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The robots are here, and they could be coming to Memphis-area classrooms

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Wed, 8 Jul 2026 19:39:35 -0500

A 2004 White Station High graduate co-founded Magnus Labs — an AI, data and robotics company — in Silicon Valley. Now, he wants to bring his expertise and work with Sparco, a computer- and tech-consulting business in Millington, to bring robotics and a curriculum to Memphis-area schools.

Regional One Health laying off more than 100

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Wed, 8 Jul 2026 17:01:50 -0500

The layoffs are affecting Regional One Health Extended Care Hospital, which will be closing later this year.

This Mother Goose tends to her flock of truck drivers

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Tue, 7 Jul 2026 21:58:44 -0500

Leading a nearly all-female team at the Dunavant, a supply and logistics company, terminal office in Southeast Memphis, Kristy Hart said she hasn’t thought much about it despite what has historically been a male-dominated industry.

Type O blood donations needed during shortage, major nonprofit says

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Tue, 7 Jul 2026 11:39:48 -0500

Vitalant says it needs thousands of blood donations to keep Memphis hospitals stocked, due to the lowest supply in two years.

French logistics giant to buy FedEx Supply Chain for $1.4 billion

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Sat, 4 Jul 2026 20:47:03 -0500

FedEx Supply Chain will be sold to CMA CGM Group, a French-based shipping and logistics company, pending regulatory approvals.

High Point Terrace celebrates decades of July Fourth history — and 250 years of the US

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Sat, 4 Jul 2026 15:30:15 -0500

The U.S. celebrated its semiquincentennial on Saturday. In High Point Terrace, that means having an annual parade, one that has occurred for 77 years.

St. Jude Leadership Academy hires first-ever senior vice president

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Wed, 1 Jul 2026 18:07:29 -0500

Heather Currier Hunt will head the St. Jude academy, where she will help build leadership skills “whether you’re in facilities, or you’re a Nobel laureate, and everything in between.”

More funding needed for MATA, transit advocates say

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:34:43 -0500

The declining Memphis transit system received more than $30 million in funding in the city’s recently approved budget. That’s more than it got last year. But MATA supporters say it’s not enough.

Amazon Prime Air unveils drones that ‘detect and avoid' as they deliver

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:44:25 -0500

Amazon Prime Air showed off its MK30 drones at the Renasant Convention Center. It hopes to operate 10 to 14 by later this year.

Current airport board takes care of business in what may be last meeting

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:45:51 -0500

Commissioners approved an additional $2.6 million for design of a new baggage system and administration building.

Airport board focuses on operations as state takeover looms

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:05:58 -0500

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.

Memphis meatpacking plant to close, lay off 208 workers

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:08:16 -0500

JBS announced it is closing its Memphis plant effective Aug. 14, resulting in 208 layoffs.

Memphis native develops system that aims to put out fires in 15 seconds

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 04:00:00 -0500

Ethan Pretsch envisioned a system that could use AI and tech to specifically target fires and keep them from spreading.

Soul & Spirits buys Memphis Made trademark

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:42:29 -0500

Soul & Spirits Brewery’s purchase ensures Memphis Made Brewing Co.’s beer will still be made in the Bluff City.

WK Kellogg laying off more than 100 in Memphis

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Tue, 9 Jun 2026 15:06:20 -0500

Layoffs include union and non-union employees.

FedEx pilots get pay hike and working condition changes

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Tue, 9 Jun 2026 14:56:47 -0500

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.

Firefighter developing health and tutoring AI apps: 'We have a lot of bright minds here.'

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Mon, 8 Jun 2026 14:22:14 -0500

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.

UTHSC raises about $11M for new College of Medicine building

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Sun, 7 Jun 2026 04:00:01 -0500

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.

Practicing on plastic: Methodist University Hospital unveils simulation lab

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Wed, 3 Jun 2026 08:09:22 -0500

Modern mannequins provide various types of lifelike practice situations for nurses, physcians and other healthcare professionals.

After 160 years, oldest law firm in Memphis was 'left with no option' but closure

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Mon, 1 Jun 2026 10:45:26 -0500

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.