The two parks where Confederate monuments were removed this past December will feature some new experiences now that spring is here both by the calendar and by all that flowers and clouds that are heavy with rain. Memphis Greenspace, the nonprofit that bought Health Sciences and Memphis Parks from the city at the end of 2017, will roll out its first programming for the two parks next week including a Truth Booth at Memphis Park along with the return of Downtown Yoga. It will be tai chi Tuesdays and yoga Thursdays at Health Sciences Park along with a lunchtime music series.

2. Local Political Partisans Begin Looking Beyond Trump - Tuesday, February 27, 2018

The founder of one of the city’s Trump “resistance” groups is among those looking for something beyond the resistance.

“We don’t want to resist Trump forever,” Emily Fulmer, the founder of Indivisible Memphis, told a gathering of 50 Friday, Feb. 23, at the National Civil Rights Museum under the “Take Back Tennessee” banner. “The goal is not to be in a state of resistance forever.”

3. Candidates in August State and Federal Primaries Start Pulling Petitions Friday - Thursday, January 4, 2018

Contenders for the May Shelby County primaries are still coming out of the political woodwork. And starting Friday, Jan. 5, candidates in the August state and federal primaries can begin pulling qualifying petitions for the second of three elections in 2018.

4. The Next Four Years - Saturday, November 18, 2017

A week before candidates for the 2018 Shelby County elections could pull qualifying petitions to run, Shelby County Commissioner David Reaves was thinking out loud on Facebook.

“Next four years,” was how it began.

5. Harris Cites Effects of ‘Trump Approach’ on County Races - Friday, November 3, 2017

Three weeks into his run for Shelby County mayor on the 2018 ballot, state Sen. Lee Harris told a group of 30 supporters in Victorian Village Wednesday, Nov. 1, that he is running as a response to the “Trump approach.”

6. All Eyes on Shoop’s Defense Against Gators - Friday, September 15, 2017

Butch Jones will coach one of the biggest games of his Tennessee career against Florida on Saturday.

It’s an even bigger game for UT defensive coordinator Bob Shoop.

Shoop was hired Jan. 9, 2016, from Penn State to fortify Tennessee’s defense, arriving with much hoopla and great expectations. So far, he has not delivered like he did at Penn State (2014-15) and Vanderbilt (2011-13).

7. Breather for Vols Before Traveling to Florida - Friday, September 8, 2017

Get ready for another thrill ride, Tennessee fans. Your football team is at it again, just like last year.

Tennessee needed a comeback and overtime to beat Appalachian State in its 2016 season opener. The Vols needed comebacks to beat Virginia Tech and Florida and got a Hail Mary touchdown pass as time ran out to beat Georgia.

8. Last Word: Two Science Marches, Bill Lee Kicks Off and Andrew Young on Ben Hooks - Monday, April 24, 2017

Rainy Sunday in the city with ponchoed partisans of the Porter-Leath Ragin' Cajun gathering and Africa in April overlapping from the riverfront to Danny Thomas Boulevard. In Germantown, it was a soggy but colorful 5k for the Germantown Municipal School District with shades of blue, orange and of course pink, or was it red?, at different parts of the run.

9. Who Will Grab the Spotlight in Vols' Spring Game? - Friday, April 21, 2017

Tennessee completes its fifth spring practice under head coach Butch Jones on Saturday, April 22, at 4 p.m. with the DISH Orange & White Game at Neyland Stadium.

It’s merely the beginning as the Vols prepare for the 2017 season.

10. The Week Ahead: April 17-23 - Monday, April 17, 2017

Happy Monday, Memphis! You’ve got plenty of reasons to celebrate this week: The Grizzlies are in the NBA Playoffs, the Africa in April festival is back, and the area is getting greener with both a park and a greenway opening. Check out the rest of our top picks in The Week Ahead…

11. Vols Need a Good Spring With So Many No. 1 Players Gone - Friday, March 17, 2017

Butch Jones is about to embark on his most crucial of five seasons as Tennessee’s football coach, and it begins with spring practices starting Tuesday, March 21.

Jones is coming off back-to-back 9-4 seasons capped by bowl wins, but has fallen short of the SEC East Division title both years. He was the preseason favorite to win the East in 2016, and the previous year had a team with potential to win the division.

12. Final Goodbye: Roll Call of Some of Those Who Died in 2016 - Monday, January 2, 2017

Death claimed transcendent political figures in 2016, including Cuba's revolutionary leader and Thailand's longtime king, but also took away royals of a different sort: kings of pop music, from Prince and David Bowie to George Michael.

13. Vols Get Midterm B Despite Back-to-Back Losses - Friday, October 21, 2016

Tennessee’s football team is spending this week’s open date trying to get healthy after a rugged four-game stretch of SEC football in which they defeated Florida and Georgia and lost to Texas A&M and Alabama.

14. Game-Changer - Saturday, August 6, 2016

So as it turns out, the FedEx St. Jude Classic in June was a missed opportunity. No one in the gallery shouted, “University of Memphis – Big 12!” The tournament’s “Hush Y’all” signs were obeyed and to no good end.

15. Callahan Breaks Down UT’s 'Pretty Impressive' Recruiting Class - Saturday, February 20, 2016

Tennessee football coach Butch Jones keeps his pulse on recruiting year-around, along with his SEC counterparts and other FBS coaches.

Chasing recruits is an endless cycle, the lifeblood of championship football teams.

16. North Texas Could Never Upset the Vols, Right? - Saturday, November 14, 2015

No way Tennessee’s football team can lose Saturday’s homecoming game against North Texas, one of the worst teams in college football.

Right?

Tennessee (5-4) was a 40.5-point favorite early in the week coming off a 27-24 victory over South Carolina last Saturday at Neyland Stadium.

17. Daily News Names Managing Editor - Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Jane A. Donahoe has joined The Daily News Publishing Co. as managing editor. In her new role, she oversees award-winning coverage of business and government news for both The Daily News and The Memphis News.

18. Memphis Bar Judicial Poll Released - Tuesday, July 1, 2014

The Memphis Bar Association poll of attorneys on the judicial races on the Aug. 7 ballot shows 16 percent to as high as 38 percent of the attorneys participating have no opinion in many of the judicial races.

19. Harris Files Ford Challenge at Deadline - Thursday, April 3, 2014

Memphis City Council member Lee Harris is challenging Democratic state Sen. Ophelia Ford in the August primary for District 29, the Senate seat held by a member of the Ford family since 1975.

20. BP: No Oil Leaking Into Gulf From Busted Well - Friday, July 16, 2010

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A tightly fitted cap was successfully keeping oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time in three months, BP said Thursday. The victory — long awaited by weary residents along the coast — is the most significant milestone yet in BP's effort to control one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history.

21. Toyota's Mississippi Auto Plant Plan Draws UAW Ire - Monday, June 21, 2010

Toyota's announcement that it will resume construction of a car factory in Mississippi was a much-needed piece of good news for both the state struggling with persistent unemployment and the automaker trying to recover some goodwill after a recall crisis bruised its reputation.

22. Bank of Bartlett on the Mend, Execs Say - Tuesday, February 2, 2010

With the book now closed on a turbulent 2009, Bank of Bartlett finds itself in the same position as countless community banks around the country.

The family-run bank took some bruising blows during the year. But the bank now appears to be off the ropes, a storyline also unfolding in the larger financial industry.

23. Buckling Down At Bank of Bartlett - Friday, October 30, 2009

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis wants Bank of Bartlett to take several steps relatively soon to strengthen the bank’s balance sheet and improve capital levels.

24. Bank of Bartlett Takes Strengthening Measures - Thursday, October 29, 2009

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis wants Bank of Bartlett to take several steps relatively soon to strengthen the bank’s balance sheet and improve capital levels.

25. Banking Community Awaits More Scrutiny From Washington - Monday, July 6, 2009

Lawmakers in Washington are talking about new rules for a broad swath of financial companies and their transactions with customers.

Memphis bankers such as Hunt Campbell, president and CEO of First Alliance Bank, and Will Chase, CEO of Triumph Bank, are leery about what they’ll come up with. Both men regard the Washington establishment’s general response to new wrinkles in the credit crisis as regulatory overreach.

26. Winbranch Apartments Sold Following Foreclosure - Tuesday, June 23, 2009

3595 Millbranch Road
Memphis, TN 38116
Sale Amount: $4 Million

Sale Date: June 4, 2009
Buyer: LBUNS 2004-C4 Millbranch Road LLC
Seller: Ronald G. Steen Jr., successor trustee

27. Q1 a ‘Busy’ Time for Bankruptcy Filings - Friday, April 17, 2009

If you live in the city of Memphis outside of the Interstate 240 loop, you likely live in or near a neighborhood whose real estate market has been scarred by heightened foreclosure activity. Another financial woe that goes hand in hand with foreclosure has hit those same neighborhoods hard.

28. House, Senate Budget Plans Boost Obama Agenda - Monday, April 6, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) - Passage by both House and Senate of companion budget plans gave President Barack Obama and his allies on Capitol Hill a key victory, but the debates also exposed some of the president's vulnerabilities.

29. Financial Sector Still on Shaky Ground - Friday, January 23, 2009

Turbulent and topsy-turvy, crazy and chaotic. Of all the adjectives that could be applied to the financial services industry, perhaps the most appropriate description is “troubled” – as in Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the federal bailout program designed to infuse needy banks with capital.

30. Stronger Banks Keep Opting Into Bailout Program - Monday, November 24, 2008

The impact that the U.S. Treasury Department’s capital purchase program will have on the banking landscape in Memphis is coming more clearly into view.

Bank of Bartlett has applied to participate in the government program, and bank chairman and CEO Bob Byrd said the bank probably will end up taking part in the program. Independent Bank is still evaluating whether it wants to participate.

31. Area Banks Could Accept Federal Help - Monday, November 17, 2008

Community bankers in the Memphis area as well as throughout Tennessee could be changing their minds about the merits of accepting injections of capital from the U.S. Treasury Department.

About a month ago, Treasury officials sat the heads of nine large U.S. banks – including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup – down around a table and all but forced them to collectively accept $125 billion as part of a broad strategy to shore up the economy by directly injecting capital into banks to encourage them to lend money. Regional players such as SunTrust and Memphis-based First Horizon National Corp. later stepped up and applied for the federal cash as well.

32. Area Banks Consider Bailout Options - Monday, October 20, 2008

The impact of the federal government’s flurry of moves to shore up the country’s financial marketplace soon may be visible among local and regional players. But opinions are mixed about what the impact here will be.

33. Bank of Bartlett Extends Its Reach to Downtown - Monday, June 9, 2008

Bartlett and Downtown Memphis are separated by about 15 miles, what could be perceived as a political and cultural divide and different economic centers of gravity.

All of which are reasons why the millions of dollars pumped into the Downtown economy over at least the past decade by Bank of Bartlett, which was established in the small town of the same name in 1980, might be easy to overlook. But those reasons also put into context the bank’s consistent and generous investment in Downtown projects of all stripes.

34. Ronald McDonald HouseNames Board Members - Friday, February 23, 2007
     The Ronald McDonald House of Memphis announced Wednesday its new board of directors.
     Sandra McQuain has been named president, Allison Tweel Gilbert was named vice president, John E. Kim

35. Archived Article: Lead - Tuesday, June 7, 2005
Big dreams, small-town feel at Bank of Bartlett

Bank of Bartlett Looks Back, Plans Ahead

Company celebrates 25 years by announcing expansion

ANDY MEEK

The Daily News

Its not exactly Bailey Brothers Building and Loan, the fictional com...

36. Archived Article: Mortgages (lead) - Friday, April 16, 2004
Mortgage quarter

Drop in Refinances Slows Lending Market

With interest rates still low, home sales remain strong

LANCE ALLAN

The Daily News

When mortgage interest rates hit record lows last year, the area home sales market went throug...

37. Archived Article: Lending (lead) - Thursday, October 30, 2003
By Jennifer Murley

Stable Rates Drive Steady Lending

Refinances slowing, but sales remain strong

JENNIFER MURLEY

The Daily News

After a booming two years marked by a record volume of refinance activity, the mortgage lending industry e...

38. Archived Article: Marketplace - Monday, February 19, 2001
By SUE PEASE Local businesses focus on growing Latino community By SUE PEASE The Daily News The Latino population is rapidly growing in Memphis and business owners are taking notice. To target the growing market, local businesses are gearing product...

39. Archived Article: Hispanic - Friday, April 16, 1999
Memphis Diversity Institute to host racial diversity forum Memphis Diversity Institute to host racial diversity forum By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News The Memphis Diversity Institute will host a forum this month to highlight the economic impact of t...

40. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, February 22, 1999
Feb. 22 Feb. 22 The League of Women Voters will meet at 7 p.m. at Poplar-White Station Public Library, 5094 Poplar Ave. The speaker will be Bob Byrd, president of Bank of Bartlett and a member of Advocates for School Excellence. For more information...

41. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, April 22, 1996
04-22 Calendar April 22 Memphis Area Association of Realtors will sponsor a seminar on equal opportunity housing from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the MAAR education center. Attorney and MAAR member Kathy Webb will conduct the seminar. For information, call ...

42. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, March 11, 1996
03-11 Calendar March 12 The Institute of Management Accountants will meet at noon at Paulettes. The speaker will be forensic specialist Tom Vastrick. The cost is $15. For more information, call Tammy Greco at 682-7766. The Memphis Bar Association wi...

43. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, March 4, 1996
03-04 Calendar March 4 Fidelity Investments will offer an estate planning seminar at noon at the Summit Club, 5100 Poplar Ave. For more information on the free seminar, call 1-800-452-9936. City Councilman Jerome Rubin and Mayor W. W. Herenton will ...

44. Archived Article: Govt Analys - Friday, December 22, 1995
12/22 Govt analys Predictions for the new year By JOHN TYLER, Ph.D Special to The Daily News I have always wanted to write one of these end-of-year prediction articles forecasting next years major political events. All predictions, of course, are ba...