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Beetlemania: Ladybugs flock to Memphis area
Seeing clusters of ladybugs everywhere early this week? Here’s why.
Jane Roberts
Reporter
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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November 2024
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East Memphis Church needs volunteers to bag 40K pounds of sweet potatoes
The whole project from bag to distribution will be done in one morning; more than 100 people are needed.
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Education University of Memphis pursues its most-promising prospects
As of last year, the University of Memphis’ dual-enrollment program is the largest in the state, serving nearly 3,000 teens in 60 schools in Shelby County.
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Downtown Dorothy Walk sat firmly in Cossitt Library and changed the city
She was arrested numerous times for participating in sit-ins, starting in March 1960 when she and others demanded access to library books.
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Metro Memphis college offering panel discussion on Latin American migration
Moderator Michael LaRosa’s latest book, cowritten with a Memphis attorney, will be released the same day.
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Transportation & Logistics FedEx lays off hundreds across three cities, including Memphis
The cuts this week are likely the result of the company’s massive work to merge its Express, Ground and FedEx Services divisions.
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Business Priest, marine biologist address climate change from shared perspective
Marine biologist James McClintock and Rev. John Burruss will share insights from Antarctica in a free lecture today at Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church.
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Transportation & LogisticsFedEx aims to make life easier for small or medium shippers
The fdx.com commerce platform offers merchants more insight into their logistics, with an eye to helping brick-and-mortar businesses compete with Amazon.
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Transportation & Logistics Labor minister orders West Canada ports to open
Major importers in Memphis rely on the Canadian National Railway’s service from Prince Rupert because that route shaves 500 miles off the sail time from key Asian harbors.
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BusinessUnder new CEO, IP makes big changes to help it thrive
“He’s here to fundamentally rework IP and make it successful,” a financial executive said about CEO Andy Silvernail.
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Memphis-area Buc-ee’s part of larger growth plans for massive travel centers
Buc-ee’s are big, and they’re getting bigger.
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BusinessWest Memphis Buc-ee’s part of larger growth plans for massive travel centers
Buc-ee’s are big, and they’re getting bigger.
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Transportation & LogisticsFedEx fully automates package sort with hometown ingenuity
The new sorting technology is expected to end nights at the hub when the bottom falls out due to weather, outages or package spikes.
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Transportation & LogisticsWest Canada port strikes create worries for Memphis
The United States is Canada’s largest trade partner. Ships loaded with containers for now are waiting offshore.
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Elections Glenview voters coming on the way from, to work
There were lots of cars around 7:15 a.m. Tuesday at the Glenview Community Center, where people were streaming in after the night shift and before the day shift.
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Elections Traffic steady at Whitehaven Community Center
At Whitehaven Community Center, a steady patter of foot traffic was in and out around 8 a.m.
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Transportation & Logistics FedEx’s new automated hub boasts 11 miles of belts and whistles
The facility is large enough to sort 56,000 packages an hour.
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October 2024
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Business IP closing South Carolina mill, hundreds losing jobs
The Memphis-based company’s announcement of the closing in South Carolina is in addition to previous layoff announcements.
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Education U of M business school gets largest gift ever
Avron B. Fogelman’s gift is the single largest gift to the business college and among the largest to the campus as a whole.
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Business Buc-ee’s coming to West Memphis
The 74,000-square-foot travel center, one of the largest in the region, is set to bring about 225 jobs to the area.
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Transportation & Logistics Memphis airport will get nonstop flight to NOLA for Mardi Gras
Throw the beads! The flight will operate daily from the end of February to the beginning of March 2025.
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Transportation & LogisticsPilot who forged career in sky joins state Aviation Hall of Fame
When he started flying at FedEx in 1983, Albert Glenn was one of eight Black pilots in the ranks. He’s spent the rest of his life raising money and starting training programs to help Black students interested in aviation.
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Arts & Culture Sheila E. to speak at Rhodes College
Sheila E., a Grammy- and Emmy-nominated musician and percussionist, will discuss her music and career at Rhodes College Oct. 28 as part of its Springfield Music Lecture Series.
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Transportation & Logistics Aviation intel: Memphis airport tour takes you behind scenes, across fields
The airport is building a better understanding, one person at a time, on what it takes to expand and add cities.
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Transportation & Logistics FedEx added $85B to global economy, billions more through suppliers
In 2023, FedEx spent $284 million with Shelby County suppliers. Statewide, it spent $637 million with suppliers.
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