The Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee has elected Rev. Phoebe Roaf as its fourth bishop. Roaf, who will be installed in a consecration service May 4, is rector at St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia, the oldest African-American church in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, where she has served as the parish leader since 2011. Before St. Philip’s, she was associate rector for three years at Trinity Episcopal Church in New Orleans. Roaf, who earned a law degree from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, and clerked two years for Judge James L. Dennis, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, worked in commercial real estate before pursuing a call to serve the Episcopal Church as clergy. 

When I was in college, I never joined a sorority. But, like you, I’ve heard some of the horror stories about what it can sometimes be like to become part of Greek life.

The Racquet Club of Memphis will close in the spring as the owners pursue another use besides tennis for the 12 acres in the heart of East Memphis’ bustling Poplar Corridor.

Summary of a talk by Alex Goryachev, managing director, Cisco

Union Row, Memphis’ new nearly billion-dollar planned development, received a warm reception from members of the Memphis City Council Tuesday, Nov. 2, during the body’s Economic Development & Tourism Committee.

A father and son planning an $11.3 million craft beer brewery and taproom are intentional about the business engaging with and helping to lift its neighborhood, a long-distressed part of North Memphis.

The Shelby County Health Department is offering free flu shots Wednesday, Dec. 5, as part of a statewide vaccination event.

Nonprofits who conduct year-end campaigns may unconsciously believe in Santa Claus. Some – though by no means all – are looking for a year-end windfall gift to appear between now and Dec. 31.

I find myself inspired today by a book called “The Speed of Trust,” by Stephen M.R. Covey. You’re probably familiar with Covey’s father, who wrote “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.”

The largest mixed-use development in Memphis history goes public this week, promising to transform a haggard Downtown gateway with apartments, stores, restaurants, a hotel, office towers, parking structures, green spaces, even a half-acre park perched over a roadway like a rooftop.

Mimeo.com, a cloud-based content distribution and printing company, is changing the area code of its corporate headquarters from New York City to 901.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam announced New York-based Mimeo.com, a cloud-based content distribution and printing company, is relocating its headquarters to Memphis.

Memphis will soon be home to a unique indoor skatepark, complete with a skate shop and coffee shop. Society Skatepark & Coffee, a 10,000-square-foot facility just off Broad Avenue, should open the weekend of Nov. 17.

The Citizen is still being built but the $35 million development already has made the corner of Union and McLean more urban.

As Franklin Haney tells it, his trouble started when President Donald Trump passed him a business tip. It came on an otherwise delightful night last spring as they dined at adjacent tables in Florida’s exclusive Mar-a-Lago resort.

Parents spend $500 billion annually on their adult children, but they’re only putting $250 billion away per year toward their own retirement, according to a new study by Merrill Lynch and Age Wave.

One morning, Caroline Harris, 70, woke up with severe pain in her lower back. Was it the exercise she did? Picking up that heavy object? Climbing a flight of stairs?

A common complaint to the BBB, particularly around the holiday season, involves merchandise that isn’t shipped when promised.

Two suppliers of cargo handling equipment at the FedEx world hub face a $3 million lawsuit over the Nov. 22, 2017, death of material handler Ellen Gladney, 60.

Dr. Brian Sorrentino, a longtime researcher and director of experimental hematology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, has died.

First Tennessee Bank has garnered a new national award for its customer service.

Researchers from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center were among the 2018 recipients of The Delta Clinical and Translational Science Consortium’s Collaborative Research Network (CORNET) Awards.

The first phase of Lamar Avenue’s long-awaited overhaul is expected to begin next spring and be completed by November 2021.

It only takes one spark to start a fire, and for Kevin Kimberly, it only took one class on policy to ignite his passion for education.

Ray’s Take: This is the time of year when we are all thinking about how blessed and thankful we are for all good things in our lives. But in reality, we should be making gratitude a part of our daily lives all year-round.