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Behind the Headlines
5:18 pm
Fri August 3, 2012

Radio Roundtable: The Municipal Elections and the Impact on the Unified School District

Eric Barnes, publisher of the Memphis Daily News, moderates a discussion about the real impact of the August 2, 2012, municipal elections on the proposed Unified School District with panelists Billy Orgell, Chairman of the Unified School Board; Bill Dries, reporter for the Memphis Daily News; and Jackson Baker, from the Memphis Flyer.

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Memphis Moments
5:50 pm
Tue July 31, 2012

Baptist Memorial Hospital

The original Baptist Memorial Hospital, which opened in 1912.

Memphis has long been a center of medical care and training in the Mid-South. 

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Mid-South Features
5:48 pm
Mon July 16, 2012

Jerry's Sno Cone: Not for Locals Only

Credit Candice Ludlow

On hot summer days, like today, people line up at Wells Station and Reed in East Memphis to get a cool tasty treat.  Lines are often to the street outside the bright pink and turquoise building that used to be a Sinclair Gas Station.  You can still see remnants of the car wash here, but that’s from a long time ago because Jerry’s Sno Cone is in its forty-sixth year.

A Jerry’s Sno Cone is not your typical snow cone in a cone-shaped cup with a rounded scoop of ice one top.  No.  It’s served in a Styrofoam cup with a spoon. 

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