Terminix, ServiceMaster Brands parting in $1.55 billion deal
Terminix revenue was growing at 9% a year, more than double the rate of ServiceMaster Brands companies, when the board decided to pursue the divestiture.
Terminix revenue was growing at 9% a year, more than double the rate of ServiceMaster Brands companies, when the board decided to pursue the divestiture.
Friday football canceled for Vikings, Trojans.
How can the Mighty Sound of the South be heard during a pandemic? With creativity, determination and spit containers.
Good opportunities early go for naught as Memphis drops to 1-3-5.
Mayor Jim Strickland rolled out a 13-member group Wednesday, Sept. 2, to make what he termed “substantive, realistic and measurable” recommendations on police reform. It's the second phase of the administration's effort and includes some critics of City Hall's response thus far.
Mayor Mike Palazzolo said there is a contract on Germantown Country Club. Germantown Rotary Club was made aware of the contract by the mayor Wednesday.
The Hospitality Hub Plaza will offer the homeless three bathrooms, water, shade, lockers, USB receptacles, Downtown skyline views and an open, gentle invitation to receive support.
Indigo Ag's board appointed the acting chief operating officer, Ron Hovsepian, to succeed David Perry. Perry brought the company's North American commercial headquarters to Memphis in 2018.
Basma and Tony Lucchesi will take over the space occupied by Raffe’s Deli, which was opened and owned by her parents for many years.
The PGA Tour unveils its 2020-21 wraparound schedule, which crams in 50 tournaments.
U of M also a finalist for Association of Public and Land-grant Universities annual Innovation & Economic Prosperity awards.
New residents of Midtown's Madison@McLean Apartments are expected to begin moving in by December.
Mark Greaney has written nine thrillers about his legendary assassin Court Gentry, aka 'The Gray Man.' Netflix cast Ryan Gosling in the film role.
No. 2 has long been Middle Tennessee State with more than 22,000 students.
The Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division board could have a decision in two weeks on the firm that will oversee the next steps in deciding whether to stay with the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Check out the other names on the list from golf, girls soccer and volleyball.
Mike Williams, longtime police union leader, is retiring from the department. He has taken a job as CAO for General Sessions Court Clerk-elect Joe Brown.
In addition to the 82 new cases, the Health Department also reported one new related death.
The Peabody has formally laid off 57 workers who had previously been off the job on furloughs, as COVID-19 continued to ravage the hospitality and tourism sector.
Tennessee took over control of Kirby Middle School and Hillcrest High School over academic performance concerns. But the state’s Achievement School district yielded few gains, and now the schools will return to local control.
The arrest of Evolve Bank & Trust CEO Robert “Bob” Hartheimer is the latest challenge for the embattled Memphis-based bank.
The Grizzlies will be shorthanded against the Miami Heat. But just how shorthanded will they be?
Bog Fest is a celebration of fall flavors, live music and community that’s happening in the Regalia Shopping Center parking lot outside Bog & Barley.
In a bit of a surprise, Bartlett officials are taking steps to get into the golf course business with the potential purchase of Quail Ridge.
Princeton Echols says his touring Soulful Murder Mystery Experience is like: “an escape room and dinner theater had a baby.” He’s also traveling to Italy next month for a screening of a film he directed.
“Failure to act will increase backlogs, slow investigations, and create questions regarding the reliability of forensic evidence in the courtroom. That is why a taskforce should be developed including key stakeholders and experts in forensics to build local capacity.”
On today’s episode, The Daily Memphian’s Samuel Hardiman joins editorial director Mary Cashiola to discuss the a new program for maintaining city streets.