The move, announced jointly with Victory Cruise Lines Tuesday, Feb. 2, will take effect for cruises July 1 and later.

Divvy Homes in Shelby County so far has purchased between 40 and 100 homes that were chosen by renters who plan to buy them within three years.

St. Jude will get two of the four crew positions; details will air on an ad in the first quarter of the Super Bowl.

Greater Memphis Chamber CEO Beverly Robertson sent a letter to Shelby County Schools superintendent Joris Ray and the board to urge them to reopen Memphis area schools.

Cassandra Bell-Warren credits her mother and grandmother for the self-confidence and curiosity that has helped her experience the world she never saw from her childhood home in South Memphis. 

Vaccine distribution will begin this week at Walmart locations across Shelby County, some as early as Wednesday.

Singh Development designs its combo convenience stores/retail centers a bit differently than most.

Issues still vexing at Pipkin, but the road to vaccine has been so long, few giving up.

Related story: Third day goes smoothly at Appling vaccination site

Lakeland advisory board considers future development, the need for a comprehensive land use plan and how to update some of its out-of-date businesses.

Plans for a new hotel at the east end of the Beale Street entertainment district show a mostly glass-and-brick building that will house 145 guestrooms. At six stories, the building would tower over the nightclubs and restaurants.

Award will be presented virtually via Zoom on Friday, Jan. 29, beginning at 11 a.m.

Dr. Joseph V. Simone, a clinician who helped lead the first curative treatment for childhood leukemia, died Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, at the age of 85.

Idahoan Foods is saying thanks to Memphis and the residents who consumed 8.5 million servings of the company’s instant mashed potatoes last year. 

South Africa strain shows power of mutation against protective forces of two approved vaccines being deployed around the world.

The Board of Adjustment approved zoning variances for a planned retail center in East Memphis, an expansion of Memphis Country Club, a retail and townhouse development in Cooper-Young, and the expansion of a funeral service on Lamar.

The North Memphis plant that makes facial and bathroom tissue and other paper products will soon invest $20 million in new equipment.

The City of Memphis seeks zoning exceptions so the 219-unit Tillman Cove redevelopment can have ground-floor commercial space on Tillman, a second entrance into the neighborhood, and a maintenance building.

Southwest Tennessee Community College is one of three recipients of the 2021 Bellwether Award. It represents five years of work to improve the student experience, from registration to graduation.

Many of the Snuff District’s office workers and residents may park their vehicles inside what is now a vacant, historic warehouse at 700 N. Front. An added benefit for the mixed-use development: Fewer surface parking lots.

Cody Fletcher joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.

These days, hotels and department stores are struggling. Which may explain the proposed conversions of a sprawling East Memphis hotel and a former Hickory Ridge Mall Sears building.

“This has been a project that has been somewhat difficult to develop, but we have persisted,” developer says.

The Heights Line has advanced a few more steps toward reality. The design of the 1.75-mile path, a logo and a one-time economic impact study have been completed.

Henry J. Maier, the president and CEO of FedEx Ground who has worked for the company more than 35 years, is retiring.

Engineer Harvey Marcom worked behind the scenes, but he played a big role for nearly six decades in forming the built environment of the Memphis area. The president of The Reaves Firm died on Saturday, Jan. 23.