Ami Austin hosted a ribbon-cutting at her Laurelwood Shopping Center store after moving from former Downtown location.

Lee Saunders, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, encouraged striking employees of the cereal maker’s Memphis plant.

The U.S. Postal Service in Memphis is preparing for the holiday shipping rush by installing two new sorting machines and 10 robots as well as hiring 300 seasonal employees.

The BuildDowntown Master Plan and the South City Good Neighbor Grant program both won awards from an international institution for their city planning efforts. 

The Black-owned multi-family developer who partnered with Carlisle Development on part of the One Beale project and the nearby 7 Vance mixed-use development is taking Carlisle to court as the issue of minority participation in general moves back to the front burner.

Bill C. Hardgrave, a provost at Auburn University, is the recommendation to be the next University of Memphis president. 

The Memphis Area Association of Realtors recorded 1,929 total home sales last month. 

Brooks on the Bluff is being designed through a collaboration between the Swiss-based firm Herzog & du Meuron and Memphis’ archimania. 

The box design is the Orange Mound-based nonprofit’s ninth Memphis-themed motif, but their first limited-edition design featuring a professional Black artist with Orange Mound roots. 

Gov. Bill Lee names Charlie Tuggle, executive vice president and general counsel for First Horizon National, and Tipton County Mayor Jeff Huffman to the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee.

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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was the first to make vaccination mandatory. It has not released the percentage of staff that complied.

The newsroom hires include a state government reporter based in Nashville, a data journalist to join the investigations team, and a business reporter.

Hospital system was given recordings, other evidence before U.S. filed motion to intervene, filing says.

The third candidate’s information will be distributed Tuesday, Nov. 2, for the Nov. 4 open sessions.

The financial services company will renew its lease on Poplar Avenue and move its headquarters to a 42,000-square-foot space nearby.

Chris Cosby, who has more than 20 years of experience in health care administration, replaces Sally Deitch who left suddenly in July.

Economic Development Commission encourages the city’s Board of Commissioners to hire retail recruiter Retail Strategies to assist with bringing desirable businesses to the area.

The UTHSC Health Hub is the first of what they hope will be a series of hubs in neighborhoods where access to medical care is low and chronic disease rates run high.

Thanks to a GoFundMe campaign and support from the Downtown Memphis Commission, the Peanut Shoppe will move to a new South Main home, instead of closing after 72 years of business. 

“People are starting to generate more and more data showing that, well, if you know much earlier, then you can make decisions that actually reduce costs,” Chester Brown said.

Tennessee has been under a governor-issued emergency declaration since pandemic began.

“Celebrating first holidays when your baby is in the hospital is difficult, and we want to provide some normalcy to families by having a little fun with these costumes,” said a Regional One spokesperson.

Cammy Abernathy, dean of the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida, is one of three finalists for the University of Memphis presidency, according to a statement posted to the university’s website. She will visit the campus Tuesday, Nov. 2.

Because the development team received a 20-year PILOT earlier this year, the Design Review Board is required to approve new construction.