Though the Half Shell owner didn’t plan on doing much work to the restaurant when asked about it earlier this week, well, the universe may have had other plans. 

The Board of Adjustment approved a variance that would allow for a new TacoNGanas location in East Memphis. 

This week’s Inked includes news on a 234,360-square-foot spec warehouse being built in southeastern Memphis, a pending proposal to modify the Liberty Park site plan and a list of the 2022 Pinnacle Awards winners.

Tennessee Fertility Advocates is not pursuing legislation but shifting to help their members gain access to expanded benefits for infertility. 

The university’s board of trustees announced Tuesday that the interim president will transition to the position permanently. 

In a proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, FHN has disclosed detailed information on its merger with Toronto-Dominion Bank.

Shelby County Health Department says second COVID booster doses of either Pfizer or Moderna are available to anyone ages 50 and over, regardless of their health conditions. 

Weather and supply chain issues slow progress on new dorm, forcing Rhodes to nix requirement at last minute that all juniors live on campus.

The restaurant has been at Poplar and Mendenhall since 1983 and will stay where it is despite demolition of the east side of Williamsburg Village.

Plans have been submitted for demolition and new construction for the eastern half of the East Memphis shopping center.

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The Memphis-based company’s board of directors unanimously adopted a limited-duration shareholder rights plan, known as a “poison pill.” 

Muggin’ Coffeehouse to open second location near “game-changer” homes in Uptown. 

We Tight Knit, comprised of chain-stitch embroidery entrepreneurs Whitney Washington and Ashley Padmore, began as a business in Memphis, made a stop in the Old West and is now expanding to Miami. 

MLGW President and CEO J.T. Young says on Behind The Headlines that a preliminary report on sealed bids to replace TVA as the utility’s electric power supplier should be ready in late May or early June for review. 

Deli Midtown opened last week at 1906 Madison Ave., offering breakfast tacos, soups and Deli on the Square’s famous array of specialty grilled cheese sandwiches.

On Earth Day, Memphis-based archimania won national honors via the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment Top 10 Award. 

This year’s show is the first since the start of the pandemic and the first since Ford announced its $5.6 billion manufacturing campus in West Tennessee. 

Ford, UT reveal agreement to restore stream waters flowing through Lone Oaks Farm, located about 70 miles from Memphis.

With a new grandchild on the way and an aging mother, Neely said the timing was right to come home where she can “bleed blue.”

FHN president and CEO Bryan Jordan said in a statement released Tuesday that higher long-term rates and global uncertainty impacted operations. Jordan also said FHN is “well positioned” to benefit from rising short-term rates. 

Ford Motor Co. plans to bring a 10,000-square-foot display that will include updates on its project at the Megasite of West Tennessee, future Blue Oval City, as well an outdoor EV track.

The next possible landmark COVID drug is so rich in Memphis DNA that if approved by the FDA, patent royalty checks will immediately flow to town. Plus, it’s in capsule form, taken once a day for 21 days. It does not need to be refrigerated and can be shipped easily and inexpensively around the world.

Memphis office space rents have increased as availability has decreased since the fourth quarter of 2021. 

A $5 entry fee, plus weapon and ID checks, were required to enter Beale Street between 8 p.m. Friday and 3 a.m., helping officials track the number of visitors.

Methodist Medical Group began using remote patient monitoring software during the COVID-19 pandemic to monitor patients who had been discharged from the hospital or emergency room.