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The Heal the Hood All-Star Celebrity Weekend is June 9th-10th and this year it will feature the Kevin Whitted All-Star Youth Basketball Camp. A former NBA player, Whitted played for the Dallas Mavericks and overseas. He has trained dozens of players through his company, Kevin...

The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) has opened applications for the 2023 Families First Community Grant Program, an initiative that will make available approximately $30 million in funding to non-profit organizations providing direct services to strengthen Tennessee families in need and promote self-sufficiency. Qualifying...

The fifth in a series of Memphis People’s Convention 2023 Mayoral Candidate Meet & Greet opportunities is set for Saturday (June 3) in Whitehaven. Spearheaded by the Rev. Dr. Earle J. Fisher and #UPTheVote901, the fifth session will be held from 11 a.m. to 1...

With three location options, eligible voters in House District 86 can now cast early-voting ballots for the Special Primary Election set for June 15. The early-voting window opened on Friday and will be open through June 10. Two candidates, Rep. Justin Pearson and David Paige, and...

Two Memphis elementary schools – Rozelle Creative and Performing Arts Elementary and Springdale-Memphis Magnet Elementary – recently unveiled murals commemorating the courageous actions of the Memphis 13, the group of African American students who integrated Memphis City Schools during the civil rights era. The mural...

SCORE CDC and BLDG Memphis will present South City MEMFix on Saturday (May 20). The theme of the community day event is “History Lives Here: Progress, Prosperity, Purpose.” Set for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., South City MEMFix will take place at the intersection of...

Before many Memphis Grizzlies fans had even found their way to the team’s online shout-out to Mother’s Day came the mind-rattling word that star-guard Ja Morant was on suspension, again. Couldn’t be true, shouldn’t be true, but painfully true! Morant was suspended on Sunday by...

HOLLY SPRINGS, MS – The Rust College Board of Trustees has appointed Dr. Robert M. Dixon, the interim vice president for Academic Affairs, as the college’s interim president. Dr. Dixon succeeds the college’s 12th and first woman president, Dr. Ivy R. Taylor, who served from...

Kimmi Scott, a breast cancer survivor and star of “Love & Marriage Huntsville” will keynote the 2023 Live! Memphis Breast Cancer Summit at the Guest House at Graceland on Saturday (May 13). Scott’s address will highlight the annual event’s ninth year. It is set for...

After Gov. Bill Lee’s call for a special legislative session on public safety on Aug. 21st, leaders of the Tennessee House Democratic Caucus put their positions on the session on the record. House Minority Leader Karen Camper of Memphis said the Caucus was looking forward...