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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.
There are 1375 articles by Jane Roberts :
An estimated $1.6 billion in annual payroll from FedEx underwrites much of the local economy. FedEx at 50: FedEx hired Annie Leibovitz to capture grit of startups, including Fred, 50 years laterRelated story:
FedExForum, national golf tournaments, pandas, the area’s growing medical device industry, its IT sector — leaders say they couldn’t have happened without FedEx.
Katrina Carrigan’s job is smoothing the path for people across the country who ship up to 499 packages a day.
Babs Feibelman and Bill Craddock, who started the support system for nonprofits from their band of mostly retired friends, are turning their endeavor over to New Memphis.
Jacob Tucker knows 15 local FedEx routes by memory and can do another 15 with some digital assistance. He might even know your name.
This fall, Keishuna Williams will receive her master’s degree in business administration, a fitting footnote for a woman who, as a high school senior, was accepted into 52 colleges. She had millions in financial aid offers but, without a full ride, had little chance of going to college.
After being hired by FedEx as a pilot, Anthony Glenn flew with his father on a FedEx crew. One day, he might be able to do the same with his daughter.
For artist Anthony Lee, the city is his muse, but his style is a compilation of his life.
The sale price is $800,000 and includes numerous upgrades and a hint of famous DNA that still hangs in the air.
After an attempt to sell the historic Midtown mansion failed, owner Ken Robison is negotiating.
After a 20-year stint at the Memphis Zoo, Ya Ya returns to Shanghai, China, accompanied by the zoo’s senior veterinarian and chief zoological officer.
He was the morning drive-time voice on WHBQ from 1958 to 1971.
The massive job to refurbish the century-old structure next to Overton Park is on the drawing board, but there is no concrete plan for when the work will start or finish.
The Annesdale Mansion is the fifth historic property bought by Memphian Bill Townsend.
Handwerker is the only clergy in the Catholic Diocese of Memphis who served as a community organizer and he was a critical link in an effort that pushed an expansion of Interstate 240 to the east of Midtown, saving hundreds of homes.
Bill Townsend is something of a folk hero in Memphis as the hometown guy who made his fortunes elsewhere and is now home to save some of the city’s nearly priceless real estate.
Christ Church Memphis members mourn the death of Stephen Pearl, director of the church’s facilities, who was attacked outside his home.
The grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, Arun Gandhi left his imprint all over Memphis, including at Christian Brothers University, where he led the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence for 15 years.
Leta Nutt’s chemical sterilization would do away with surgical castration, usually done without anesthesia.
Truck was parked overnight on Adams Avenue at Second Street.
The 26-foot Penske truck, loaded with 2,000 pipes from Calvary Episcopal Church’s organ, was stolen over the weekend. Calvary lost 2,000 organ pipes in rental truck theft over weekendRelated story:
A Memphis documentary, “Me and the Light,” inspired the school curriculum Grounded that has touched hundreds.
McNary’s leadership produced two big faculty awards, high test scores and a neighborhood that knows her by her smile and Mustang convertible.
More than 80% of the 840 UMC churches — and 87% of the members — in the Tennessee-Western Kentucky Annual Conference have chosen to remain with the United Methodist Church.
As a child, Jennifer Dobbs and her little brother were separated from their parents in China when the Japanese invaded. Her memoir was named one of Kirkus Reviews' Best Indie Books in 2022.