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Southaven Veterans Day Luncheon Set for Nov. 11
Southaven will honor local veterans next month with its annual free luncheon. The Southaven Veterans Day luncheon is set for Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. at the Southaven Community Safe Room, 7312 Highway 51 North. Mayor Darren Musselwhite and the City of Southaven are hosting the event. Seating is by reservation, so the city is asking guests to call ahead.
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Wang Named American Conference September Men’s Golf Player of the Month
IRVING, Texas. – University of Memphis senior Yixiang Wang has been named the American Conference September Men's Golf Player of the Month, the league announced Wednesday. Wang, a senior from Dalian, China, paced the Tigers in both September tournaments, carding a 68.0 stroke average. This marks the third career conference honor for Wang, who was named American Conference Golf Player of the Month in October 2025 and Golfer of the Week on April 2, 2026. Wang opened the fall season carding a 7-under 203 at the Visit Knoxville Collegiate to finish tied for fourth. He shot one stroke lower in...
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Olive Branch Model Train Show Draws Rail Fans of All Ages
Tiny locomotives, hand-built scenery and a miniature Collierville town square filled the room at Whispering Woods in Olive Branch as the National Model Railroad Association’s Bluff City Division held its second annual model train show, drawing hobbyists young and old, according to the DeSoto Times-Tribune. The NMRA is a...
whitestationscroll.net
The Metal Museum forges a new path in Overton Park
On Sept. 4, 2026, the Metal Museum held its grand opening, rung in by the sound of a ceremonial anvil. The crowd — listening to the music brought by the Shell on Wheels or getting food and beverages from a myriad of vendors — were then welcomed into the building.
ceoweekly.com
Craig Brewer, The Filmmaker Who Put Memphis on the Map in Hollywood
Memphis has always been a city with a story to tell. Its music, neighborhoods, culture, struggles, and unmistakable Southern identity have influenced generations of artists. In filmmaker Craig Brewer, Memphis found a storyteller capable of taking that character to audiences around the world. Through a career spanning independent filmmaking, major Hollywood productions, television and streaming, Brewer has consistently demonstrated that powerful stories do not have to originate in Los Angeles or New York to command international attention.
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Laila Ali announced as special guest for Methodist Healthcare Foundation luncheon
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Methodist Healthcare Foundation has announced its special guest for this year’s annual Luncheon: TV host, wellness advocate and former boxing champion Laila Ali. Ali is the daughter of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali. Boxing career and TV career. Laila Ali retired from boxing in 2007 as...
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Tre Davis “The Horseman” Rides Into the Southern Soul Spotlight With Music, Personality and a Growing Fan Base
Memphis has long been recognized as a city where music, personality, culture, and originality come together, and Southern Soul artist and social media personality Tre Davis, better known as “The Horseman,” is working to add his own chapter to that tradition. With a growing music catalog, an energetic personality, and a social media audience that reaches well beyond the Mid-South, Davis is positioning himself as an entertainer capable of connecting the worlds of Southern Soul music and digital entertainment.
The Commercial Appeal
GloRilla expands her business brand with 'glam on demand' GloVerse
Grammy-nominated Memphis rapper GloRilla is expanding her business profile with the launch of GloVerse . The new technology platform is “designed to modernize the beauty industry by connecting consumers with trusted, culturally fluent beauty professionals through an intelligent, on-demand marketplace.” Founded by Frayser area native GloRilla — born Gloria Woods — GloVerse is being billed as “your home for on demand glam.” Developed in partnership with a company called OUT.LI.ER , which describes itself as a “brand architecture, venture strategy, and growth consultancy,” the platform looks to leverage GloRilla’s evolution “from global recording artist to entrepreneur and founder.” According to a press release announcing GloVerse, the effort was inspired by GloRilla’s “own experiences while touring, filming, traveling, and preparing for performances” as the rapper “repeatedly encountered a challenge familiar to millions: finding trusted beauty professionals quickly, reliably, and in unfamiliar cities.” MEMPHIS RAP: DJ Spanish Fly's pioneering Memphis rap sound goes global | Exclusive “What began as a personal frustration became the foundation for a broader vision — to build a platform that serves both consumers and the independent beauty professionals powering one of the world's largest industries,” noted the release. In a statement GloRilla added that the GloVerse was
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Netflix’s ‘A Different World’ Showrunner Felicia Pride Headed to Memphis Metal Museum
Felicia Pride, the showrunner behind Netflix’s sequel to “A Different World,” is stopping in Memphis for a conversation spotlighting the city’s creative community. The gathering is set for 2 to 5 p.m. at the Metal Museum, located at 1930 Poplar Avenue, and brings the national buzz around the rebooted sitcom straight to the Bluff City’s working artists, writers and storytellers.
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Big Glo Blesses Cordova HS Senior Class With $25K Donation!
Big Glo, doing big things in her hometown! This time donating to the senior class of Cordova High!. Glorilla returned to her hometown with a special surprise for students at Cordova High School during the school’s homecoming celebration!. The rapper presented the school with a $25,000 donation, which will...
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Tigon Golf Carts Rolling into Memphis
Memphis golfers, looking for a new way to navigate the greens in style? Great news is on the horizon! Tigon Golf Carts, a “new, used, & street legal golf cart dealership” has filed papers to open a new location in the area. The concept is planning to set...
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Downtown Memphis to host first-ever Memphis Jazz Festival
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Jazz lovers, get ready: Downtown Memphis is gearing up for the inaugural Memphis Jazz Festival, October 9-11. The three-day festival will be free and open to all ages, bringing together local talent, national artists, and music lovers for a jazz celebration in the heart of the Bluff City.
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"Memphis Sounds" launches Ballet Memphis's 40th season
Ballet Memphis begins its 40th season with a salute to Memphis music in "Memphis Sounds." The season opener features the return of Trey McIntyre's iconic "In Dreams," the flagship piece created for Ballet Memphis to the music of Roy Orbison; a world premiere by renowned choreographer Yusha-Marie Sorzano set to the music of Otis Redding; and Artistic Director Steven McMahon's reimagining of his 2018 work "Unapologetic," featuring new art and new choreography.
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Opera Memphis celebrates 70 years with anniversary concert
Opera Memphis celebrates 70 years of bringing opera to Memphis with a free 70th Anniversary Concert on Saturday, October 10, at the Overton Park Shell, where the company began. The anniversary concert features Memphis favorites and new Handorf Company Artists as Opera Memphis begins its new season. Darel Snodgrass spoke...
WREG
Memphis honors hero Tom Lee with inaugural lantern parade
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Hundreds gathered downtown for Tom Lee Day on Saturday. There was food, music, and local vendors at the big event. More than 100 years ago, Tom Lee had the gumption to jump into the Mississippi River to help people in need. Lee didn’t know how to swim, but he saved 32 people […]
southernlitreview.com
“Happy Happy,” a novel by Corey Mesler
He explains why it would have been more difficult to write the painful aspects of his struggles as memoir, but his fiction version is so powerful, so gripping, that I often forgot where the line between truth and fiction lay: the line between Corey and his wife Cheryl, owners of Burke’s, the oldest bookstore in Memphis, and his characters, Col and Cara, the heroes of this remarkable story. Story. As Corey says, “Story takes over. . . . Story will get itself told.” And his story does that in spades.
wheninyourstate.com
Elvis Presley’s Memphis mansion is frozen in 1977, and you can walk through it
What you’ll find behind Graceland’s famous gates. Graceland sits on Elvis Presley Boulevard in Memphis, about 10 minutes from downtown, behind a stone wall and a set of iron gates that fans have been signing for decades. The mansion on the hill is where Elvis lived from 1957...
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Mississippi News Report — Fri, Oct 2: Missing Teen, Theatre Closes
The Friday, October 2 evening edition of the Mississippi News Report rounds up the biggest stories across the state — from the search for a missing teenager in Southaven to the final curtain for Corinth Theatre-Arts. Southaven police seek information about missing 14-year-old Southaven police are asking for the...
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New clubhouse at The Links at Audubon golf course aims to open doors for Memphis youth
Children in Memphis can easily find a basketball court. Hoops are everywhere — schools, parks, driveways. But golf?. Golf calls for acres of land, clubs, instruction and someone to actually introduce youngsters to the game. The question of access to golf was at the heart of a groundbreaking on...