Thaddeus Young’s high-tech basketball training gym is moving
Shoot 360 Memphis will move to the 50,000-square-foot facility that previously housed Memphis Cheer and Reform Sports Training.
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Health CareKits from Regional One help gunshot victims care for themselves at home
The Elvis Presley Trauma Center, one of the nation’s busiest trauma centers, is providing special kits to patients with bullet-related injuries while exploring a community-based clinic for Memphis to serve those patients after they’re discharged.
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Ford Megasite Ford says construction is progressing at West Tennessee’s BlueOval City
Ford Motor Co.’s Tennessee Electric Vehicle Center has moved past the construction phase, and equipment installation is underway at the assembly plant, which will produce Ford’s next-generation electric truck, code-named Project T-3.
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Health Care ‘Black Men in White Coats’ aims to diversify the future of medicine
The free event for students of color in fifth grade through college centers on inspiring the next generation of medical and science professionals while helping to diversify the ‘white coat’ professions.
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Financial Services First Horizon foundation to award $1.6M in grants
The foundation plans to award 160 grants to nonprofits within First Horizon Bank’s 12-state footprint.
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Education Immaculate Conception school to close this year
Founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1921, the parochial school ICCS shares a campus with the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the mother church of the Diocese of Memphis.
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Transportation & Logistics FedEx out, UPS in for ‘significant air cargo contract’
FedEx’s pilots union said the change will diminish FedEx’s competitive advantage, but the logistics giant said it will improve profitability as soon as the 2025 fiscal year.
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Health CareLe Bonheur opens expanded NICU
The revamped NICU is the first step in Le Bonheur’s larger, four-story, $95 million expansion.
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Health CareNew president takes helm at growing Baptist Health Sciences University
Baptist Health Sciences University inaugurated Hampton Hopkins just as its College of Osteopathic Medicine opens. Its other programs range from nursing to biomedical sciences to public health.
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Health CareFirst Look: Baptist to open $34M College of Osteopathic Medicine
The 100,000-square-foot college on Union Avenue in the Memphis Medical District will open its doors April 6 and welcome its first class of osteopathic medicine students in August.
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Health Care Opioid settlement funds coming to Memphis nonprofits
The $80 million, which will be divided among 85 awardees statewide, represents just a portion of the total settlement money the state will receive from opioid producers, distributors, pharmacies and marketers over an 18-year period.
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Financial Services Alabama’s ServisFirst Bank moves into Memphis market
The new Memphis location is the second Tennessee branch for the Alabama-based commercial bank, which has assets exceeding $16 billion.
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Health Care Work begins on playscape at Crosstown Concourse
The kids’ area that is more wheelchair-friendly than a traditional playground is an expansion of The Well, Church Health’s wellness program for children.
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Health Care ‘Lord of the Rings’ star talks mental health at sold-out Methodist event
Sean Astin has built a career on playing unlikely heroes. But beyond his celluloid life, he’s taken on the role of mental health advocate, carrying on the legacy of his late mother, the actress Patty Duke.
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Business Memphis nonprofits score $3 million from MacKenzie Scott’s charity
Two Memphis nonprofits are among 361 community-led, community-focused organizations who received funding from billionaire philanthropist and Amazon co-founder MacKenzie Scott.
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Health CareSaint Francis completes $2.5M renovation and expansion
In Tennessee, heart disease is the most common cause of death. The renovation and expansion of Saint Francis’ cardiac catheterization lab will add capacity to help diagnose patients and provide more advanced procedures.
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Health CareUTHSC opening health center in Soulsville
Located in the heart of Soulsville, the new clinic will be on the next block from the Stax Museum and the Soulsville Foundation.
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Health CareSecurity breach could impact some patients treated at Regional One
Information stored on an affected server included the personal health information of patients who received OB-GYN services from UTHSC residents at Regional One Health over a nine-year period.
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Financial Services Memphis-based HHM Certified Public Accountants acquires Pensacola firm
HHM Certified Public Accountants has been in business for more than 40 years, and has a Memphis office at 1755 Kirby Parkway.
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Spirit of Memphis Tour celebrating Memphis women begins March 9
Each Saturday in March, a 10-passenger minibus will depart from the Tennessee Welcome Center at 119 Riverside Drive for an intimate half-day journey through Downtown Memphis that celebrates women’s contributions to the city.
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Health Care Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital’s $95 million expansion nears completion
After nearly three years, a construction project to bolster critical care and accommodate patient volume at the Mid-South’s only comprehensive children’s hospital is nearing completion, with a grand opening slated for May 8.
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Shelby County Health Dept.'s head has plans for new, expanded and renovated clinics
Dr. Michelle Taylor discussed the Shelby County Health Department’s upcoming projects, which include a new clinic in Whitehaven, an upgraded Hickory Hill clinic and a refurbished Orange Mound center.
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Health Care St. Jude taps exec to lead new tech commercialization team
As the hospital’s first-ever senior vice president of technology commercialization, former venture capitalist Lisa Jordan will help St. Jude researchers patent, license and commercialize their work, whether through collaboration with industry partners or by launching startup companies.
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Health Care Choices leader joins Amnesty International abortion panel
Jennifer Pepper, CEO of Memphis-based Choices, will discuss reproductive and sexual rights in the Americas during a webinar that will be simultaneously interpreted into English, Spanish and Portuguese.
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Health Care Mental health issues complicate treatment for sickle cell patients
“It really hurts when it’s somebody you think is going to at least try to understand or be empathetic … all they see is my Black face and my sickle cell,” said April Ward-McGrory. She’s had both legs amputated because of sepsis and nearly died several times from complications related to the sickle cell disease.
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