Current airport board takes care of business in what may be last meeting
Commissioners approved an additional $2.6 million for design of a new baggage system and administration building.
Steve Bohnel
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Transportation & LogisticsAirport board focuses on operations as state takeover looms
Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority commissioners feel the board’s job is vital to the local economy, no matter who sits on it. Many of them could soon be replaced following passage of a new state law.
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Transportation & LogisticsAmazon Prime Air unveils drones that ‘detect and avoid’ as they deliver
Amazon Prime Air showed off its MK30 drones at the Renasant Convention Center. It hopes to operate 10 to 14 by later this year.
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BusinessMemphis meatpacking plant to close, lay off 208 workers
JBS announced it is closing its Memphis plant effective Aug. 14, resulting in 208 layoffs.
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BusinessMemphis native develops system that aims to put out fires in 15 seconds
Ethan Pretsch envisioned a system that could use AI and tech to specifically target fires and keep them from spreading.
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BusinessSoul & Spirits buys Memphis Made trademark
Soul & Spirits Brewery’s purchase ensures Memphis Made Brewing Co.’s beer will still be made in the Bluff City.
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Business WK Kellogg laying off more than 100 in Memphis
Layoffs include union and non-union employees.
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Transportation & LogisticsFedEx pilots get pay hike and working condition changes
A new agreement was reached between FedEx pilots and management. More than 80% of pilots who voted approved the agreement, which includes $150,000 in pay they lost during the negotiations, which have gone on for years.
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BusinessFirefighter developing health and tutoring AI apps: ‘We have a lot of bright minds here.’
The South Memphis native used AI and coding to build two new platforms — one to help tutor students, and another to help people learn what they’re eating, including the amount of microplastics.
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Health CareUTHSC raises about $11M for new College of Medicine building
The 275,000- to 300,000-square-foot facility is planned on Madison Avenue between the College of Pharmacy building and the demolished Holiday Inn building.
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Health Care Practicing on plastic: Methodist University Hospital unveils simulation lab
Modern mannequins provide various types of lifelike practice situations for nurses, physcians and other healthcare professionals.
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BusinessAfter 160 years, oldest law firm in Memphis was ‘left with no option’ but closure
Apperson Crump ended its operations at the end of 2025. It leaves behind a legacy not just in the Memphis legal community but the city’s history, attorneys said.
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May 2026
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Transportation & LogisticsAutoZone earnings climb as new mega-hub stores beat sales expectations
AutoZone’s mega hub and commercial business strategy has it poised to continue growing in the summer months, officials said during an earnings call Tuesday, May 26.
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Health Care Le Bonheur’s next pediatric chief bows out weeks before start date
The hospital will restart its search after their top pediatric recruit decides to stay in Texas.
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Transportation & Logistics Airport board approves $172M budget
The airport is also in the early planning stages of a new rental-car facility.
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BusinessNovel bookstore employees to vote on union
Discussions to form a union began a little more than a year ago. Management has given raises, but they have not been able to keep up with the cost of living in Memphis, employees said.
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Front Page Novel bookstore workers approve union
Employees remain optimistic that management and investors will meet their demands for living wages and better working conditions.
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City of Memphis Former MATA CEO files wrongful termination lawsuit
Bacarra Mauldin is alleging “wrongful termination, unpaid wages and tortious interference,” according to the case docket in Shelby County Chancery Court.
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Real Estate‘A great, great run:’ After more than half a century, Outdoors Inc. closing landmark East Memphis store
When Royer started his business, he worked with a rotary telephone. There were no computers or fax machines. Now online shopping allows vendors to sell directly to customers.
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Transportation & Logistics‘An existential threat’: Supreme Court ruling on freight brokers could impact smaller operations
The Supreme Court ruled that freight brokers can be held liable in injury cases caused by carriers they hire. But a lack of “guardrails” could still leave an uphill battle for smaller companies in Memphis.
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Health Care Two Memphis hospitals get poor rating from federal government
Regional One Health and St. Francis Hospital both received poor ratings from the federal government in a recent review.
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Health Care Gaining by reducing: St. Jude receives $1 million for energy-saving projects
Eight projects saved St. Jude millions and earned the research hospital a reward from the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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Health Care‘Long overdue’ $11 million children’s mental health center opening in Memphis
“... This center sends a powerful message: You are seen, you are valued, and you are never alone,” said a state official about the Alliance Healthcare Services facility.
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Health Care‘Don’t give up on yourself’: Regional One team defy odds to save officer’s leg
Daniel Prewitt nearly lost his leg after a high-speed chase in Arkansas. That outcome was avoided thanks to a Regional One team that reconnected tiny blood vessels, some smaller than a human hair.
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Shelby County MIFA names new president and CEO
MIFA named Dorcas Young Griffin, a longtime Shelby County employee, as its incoming president and CEO on Monday.
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