The American Association of Community Colleges has appointed Southwest Tennessee Community College President Tracy D. Hall to its Commission on Economic Workforce Development.

The Army Corps of Engineers says it could be a daunting task to analyze the Tom Lee Park revamp to make sure it doesn't harm 30-year-old river control dikes.

Jenny Bartlett-Prescott and Jennie Robbins have been promoted at Church Health and will become the nonprofit's first chief operating officer and chief financial officer, respectively.

FedEx Corp. earnings for the fourth quarter and year ending May 31, 2019, exceeded analysts’ expectations, but the company warned it expects continued challenges, particularly in international business.

Aldi's will soon open a new location at 4720 Summer Ave. as part of the company's "aggressive national growth and remodel plan."

The developers of a townhouse project in Cooper-Young presented four different site plans to residents, saying fewer units will mean higher prices. 

Preliminary groundwork for new commercial development is about to get underway at Kirby Whitten Road just north of Stage Road in Bartlett.

FedEx has filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington seeking an injunction against the U.S. Department of Commerce enforcing prohibitions contained in the Export Administration Regulations against FedEx. 

Methodist church officials will soon list for sale the just-closed Highland Heights United Methodist Church building. The property anchors a corner of two busy streets, which should draw interest from prospective buyers.

Memphis has become a mecca for medical training and medical device development partially due to the number of readily available human cadavers in the Medical District. 

Church Health is funding a new position in partnership with the School of Social Work at the University of Memphis to enhance behavioral health services to the underserved and largely uninsured Latino community in Memphis. 

With the gender wage gap and sexual harassment in the workplace coming to the forefront from the #MeToo movement, a group of local executives has partnered with the Greater Memphis Chamber to launch a council focused on women in the workplace. 

The first graduates of a new family medicine residency are taking a Memphis-based, whole-person approach to primary care out to rural communities and across the country. 

Robert Humphreys spent nearly 11 years working for Whole Foods Market, most recently as meat team leader for the specialty grocer.

Golf and Games Family Park has added Toptracer technology to enhance the golf range experience for users and draw a new demographic to the multiuse facility. 

A planned, three-story building will house a restaurant or offices on the ground floor and three studio apartments on each of the top two levels.

More than 400,000 homes in Shelby County could fall under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's stricter hazard standards for lead-contaminated dust from chipped or peeling lead-based paint. 

AutoZone is approved for a tax incentive to expand its Downtown presence into a “campus environment.”

The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday but signaled that it’s prepared to start cutting rates.

Construction on a $1.8 million mixed-use project on Monroe by the owners of McEwen’s restaurant could begin next month. 

Memphis Convention Center officials said Wednesday a nearly $200 million transformation is on time and on budget and a new lobby is expected to open in December.

The University of Memphis will soon remove a half-dozen houses along Deloach and Poplar so it can expand a campus parking lot.

New music club will serve soul music and Southern food in a simple, brick building on Beale, just east of the entertainment district.

Adrian Bond, director of community engagement at Caissa Public Strategy LLC, has become the company’s newest partner.

Some say a lowering of the federal funds rate is possible at Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting, but most local strategists don't see that just yet.