“Our teen boys are going to work this summer,” said Floyd. “We need more space for the ever-expanding business ideas.
“We want our young...
Frayser-area students take change-agent stance for a new high school
Among the ways to measure maturity is taking a stand for a future better than the present and that was the collective posture of Frayser-area students, who recently made a public pitch for a new high school.
The Trezevant High School Library, 3350 N. Trezevant...
First Class Montessori stages final graduation after 31 years
Parents, grandparents, siblings and friends watched eight excited youngsters graduate from pre-K and kindergarten at 1st Class Montessori School on Monday (May 22).
It was the last of 31 graduation ceremonies for the Midtown school. The doors will close for good at the month’s end.
“After...
City’s summer youth jobs program is geared and ready
The City of Memphis Office of Youth Services has matched 3,000-plus teens and young adults with jobs for June and July.
“We are providing meaningful work experiences that will be impactful and enriching at a very critical stage of a young person’s development,” said Youth...
Pastor guides young people, both at church and school
Ask talented musician and pastor Kenneth Hollins how he ended up being a pastor and schoolteacher, and he will tell you, “It was an accident.”
The gifted artist was on the road to the lucrative, professional life of a traveling musician.
But a desire to...
Judge’s ruling is in but the mayoral residency debate may not be over
A big win for two mayoral candidates is a head-scratching decision for some others. That dichotomy resulted from a Chancery Court judge’s ruling that Memphis does not have an enforceable five-year residency requirement.
Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. and Memphis Branch NAACP President Van...
Memphis-made film on The People’s Convention wins international award
“UNITED FRONT – The People’s Convention 1991 Memphis” reaped the Best Film Documentary Production Award at the 37th Annual Black International Cinema Berlin Film Festival.
Produced and directed by Memphis-based filmmaker and radio personality, Chuck O’Bannon, “United Front” beat out independent film entries from around...
Inaugural Orange Mound book fest opens ‘a whole new world’ for children
Candace Tate remembers when she discovered the wonderful adventures that can be found in books.
“I fell in love with reading as I explored all the incredible things you can experience in books,” said Tate. “I grew up … in Orange Mound, where our teachers...