Michael Lollar

• Former Memphian parlays his comedic talents to Super Bowl ad Published 02/07/2012 at 12:14 a.m.

  The Super Bowl ad was only a 30-second spot, but it had more than 300,000 views on YouTube by the end of the day Monday with a disproportionate number of them from Memphis.

• Mud Island event to mark planting of cherry trees Published 02/05/2012 at midnight

  Groundbreaking for the first of 200 Yoshino cherry trees to be planted Downtown will begin on the south end of Mud Island River Park Tuesday with the first blooms expected by mid-March.

• Lisa Marie Presley returns to her first home in Memphis to launch new exhibit Updated 02/01/2012 at 10:24 p.m.

  Lisa Marie Presley’s last visit to Graceland was for Thanksgiving dinner in the home where she spent most of her first nine years.

• Civil Rights Museum to premiere MLK film Published 02/01/2012 at midnight

  A one-hour documentary film produced for the Smithsonian Channel on the last days of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will premiere at the National Civil Rights Museum next Wednesday as part of a series of free Black History Month events.

• Homeless headcount: Census plies streets, soup kitchens for signs of lives Published 01/30/2012 at midnight

  Slightly ahead of New Orleans as the poorest major metro area in America, Memphis found itself put to another numbers test last week.

• Governor's initiative aims to raise state's share of tourism Published 01/26/2012 at midnight

  Music has helped rank Tennessee 17th among the nation's top tourism destinations. Now Gov. Haslam wants a bigger piece of the tourism pie.

• Events mark King's birthday Published 01/16/2012 at midnight

  Events scheduled as part of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. birthday celebration

• 'Hats' off to King in birthday observance Published 01/13/2012 at midnight

  The first hat on the program is a straw hat. Dr. Joe Cornelius puts the wide-brimmed hat on his head and tells his audience about field workers, slaves, in the old South.

• Civil Rights Museum hosts event for children Saturday Published 01/09/2012 at midnight

  Children will be the focus of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday events at the National Civil Rights Museum Saturday and during King's Jan. 16 birthday celebration.

• Keister reflects: 'Nobody quite like Elvis' Published 01/05/2012 at 6:19 p.m.

  Shane Keister is one of the few people who turned down Elvis Presley. Elvis' longtime pianist Glen D. Hardin left Elvis' TCB Band in 1976 to play piano for Emmylou Harris. Keister, who had worked on Elvis' 1975 album "Promised ...

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