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Rolling Stone‘s Matt Taibbi has a dispatch from former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson’s campaign trail, and it’s not pretty.
When asked which is harder, playing the president or being the president, Thompson replied, “Neither of ’em are that hard.” …
For Saturday’s game, the UCF Golden Knights may need to fight a letdown, hosting the Memphis Tigers a week after the Texas Longhorns visited their spanking new stadium. But they’re saying the right things when it comes to scouting the U of M…
On Sunday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Washington National Opera is presenting a live production of La Boheme to be simulcast in select cities, including Memphis…
Memphis attorney Drayton Beecher Smith II was sentenced to five years in prison Friday for possession and receipt of child pornography by U.S. District Judge Bernice Donald…
A “wear black” vigil is scheduled for Thursday September 20, from 4:30p.m. to 6:30p.m. on the corner of Central Avenue and East Parkway to show support for the “Jena 6.”…
When Jason Isbell was recruited to play guitar for the Drive-By Truckers early in this decade, he was a recent college grad joining an established band. He was expected to be a bit player. …
University of Central Florida will host the University of Memphis in their brand-new stadium on Saturday. Will our city officials be paying attention? You can bet theirs will be, as a situation with opening-day concessions has caused an uproar…
Memphis school board member Tomeka Hart has been chosen as foreperson of a federal grand jury. She confirmed to the Flyer that she has been serving since July and expects her term to last another year and a half…
Running from the law? From Wednesday through Saturday, the local division of the United States Marshals Service is offering fugitives a chance to turn themselves in exchange for possibly lighter penalties…
Attention, Days of Our Lives fans, Kristian Alfonso, aka Hope Brady, will be in Memphis in October to showcase her jewelry line…
One of Memphis’ most successful and most beloved festivals will happen for the 20th time on Saturday, September 15th.
The annual Cooper-Young Festival will take over the streets of that neighborhood with its usual complement of music, arts, and food…
While it’s not exactly Law & Order‘s “ripped from the headlines” approach, it looks like the CBS show Cold Case will be basing a future episode on the 1993 West Memphis murders of three young boys…
