Shelby County Health Department Director Dr. Michelle Taylor said risk increases with age and that women, who are more often caregivers, should make their own health a priority. 

In 2023, FedEx spent $284 million with Shelby County suppliers. Statewide, it spent $637 million with suppliers.

The new $31 million Kroger includes a Starbucks, The Little Clinic, and super-sized departments like produce, meat and seafood, as well as beauty and wellness.

In the documentary five Memphis women are interviewed about their mental health — specifically anxiety — and how they deal with challenges.

A rezoning of a site adjacent to MicroPort Orthopedics is an indication of the company’s intent not to expand its operation.

Some of the candidates at the St. Jude Career Fair Tuesday, Oct. 22, come from International Paper, which last week announced it was laying off hundreds of Memphis workers.

Also: Fun City Adventure Park opens another location in Memphis.

Eighty girls and young women registered for SHE Leads the Way, a symposium at Baptist Memorial Hospital where Jamila Smith-Young served as the special guest speaker. 

Welcome to Memphis, a subsidiary of Memphis Tourism, held its eighth annual Pick Awards Monday, Oct. 21, at Beale Street Landing to celebrate and recognize the hospitality industry’s guest-facing employees.

The nonprofit focuses on developing partnerships, services and programs to serve Memphis’ entrepreneurial community.

One closing is in Cleveland, Tennessee, part of what a Truist Securities analyst calls a process of “strategic, commercial and cultural reset.”

George Nixon begins work next week, charged with finding new sources of revenue and fostering community ownership of a charity that feeds the poor, houses the homeless and serves in disaster. 

The Church Health Scholars program bridges the gap between undergraduate education and medical school for high-performing college graduates with fewer resources and connections.

Arlington is also growing with a long-anticipated new mega Kroger opening later this month and a new Staks Pancake Kitchen that should open in the coming months.

Developer Vibrant Hotels Inc., led by Vince Vaghela, renovated the former Tenoke Building built in 1911 into the three-star Aloft hotel.

The Ford Community Center, a public-private partnership, will be housed at the historic Stanton School located just minutes down the road from Ford’s new plant in BlueOval City.

The ruling also outlined specific pregnancy-related conditions that would now qualify as “medical necessity exceptions” under the ban, which currently does not include exceptions for fetal anomalies or for victims of rape or incest.

JoJo’s Espresso will open its second location in a former gift shop. 

With HIV cases spiking in the area, Mayor Lee Harris and his team took the opportunity to advertise the Shelby County Health Department’s free, confidential walk-in testing.

“This year we want people to join us in walking to create a world without suicide,” said Robert Gebbia, CEO of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

“Our results reflect the strength of our diversified business model and our continued focus on growing and deepening client relationships,” FHN President Bryan Jordan said.

The affiliate will be tax-exempt and have no legal or financial liability in the city’s transaction. 

The company plans to create more than 200 new jobs in engineering, administrative and production, enabling it to support its client base in the Southeast.

In all, the company is cutting 650 jobs, 400 of them in Memphis, its headquarters.