Classes that were approved to start in mid-September among those being invited back.

Kathy Moore Cowan is executive director of the new Memphis office opened by Local Initiatives Support Corp., which has invested $22 billion to build or rehab affordable housing and develop retail, community and educational space. 

The Third Church of Christ, Scientist, which anchors a corner at Central and Highland, has sold its property for $3.3 million.

As FedEx prepares for another record holiday peak season and COVID-19 vaccine distribution, more parking space for cargo aircraft is coming online at its Memphis world hub.

In her new role, Memphian Lori Spicer Robertson says she will have the opportunity to transform and touch people differently than what is possible in other positions.

Some Memphis small businesses are doing well, even growing, during the COVID-19 pandemic: A look at Memphis Boat Center, Hollywood Feed, Phoenix Communications, Kirby Wines & Liquor, Crone Construction.

MIFA has organized a “community conversation” on evictions in Memphis. The organization is encouraging everyone to read “Evicted,” and to register for the Our City, Our Story online event at mifa.org.

Is the COVID-19 pandemic responsible for a so-called baby boom? At least one large Shelby County OBGYN practice has seen a significant uptick in prenatal visits since the lockdown began in March. 

Posh Lighting, which started in Jackson, Tennessee and expanded in that city has moved into the Memphis market with a new store in Arlington.

On Memphis campuses, dozens of international students have deferred their arrival because they could not get visas, a factor of the pandemic and immigration politics.

Heavy equipment is already in position on Broad to start demolishing an old warehouse next month. The work will clear 8.8 acres so vertical construction can start about April on the first, $50 million phase of the 350-unit Link at Broad Apartments.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park recently announced that July 2020 was its busiest month in 23 years, with 1.7 million visitors.

For at least one local worker, where there was once darkness, now there is light. 

The treatment is expected to shorten the illness in those who are sick and build immunity in those who are not. 

A $31 million Federal Aviation Administration grant announced Thursday for Memphis International Airport’s new de-icing facility brought to $98 million the FAA’s grants announced for MEM in September.

The potential appointment of Rhodes College graduate Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court just before the Nov. 3 presidential election is creating division within the college community, according to a letter from the school’s president.

A TIF would allow tax dollars generated by the community to be reinvested in the community.

The number of unemployed Memphians increased in August, although the jobless rate declined because of growth in the labor force.

Four vaccine trials are in Phase 3, the final stage; none include children or other special populations.

FedEx said it’s hiring 3,390 people in the Memphis area to meet expected record demand during the holiday peak season.

Jonathan Pennington will succeed the retiring Vince DeGutis as Memphis marketplace leader for Deloitte, the global professional services firm.

The Board of Adjustment denied a variance to allow a convenience store and gas station at site flanked by Sam Cooper Boulevard, Hollywood and Broad Avenue.

FedEx shareholders shot down activist proposals on corporate governance, political and lobbying spending disclosure and other matters during a virtual annual meeting Monday.

The same real estate company that was headed by Jared Kushner until he became President Trump’s senior legal adviser has bought a 256-unit apartment property in Memphis.

It’s probably not even possible to measure the full impact Pat Lawler has had in the 40 years he has been running Youth Villages. But the nonprofit’s growth, while insisting on tracking the effectiveness of programs, has led to a national model.