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Feature Story Frank Johnson looks towards North Memphis' Penn A Kem, LLC chemical plant on the left hand side of the road. On the right is Douglass High School. (Ziggy Mack) High GroundHealthy Communities

The Pandemics: Decades of environmental racism is making COVID-19 more deadly in Black communities

Baris Gursakal & Cole BradleyThursday, August 20, 2020
Feature Story Brandis Leverette, one of five High Ground News North Memphis Community Correspondents. (Cole Bradley) High GroundArts and Culture

Memphis' Newest Reporters: Meet Community Correspondent Brandis Leverette

Cole BradleyThursday, August 13, 2020
Feature Story Momentum2 High GroundCommunity Development

Care about Memphis' nonprofits? Tune in for these virtual discussions this Wednesday and Thursday.

Brandi HunterTuesday, August 11, 2020
Feature Story Jason Ayers high fives one of the kids that came out to help clean up empty lots along Randle Street in Klondike. Folks from the community organization Crowning Our Youth, Inc. an anti-violence and youth oriented group, worked to clean up vacant lots High Ground

High Ground Says 'See You Later' to North Memphis

Cole BradleyMonday, August 10, 2020
Feature Story Twenty-year veteran Shane Howell (left) stops by with paperwork as Private Michael Pence (right) works the Station 18 desk where crew members field emergency calls and help citizen who walk in with an emergency. (Ziggy Mack) High GroundHealthy Communities

901RideChoice is reducing non-emergency calls to 911

Andrea ValenzuelaMonday, August 10, 2020
Feature Story Archie Willis rides the Madison Avenue trolley bus through Madison Heights. (Ziggy Mack) High GroundArts and Culture

In Photos: More Memphis neighborhoods revisited

Cole BradleyFriday, July 31, 2020
Feature Story Shelia Williams, a 2020 Bickford-Bearwater High Ground News Community Correspondent. (Cole Bradley) High GroundArts and Culture

Memphis' Newest Reporters: Meet Community Correspondent Shelia Williams

Cole BradleyThursday, July 30, 2020
Feature Story Jolie Shaw, a 2020 Bickford-Bearwater High Ground News Community Correspondent. (Cole Bradley) High GroundArts and Culture

Memphis' Newest Reporters: Meet Community Correspondent Jolie Shaw

Cole BradleyThursday, July 30, 2020
Feature Story (Andrea Morales) High GroundHealthy Communities

Candidates for Shelby County Schools Board of Education answer tough questions ahead of election

Cole BradleySunday, July 26, 2020
Feature Story Derion Lipford films his pitch proposal for the judges of ArtUp's North Memphis Incubator in January 2020. (Sheri Neely) High GroundArts and Culture

Memphis teen wins ArtUp business pitch contest

Friday, July 24, 2020
Feature Story Executive Director John Paul Shaffer announces the BLDG Memphis rebrand in April 2017. It was previously the Community Development Council of Greater Memphis. (Submitted) High GroundCommunity Development

BLDG Memphis and new board look to the future of community development in and after the pandemic

Cole BradleyThursday, July 23, 2020
Feature Story Dr. Susan Miranda conducts research for University of Tennessee Health Sciences Centers' Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in 2014. High GroundHealthy Communities

UTHSC hosting second virtual coronavirus symposium July 28

Cole BradleyThursday, July 23, 2020
Feature Story Husband and wife Nancy and Patricio Gonzalez carry equipment to the Gaisman Community Center at the end of game day. They are the directors and coaches of Illegal Arts Memphis soccer league. (Natalie Eddings) High GroundArts and Culture

In Photos: Memphis neighborhoods revisited

Cole BradleyThursday, July 23, 2020
Feature Story The Bickford-Bearwater Community Correspondents attended their first class on January 11. They're training to become community-based journalists for North Memphis. The class is held in the AngelStreet choir room at Oasis of Hope's Bickford center. High GroundArts and Culture

High Ground trains North Memphis residents in community-based journalism

Cole BradleyFriday, July 17, 2020
Feature Story Soulsville in pictures 2 High GroundSustainability

Mass evictions are coming. This South Memphis nonprofit is part of the solution.

Baris GursakalThursday, July 16, 2020
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