Fred’s Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday, Sept. 9, bringing an end to a longtime Memphis institution.

Memphis College of Art endures the challenges of an extraordinarily long "teach-out" to give its last students a chance to graduate. 

The Mid-South Food Bank has partnered with the Urban Child Institute to help low-income parents and women in Shelby County by providing diapers and feminine care products through a new program called the Bare Needs Diaper Bank.

U of M professor taps student to help him with set design for 2020 presidential primary debate this week in Houston.

Comcast came to Memphis on Friday bearing free laptops for students, free internet service for their families and tech grants for local nonprofits. 

A developer plans to renovate and convert a historic industrial building in Uptown into an event space for 300 to 400 people.

Hotel executive Pace Cooper and car dealer Jim Keras Jr. have been reappointed to the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority board of commissioners.

St. Jude is first in the world to acquire a 1.1-gigahertz magnet. In a month, it will be ready to use.

A nearly $33 million building permit for interior finishwork has been pulled for the FedEx Logistics headquarters project in Downtown Memphis.

FedEx SameDay Bot Roxo delivered a gift bag of swag to Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland as FedEx marked the midpoint of a two-week test of the autonomous delivery device.

Developers are seeking tax incentives Tuesday, Sept. 10, on adaptive reuse projects at 82-88 South Main at Union, 99-105 South Front in Cotton Row district, and 345 South Main.

The proprietors of Lucy J's Bakery are paying employees $15 an hour, a tall order for small businesses but one they say is paying dividends beyond profits.

A developer wants to build a five-story Residence Inn by Marriott with 98 guestrooms and structured parking. 

The 500-room hotel would rise on 1.7 acres, where the Civic Plaza now offers fountains and benches across from City Hall.

A new building fronting Park Avenue will house The Juicy Crab while Five Below and Ross will move into the former Burlington Coat Factory space. 

The Pallet Factory has been making pallets for 42 years.

American Airlines' last MD-80 aircraft are heading into retirement. Memphis International Airport figured prominently in the start of the aircraft's 36-year run at American.

Three years after her diagnosis, LáDeia Joyce is in a pharmaceutical ad campaign and on the public speaking circuit. 

Data Facts has hired David Estel as manager of Human Relations.

Kroger now charges 50 cents or $3, depending on how much "cash back" you request with your debit card.

Williams-Sonoma looks to hire 1,600 seasonal employees and 600 regular, part-time workers for three area distribution centers. Applicants must be 17 or older.

Central Station Hotel developers submit proposed sign to the Landmarks Commission.

New CBU president checked all the boxes for search committee that can't believe it reached a unanimous decision on the first vote.

ArchInc designed the soon-to-open Starbucks on busy Union Avenue to be like none other in the Memphis area. The building is especially friendly to pedestrians.

Projects in Whitehaven and South Memphis are seeking forgivable Inner City Economic Development (ICED) loans from EDGE.