Memphis’ Lumalier rides power of UV to disinfect, cut carbon
The Memphis-based company, which harnesses ultraviolet light to kill germs, has seen business skyrocket even as the COVID pandemic wanes.
Jane Roberts
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Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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February 2023
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Spirit of MemphisAfter 64 years, couple ponders love and letting go
Married in 1958 within six months of meeting, Walker and Ann Uhlhorn have rarely spent a night apart. But Ann was diagnosed with lung cancer in November.
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BusinessLumalier rides power of UV to disinfect, cut carbon
The Memphis-based company, which harnesses ultraviolet light to kill germs, has seen business skyrocket even as the COVID pandemic wanes.
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Business Federal labor board issues complaint against Memphis Starbucks store
Starbucks was given two weeks to respond to the complaint issued by the National Labor Relations Board.
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MetroDevastation in Turkey, Syria rattles lives in Memphis
Mosques are uniting to raise money in citywide appeal on Friday.
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Visual Arts Local film scene bolsters Memphis’ rank for moviemakers
Memphis moved up three notches on MovieMaker Magazine’s list of the 25 Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker.
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Education St. Agnes, St. Dominic unveil $20M improvements and new facility
Construction begins this winter where the old campus gym sat. Buckman Hall will be torn down in 2024 for the second phase of the campaign.
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Public Safety Tyre Nichols’ friends say his spirit will change the conversation about policing
Tyre was friends with many people, but he found plenty of respite in solitude, too, with his camera and skateboard.
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January 2023
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Visual ArtsArtist tells Scottsboro story with acrylic, reverence
“I wanted to catch them at their most authentic before the prison system had gotten a hold of them, before they had been changed by this trial. I wanted to see their actual faces,” artist Charles Shipp said.
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Spirit of MemphisNew Carpenter Art Garden leader has hope for healing
Jazmin Miller is on course to help heal trauma on several levels, including the complicated feelings she says many Black people have with agriculture as an institution.
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Real EstateArsenic poisons hopes for Crosstown Mound project
“We have reached out countless times. I’ve talked to city council people. I’ve talked to lots of people. We’ve just gotten nowhere.”
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Health CareMethodist, BlueCross BlueShield still at odds
“The insurance company is really going to get out-flanked, from a PR standpoint, by the Methodist system. Who wants to see kids not get the health care they deserve?” Dr. John Rodney said.
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Spirit of MemphisAlpha Omega’s $8 million project is a nod to Cordell Walker
The Jackson Avenue facility is the latest effort of a man who never served in the military but has dedicated 35 years to serving veterans with housing, food, clothing and offering sometimes simply a place to be understood.
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Financial Services Kudzukian, Momentum to help nonprofits up their digital game
Winners get free studio and production time; applications open Jan. 18.
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Metro Avant new head of Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis
Longtime leader Ruby Bright retired at the end of 2022.
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Real EstateAs greyhounds run last laps, Southland eyes expansion
Southland Greyhound Park opened in 1956 and catered to locals, but with expanded gaming, a new hotel and mobile sports books, the facility is now its parent company’s most lucrative.
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December 2022
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Metro Roger Wolcott, dedicated to homeless, dies in Calif. hospital
The founder of Memphis' Constance Abbey ministry to the homeless died early Saturday, Dec. 24, of injuries sustained in a biking accident near San Francisco.
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BusinessMemphis poverty disruptor expands efforts to 15 more nonprofits
“I think the biggest thing that we’ve done is shown that there is a way that you can actually measure poverty-fighting effectiveness objectively with analytics ... and still be compassionate and caring.”
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MusicConnect Music aims to put Black artists at the top of playlists
CEO George Monger is out to make sure independent performers artists get every cent they earn from royalties.
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Business Poplar-Highland Starbucks on strike over weekend; store closed Friday
Of the 100 stores Workers United says are honoring the strike, two are in Tennessee.
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Public Safety Judge Donald will join national mediation firm in January
Judge Andre Mathis replaced Donald on the federal appellate court.
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MetroConstance Abbey founder paralyzed in California bike accident
Roger Wolcott, 74, and his wife, Margery, started Constance Abbey in 2013 to meet the needs of homeless people by living among them.
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Arts & Culture Former Memphian blazed a path for fashion designers of color
East High grad Brandice Daniel followed her heart to create Harlem’s Fashion Row in 2007. This weekend, she’s back in her hometown with a sold-out show at Nike.
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East MemphisOak Court, whatever happens next, won the city’s heart in 1988
Oak Court, in its day, was a pinnacle of shopping and retail lore. It was also the first project that developers Jack Belz and Henry Turley did together.
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Visual ArtsThat’s the ticket! Local company changes film festival scene
This season, Sundance Film Festival attendees will buy their passes through Eventive, a ticketing app made for Indie Memphis by 15-year-old Theo Patt in 2015.
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