JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — James Meredith is a civil rights legend who resists neatly defined narratives.

2. Lawson Ups Game, On and Off the Court - Friday, July 13, 2018

Kara Lawson provided plenty of assists for the University of Tennessee on the basketball court during her career. The former All-American point guard is hoping to do the same in a new role.

3. 22-Year-Old Going After Piece of $29B Mattress Industry - Friday, July 6, 2018

Starting a mattress company isn’t on the to-do list of most teenagers, but Kayla Duerstock did just that. Duerstock, 22, in May relaunched Revived 365, the company that she started in her teens in hopes of grabbing a piece of the $29 billion mattress industry that has been disrupted by online mattress sales in recent years.

4. Heritage Helped Drive Acosta Up Corporate Ranks - Friday, June 22, 2018

Growing up in Memphis, Julie Acosta, Senior Web Analyst at AutoZone, wasn’t always a fan of her strong Brazilian heritage. Like most young kids, she wanted to be like everyone else. It wasn’t until high school that she came into her own, embracing her roots and eventually allowing them to help guide her career choices.

5. Southwest Airlines Pilot Pushed Navy Boundaries for Flying - Friday, April 20, 2018

BOERNE, Texas (AP) — Tammie Jo Shults was determined to "break into the club" of male military aviators.

One of the first female fighter pilots in the U.S. Navy, Shults flew training missions as an enemy pilot during Operation Desert Storm, while working with other women to see a rule excluding them from combat flights repealed.

6. A Place to be Heard - Thursday, April 5, 2018

On a recent weekday afternoon at AngelStreet in North Memphis, dozens of girls age 8-18 are practicing a song, “We Are the World.” Their voices seem to blend together naturally. It takes but a few seconds to hear the talent that’s in the room.

7. The Week Ahead: July 17-23 - Monday, July 17, 2017

Hello, Memphis! Young, local artists are in the spotlight this week with a couple of art shows where you can meet these talented youths and someday say, “I knew them before they were famous.” Check out details on those, plus more cool events and hot happenings in The Week Ahead…

8. Networking Helping Propel Women-Owned Businesses To New Heights - Saturday, February 18, 2017

When Memphis middle schoolers and sisters Madison Star and Mallory Iyana went on “Shark Tank” and secured $60,000 and partnerships with both Mark Cuban and Daymond John, they took their place among the ranks of female entrepreneurs who, in large numbers these days, are showing the business world that they are a force to be reckoned with.

9. Anna Cardona Joins Ledford Engineering - Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Anna Cardona has joined Ledford Engineering and Planning, an Arlington-based land planning and civil engineering firm, as designer and marketing director. Cardona will add interior design to Ledford’s service offerings, making the firm a one-stop shop for building and development needs.

10. CMA Fest a Blast for Artists, Merchants - Saturday, June 6, 2015

The Glimmer Twins wannabe in the white cowboy hat and the 21-year-old blonde who has worked her tail off to climb from the audience to one of the main stages at CMA Music Festival display different but genuine levels of excitement about Music City’s biggest week.

11. Daisy King Still Serving Tearoom Favorites - Saturday, May 23, 2015

Like a proper Southern hostess, Daisy King of Miss Daisy’s Tearoom had trouble turning on the “closed” sign. If guests wanted to snag a table after hours, she couldn’t help but oblige.

12. Convincing Girls, Women to Pursue Science and Math Careers - Saturday, May 9, 2015

Claudia Rawn is used to talking about science, so when asked to speak about women in the STEM disciplines, she was a bit out of her comfort zone.

The speaking invitation came from organizers with the University of Tennessee’s inaugural Women in STEM Research Symposium, held in April.

13. Beautiful Minds - Saturday, May 9, 2015

Someday, a famous innovator’s biography may include the story of the first time she used a hammer – at age 4 or 5, at a private Memphis girls school, to pound on a strip of copper.

And how she then took that strip of copper and molded it into the shape of a heart, a tiara or a cool design that meant something to her evolving mind but that adults couldn’t identify.

14. Sea You in Three Months - Saturday, April 11, 2015

If someone approached you and suggested you try living in an underwater habitat the size of a college dorm for three months, would you do it?

Aquanauts Bruce Cantrell and Jessica Fain jumped at the chance and even ended up breaking a world record while they were at it.

15. 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.

16. ‘Government’s Too Big and People are Sick of It’ - Saturday, February 7, 2015

Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett is an enigma of the modern civil servant, a career politician who doesn’t seem to take himself too seriously. He thinks he’s paid too much (his salary is state mandated) and brings it up often in interviews with the media.

17. Hill to Lead MIFA’s COOL Program - Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Andrea Hill has been named manager of Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association’s COOL (College Offers Opportunities for Life) program, which provides higher education counseling, life skills training and mentorship opportunities to 11th- and 12th-graders from G.W. Carver and Booker T. Washington High Schools. Hill previously worked as director of volunteer services for Cool Girls Inc. in Atlanta.

18. MIFA Appoints Two to Organization’s Staff - Saturday, October 25, 2014

The Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association (MIFA) has appointed Andrea Hill manager of MIFA’s COOL (College Offers Opportunity for Life) program and Genevieve Hill-Thomas has joined the nonprofit organization’s staff as corporate giving development officer.

19. MIFA Appoints Two To Organization’s Staff - Tuesday, October 21, 2014

The Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association (MIFA) has appointed Andrea Hill manager of MIFA’s COOL (College Offers Opportunity for Life) program and Genevieve Hill-Thomas has joined the nonprofit organization’s staff as corporate giving development officer.

20. At the Counter - Friday, September 12, 2014

THE COLLEGE INN, FULL CIRCLE. The future was in my hands. My parents had set me free and I sat there all by myself for the very first time, my own stool at the counter, my own menu in front of me and a cool new show on the TV above. It was 1957. I was eight. The show was Perry Mason. And I was in control.

21. Salon Owner Loves Neighborhood Feel of Cooper-Young - Monday, June 23, 2014

If what they say is true about doing what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life, then native New Yorker Felicia Scarpati-Lomax hasn’t worked in decades.

She owns a nail salon in Cooper-Young that she opened here after relocating to Memphis from the Big Apple and falling in love with both the city and with Cooper-Young. She’s been doing nails since she was a kid – she’s always loved the creative expression associated with it – and she’s done it off and on in some formal capacity for about 10 years.

22. New Push to Get Girls Into Computer Sciences - Friday, June 20, 2014

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) – Diana Navarro loves to code, and she's not afraid to admit it. But the 18-year-old Rutgers University computer science major knows she's an anomaly: Writing software to run computer programs in 2014 is – more than ever – a man's world.

23. Christ Community Health Services Names Hollabaugh Development Director - Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Bonnie Hollabaugh has joined nonprofit Christ Community Health Services, the largest primary care provider in Memphis, as director of development. Hollabaugh’s nonprofit development experience includes extensive work with Ronald McDonald House Charities of Memphis, Girls Inc. of Memphis and Hutchison School.

24. Eureka Encourages Girls to Explore STEM Fields - Wednesday, June 19, 2013

A small group of girls huddled around a car-like robot with long sensors as they worked on making sure the car will be able to complete a programmed route at an exhibition next week.

“Try this in front Dennisha,” said Ashley Jones, as she handed Dennisha Williams a small gray wheel.

25. Outflix Brings GLBT Issues to Screen - Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Now in its 14th year, the Outflix Film Festival, which features gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender films from around the world, suddenly finds itself in an unusual position – the mainstream.

Persistence pays off as award-winning Indie films include Memphis in their circuits, Sept. 9 through 15.

26. Metamorphoses Targets Memphis’ At-Risk Boys - Friday, March 4, 2011

When the national news media early this year zeroed in on reports of high rates of pregnancy among Memphis’ adolescent girls and the programs being implemented to address the issue, many Memphians asked, “So, what about the boys?”

27. White Elected to Board for Boys and Girls Club of America - Thursday, February 25, 2010

Leigh Taylor White, an associate at the Memphis office of Glankler Brown PLLC, recently was elected to the board of directors for the Porter Board of the Boys and Girls Club of America.

28. Loudean’s Is Fabric of Family - Monday, January 5, 2009

Loudean’s is like a couch with plenty of pillows where the history of a family is enmeshed with the antique lace.

Overstuffed with fluffy fabrics and linen clothing, this tiny business at 2174 Young Ave. is where sisters Joyce Boggs and June Taylor keep the store their mother started 29 years ago.

29. Archived Article - Wednesday, May 31, 2006

TDN: Tell me a bit about your new facility - location, size, how many classes it will facilitate, etc.

KST: The location is on York Avenue between Meda and Young just north of the Urban Arts Commission/Cooper-Young trestle bridge. We think of it as a gateway into Cooper-Young. It is currently 11,000 square feet, but will have 14,000 square feet of useable space once complete. We will be able to triple our capacity for classes, operate a core program for students on a professional track, add community and adult classes and host other local dance groups that require a space with quality floors for safety and more room than they currently have access to. Pilates Central will operate a full service Pilates studio upstairs. NBE is a stakeholder in Heart of the Arts in partnership with Playhouse on the Square. We are two minutes down the street from the new theater location, where we will be able to rent performance space.

30. Teenager Tries Hand at Writing Media Releases for Register's Office - Friday, May 5, 2006

For many teenage girls, free time is an opportunity to catch up on shopping, boy bands, fashion trends, teen TV soaps and scores of other youthful pursuits. But there are exceptions, like 10th grader Noelle Hooper.

31. Archived Article: Comm Briefs - Friday, October 4, 2002
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Paul W. Barret Jr. Charitable Trust gave a $25,000 grant to Mid-South Youth for Christ to assist in the organizations outreach efforts aimed at high-risk and at-risk youth in the Memphis community. Mid-South Youth for Christ also ...

32. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, February 25, 2002
Calendar of events Jan Calendar of events Feb. 25-March 3 Feb. 25 The Tennessee Bar Association is sponsoring the "2002 Update: Preventing Legal Malpractice and Ethics Complaints in Personal Injury and General Practice" seminar from 9 a.m....

33. Archived Article: Comm Focus (hope) - Friday, November 17, 2000
Run for Hope House Race underscores power of teen with a mission By SUE PEASE The Daily News The Memphis community provides countless events for runners. Any given weekend, you can find a 5K or 10K race to enter, an event that is often organized by ...

34. Archived Article: Marketplace St - Monday, July 26, 1999
By SUZANNE THOMPSON Champions of life Ty Cobbs C.R.O.S.S. Fire Commandos couple evangelism and exercise By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Most people dont think of bungee cords when they think of Bible studies, but Ty Cobb wants to change that. His...