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Lawn care scams unnerving for University District residents

5/29/2013

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By John Martin / MicroMemphis Reporter

There is a disturbing trend developing in the University District.

Pretending to be lawn crews, burglars are infiltrating neighborhoods in the University District, and residents are growing nervous.

The crews do light weed-whacking and lawn upkeep around houses while identifying access points within the house. By doing so, they become familiar with the residential home for a later burglary. 
 
Details about the scam, including the name the burglars use for their fake business, were not available, but their modus operandi is the same throughout each instance reported.

While it is hard to pin down specific numbers of burglaries that have happened directly as a result, it is certain that there is a new sense of caution when it comes to hiring yard crews and anyone looking for odd job work.

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Memphis rallies for Oklahoma tornado victims at Newby's food drive

5/29/2013

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By John Martin / MicroMemphis Reporter

The Memphis Grizzlies disposed of the Oklahoma City Thunder in five games earlier this month in rather easy fashion.

But, after the tornadoes that demolished the surrounding areas in Oklahoma City, there’s no lingering bad blood from the City of Memphis toward their neighbors to the west.

Many businesses around the University District, including Newby’s Memphis at 539 S. Highland St. organized food and donation drives to assist the residents of Moore, Okla., where dozens of people were killed and thousands of homes destroyed by a tornado outbreak that swept through the state.

Newby’s, a prominent stable of the University District, conducted the drive May 23, and the turnout was promising. Though official numbers haven’t been tallied, organizers and nearby residents were encouraged by how many people showed up.
 

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New Kroger store offers more variety, more space and a friendly atmosphere for U District customers

5/11/2013

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By JJ Greer / MicroMemphis Reporter
A new Kroger grocery store located at 3444 Plaza Ave. near the University District is a much larger and more modern version of its counterpart next door. The new store opened March 20, and it is in total 90,000 square feet compared to just 55,000 to the old store. The new Kroger emphasizes a larger natural and organic foods section for healthier eating and also is more of a family ‘take the kids along’ type of grocery due to the build-your-own cupcake section. The sheer size of the Kroger may be overwhelming at first, but everything is conveniently placed and properly labeled to make shopping as easy as possible for seasoned grocery shoppers to college students newly acclimated to feeding themselves. The only down side of the new Kroger is parking, which should be a little easy later this spring when the old Kroger is torn down to open up more parking.  
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Sherwood Forest neighborhood is a place with its own unique style, history

5/11/2013

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By JJ Greer/MicroMemphis Reporter
Sherwood Forest subdivision is located in East Memphis and is a neighborhood inside the University District. Its boundaries are Park Avenue to the north, Rhodes Avenue to the south, South Highland Street, Radford Road and South Prescott Street to the west and Getwell Road to the east. The neighboorhood was developed in eight phases which originally contained 642 houses. Developers for the various phases were William L. Taylor and H. Price Curd and the Boyle Investment Company, doing business as the Sherwood Building Corporation. The cost of the new homes in the 1940s ranged from $6,400 to $10,500.  The neighborhood contains three churches, one of which is for sale, and is home to Sherwood Elementary School, which is a Memphis city school. Sherwood Forest is known for having street names from the fictional tale Robin Hood. The neighborhood contains street names such as Robin Hood Lane, Friar Tuck Road, Nottingham Place, Maid Marion Lane, Little John Road, Allendale Lane and Will Scarlet Road.
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One charged for running into Best Sounds; store remains open

5/11/2013

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By Lovie Hudson/MicroMemphis Reporter
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The front of Best Sounds at 886 S. Highland St. remains boarded up after an incident on Jan. 30 when a man attempted to harm his girlfriend and hit the side of the store.
The man who ran his car into Best Sounds on South Highland Street on Jan. 30 was charged with aggravated domestic assault and reckless endangerment, but the store remains open for business.

Odies Walker is accused of getting into an argument with the mother of his child and then trying to run the woman over. But instead of harming his girlfriend, he hit the side of the Best Sounds 

Best Sounds has been in the U District for 14 years.  It sells electronics such as radios and televisions.

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Oncoming train pummels student's car at Highland-Southern intersection in University District neighborhood

5/7/2013

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By Carlissa Robinson/MicroMemphis Reporter
A car was totaled early on the morning of May 5 at the intersection of Highland Street and Southern Avenue when the vehicle got stuck on the tracks and then was hit by an oncoming train.

The car was owned by University of Memphis student Angela Clark, who said her car was totaled in the incident.

“I’ve already got my ticket. I just want to get my keys so I can go home,” Clark said.

Clark said she was driving through the intersection at about 2 a.m. that Sunday morning when her car tires got stuck on the railroad tracks.

“My car got stuck five minutes before the train came," Clark said.

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New Checkers on Park and Getwell is now open in University District

5/7/2013

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By JJ Greer/MicroMemphis Reporter
A new Checkers drive in opened late April at the corner of Park and Getwell next to the Bank of America.

The Checkers and Rally’s franchise has been in the restaurant business since 1986. The first Checkers opened 1986 in Mobile, Ala., and Rally’s opened in 1985 in Louisville, Ky. The two restaurants merged in 1999 after maintaining more than 200 locations across the Southeastern and Midwestern states.  

The merger made Checkers and Rally’s the largest double drive-thru restaurant chain in the country. The franchise now has an established network of more than 800 restaurants across the United States.

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U District citizens want more community involvement to get strays off the streets

5/7/2013

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By Erica Hartsfield/MicroMemphis Reporter
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A woman admires a potential new pet while browsing the House of Mews, located at 933 S. Cooper St. This is just one of many places, like the Humane Society of Memphis and Shelby County, where individuals can adopt pets within the city.
Though there has been some question to whether there is a stray animal problem in the University District, there are, no doubt, people in and around the area who are interested in getting strays off the streets.

Hollywood Feed and the Humane Society of Memphis and Shelby County hosted an Adoptathon in April, an event in which people around the city adopt pets at cheap prices or just come to volunteer their time.

Samantha Irwin, territory manager of Hollywood Feed’s Broad Avenue location, said that the partnership with the Humane Society has helped achieve the goal of getting stray animals out of the streets and into good homes.

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Citizens to Preserve Overton Park making strides to provide a more beautiful Memphis

5/7/2013

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By: Erica Hartsfield
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Roy Barnes, President of the Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, stands at his booth during MemFix prepared to give information to those interested in getting involved with the organization.
The Citizens to Preserve Overton Park recently visited the University District in order to support MemFix. This group of Overton Park supporters has a rich culture all their own that many may not be aware of.

The fight to save Overton Park, located at 1914 Poplar Ave., has been going on for several years.  According to Peter Strauss in his article Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe—of Politics and Law, Young Lawyers and the Highway Goliath, published in Administrative Law Stories, Overton Park did not originally support the group’s efforts.
“In saving Overton Park for the city, against its wishes at the time, (Citizens to Preserve Overton Park) may have saved Memphis from itself,” he said.

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Boss Pit Stop Barbecue becoming a hit with customers

5/7/2013

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By: Brittany Carruthers
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Boss Pit Stop Barbecue owner Patricia Patterson and her husband celebrate their anniversary at their restaurant on Getwell Road.
Just five minutes away from the University District is a barbeque place that sells fish and wings. What makes it special is the fact that the meat literally falls off the bone.  

It sits in the middle of Getwell Road across the street from Family Dollar. This busy street keeps the restaurant with a steady flow of traffic.

“People mostly come in for the fish and rib tips,” Pat Patteson, owner of the Boss Pit Stop Barbecue at 1621 Getwell Road, said. 

The traffic is not the only thing that keeps customers coming back for more.

“The best food we have here is our turkey legs. The meat just falls right off the bones,” Meeka Williams, cashier at Boss Pit Stop Barbecue, said.


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