In the fall, Shelby County experienced a rough and early flu season, fueled by decreased immunity, an early spike in respiratory illnesses and low vaccination rates. 

Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital has the region’s primary level 1 pediatric trauma center, the only comprehensive pediatric cerebral palsy clinic within 200 miles and one of the largest pediatric surgical brain tumor programs. 

Despite this year’s low water levels, many volunteers and onlookers showed up on Sunday to participate in this year’s Ski Freeze Memphis event — including six-time top fuel champion Clay Millican. 

Memphis-based public companies FedEx, International Paper, Sylvamo and AutoZone have cautious outlooks for 2023. 

Billions of dollars in expansions and renovations are planned for several local hospitals in 2023.

Southland Greyhound Park opened in 1956 and catered to locals, but with expanded gaming, a new hotel and mobile sports books, the facility is now its parent company’s most lucrative. 

Ford began the first phases of construction at BlueOval City during the past year, and the automaker has continued to expand its presence in West Tennessee. 

BlueCross members will lose access to Methodist hospitals unless an agreement is reached by Sunday, Jan. 1.

Carpenter Art Garden adds Jazmin Miller as executive director.

Local contractors are seeing and saying similar things: They’re all busy, and they’re all working as quickly as they can.

As Leonard’s Pit Barbecue celebrates 100 years in business, the iconic pork palace is looking at a new location in Bartlett.

The Downtown Memphis Commission is working on bringing the historic New Daisy Theatre back online next year after being vacant since 2018. The venue will host its first event on Jan. 12.

Horn Lake will begin its registry of rental properties in the DeSoto County city next week as a way to gain better control of the growing trend.

The nonprofit provider was awarded a four-year federal grant that will be used to develop a new crisis outpatient program.

Tennesseans wagered $2 billion on sports events in 2021, and symptoms of gambling addiction are increasing across the state with the ubiquity of online sports gambling. 

“There’s definitely an emphasis for companies to make the office an inviting place,” Matt Weathersby of Cushman and Wakefield said of the outlook for 2023.

The Center of Excellence for Cerebral Palsy Care and Research in Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital serves as a one-stop shop, with the only clinic of its kind in a more than 200-mile radius of Memphis. 

The Memphis market ranked No. 9 in the nation.

As an influx of projects slowly but surely rise against Downtown Memphis’ horizon, the city inches toward walkability. But “you don’t get walkable communities thinking solely of pedestrians.”

Less than one hour north of Memphis, Haywood County Community Hospital has reopened, bucking a statewide trend of rural hospital closures that carved out a health care desert between Memphis and Jackson. 

Nationally, home sales notched their longest streak of declines in 23 years as sales dropped for a 10th consecutive month in November. 

Inclement weather around the country has disrupted flights and altered schedules. Holiday travelers are urged to arrive early and brace for long lines and crowded parking lots at MEM.

“I’ve been a retail pharmacist for 33 years and I’ve never seen a shortage of antibiotics until this year,” said the owner of a local pharmacy.

The 60-acre Parkside at Shelby Farms mixed-use development received a development agreement extension until Dec. 31, 2023.