The closure of the Hernando DeSoto Bridge has re-energized supporters of a plan to add a new bridge across the Mississippi River in the Memphis area for cars and trucks.

Sarah Houston, who has devoted her career to water resource management and protection, will lead Protect Our Aquifer as the nonprofit group enters a new phase of its existence.

The former United Equipment Building towers over Lamar Avenue and the surrounding community.

After months of being cooped up at home, people are traveling again. That may pose some new challenges in the hospitality industry, though.

U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty is one of the co-sponsors of legislation that could provide funding to repair the Hernando DeSoto Bridge, build a new bridge across the Mississippi River, or both.

The Tennessee and Arkansas departments of transportation now know exactly how they will repair the I-40 bridge. 

A developer plans to turn 5 acres lining Summer Avenue into 75 covered and secured spaces for storing recreational vehicles.

The Greater Memphis Chamber is hiring Amity Schuyler, a seasoned veteran of nonprofit and government work, to oversee its efforts to promote workforce development in the community.

The Pax Memphis Recovery center has provided outpatient addiction counseling and services in East Memphis since 2018. The Board of Adjustment just approved a temporary variance allowing the center to provide inpatient care for up to two years.

Jacob’s Ladder CDC seeks a zoning variance to allow four, studio-style dwellings for seniors in the Beltline neighborhood, just east of the old Mid-South Fairgrounds.

A developer of convenience stores selling fuel tore down the old, masonry building on a prominent Summer Avenue corner. Now he’s appealing a decision that he cannot build a C-store there.

Two state legislators from Tennessee say planning needs to begin immediately for a third bridge in Shelby County crossing the Mississippi River.

Margaritas Mexican Grill & Bar is among the first commercial tenants announced for Lakeland Town Square with an opening date for the restaurant sometime around the first of the year.

The nine-story hotel at 233 S. Front is connected to a sister hotel, the Hyatt Centric, which opened April 15 at Front and Beale.

The first phase of repairs on the Hernando DeSoto Bridge is complete, state transportation officials announced Tuesday, May 25.

FedEx is particularly interested in hiring experienced forklift drivers and will pay $21.50 per hour.

AutoZone reported another strong quarter of sales and earnings growth.

Rory Thomas is charged with making the blocks and blocks — north to south — between Midtown and Downtown, glimmer with personality and vitality of their own.

CDC’s vaccine safety group did not report the number of cases but did say numbers were more prevalent in boys and young men.

Earlier this month, Southaven Mayor Darren Musselwhite announced that a location of the burger joint was coming to his town.

Longtime Memphis and Nashville developer Kevin Hyneman has died, less than six months after his brother and developer Rusty Hyneman passed away.

The rise in popularity of electric cars almost certainly means changes ahead for the automotive industry, but that’s not necessarily a doomsday scenario for companies like Memphis-based AutoZone Inc.

The businesses all around Jackson Tire & Alignment moved or closed over the decades, but the vehicle-repair shop has remained steadfast in serving the Heights, Nutbush and Douglass neighborhoods. This year marks the business’s 50th year at 3506 Jackson Ave.

The temperature-sensing device can be read remotely from a wand, great for couriers who could verify at the doorstep that a gourmet food kit or case of white wine or even caviar was delivered at the precise, optimum temperature.

Opponents of the Byhalia Connection pipeline project are making the argument that a state permit for the project was issued in violation of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964.