St. Francis Hospital's CEO has taken a different slant to stem the nursing shortage, using a national recruiting company to help bring in nurses from outside the United States. 

An opportunity for a distribution operator to pursue a new contract could bring 166 new jobs to Memphis. 

The Hotel Indigo in Downtown Memphis has begun taking reservations for the New Year as a $15 million project to retrofit a former Holiday Inn winds toward conclusion.

An experienced apartment developer engaged with a savvy group of Midtown residents over his proposed Art Lofts apartments across from Overton Park.

A Memphis couple is creating a place for soccer enthusiasts to eat, drink and play and its arrival should coincide with the inaugural season of the United States Soccer League here. 

Memphis groups have been conducting trivia nights as an entertainment offering that brings patrons into restaurants and facilitates bonding over shared cultures. 

You could call it hibernation, but that’s too kind. You could call it neglect, yet some are working on it pushing the proverbial boulder up the corporate mountain. To be kind, let’s simply call it the long sleep. This condition happens inside organizations when an innovation concept bounces along internally for a long time without launching.

A Collierville chiropractor is opening a second office in East Memphis and has her sights set on additional locations. 

A proposed, 173-acre stone and gravel mine in Rosemark was unanimously rejected Thursday, Jan. 10, by the Land Use Control Board. 

Katie Shotts will return to Memphis from Florida to be chief executive of the Memphis Area Association of Realtors.

Soul Fish Café, a Southern-style soul food restaurant that specializes in fried cat fish and fresh vegetables, will start construction soon on a fourth location. 

Office of Planning and Development hires the staff's first architect to help carry out Memphis 3.0 long-range plan.

Welfare offices in Memphis are changing neighborhoods, growing in number. 

Maitland, Florida-based Via Airlines will enter the Memphis market in June, offering four nonstops weekly from Memphis to Pittsburgh and Austin, Texas.

Ray’s Take: A report released by the U.S. Census Bureau found that 2.8 million American families are raising two or more children with a disability. It can cost up to $250,000 to raise a typical child, but for a family with a special needs child the costs can be overwhelming.

Many people believe that “estate planning” is a one-time event that involves drafting a last will and testament that will not be revisited until after they’ve died. In reality, however, effective estate planning is often an ongoing process that can have complex and far-reaching implications, both for the planner and the planner’s beneficiaries.

Madonna Day School, now Madonna Learning Center, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. It is a private, independent, faith-based school for children and young adults with disabilities.

FedEx's first job fair of 2019 is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 12, near the FedEx Express hub at Memphis International Airport. The company says 500 jobs are available.

The historic Royal Furniture building in Downtown Memphis has sold for $3.5 million, and the new owner may make the building taller for new commercial tenants.

The Exercise Coach opened Monday. It is the first of its kind in the Memphis area, but Luke Eickmeier hopes to open more locations.

Catholic Charities of West Tennessee will present Marcallina James its inaugural Person of the Year award Thursday, Jan. 10. The award, presented in collaboration with Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland’s office, celebrates the success of a CCWTN client who has moved beyond self-sufficiency to give back to the community through professional or volunteer efforts.

I am so excited! This year – 2019 – is set to be a record year for job searching. If I could knock on the door of every reader to personally deliver this message, I would. This message deserves to be yelled from rooftops everywhere. If you have ever thought of looking for a new job, now is the time to do it. Right now. Not in six months. Not next year. Now.

In a case of first impression, a federal appeals court found that an applicant’s request for a religious accommodation did not constitute protected activity under Title VII for the purpose of establishing a retaliation claim.

Doug and Mary Ketchum would rather be getting to know their Central Gardens neighbors, hosting Sunday afternoon wine tastings and tracking down rare Beaujolais and bourbon.

Push for convenience store with fuel sales in Cordova neighborhood may be delayed another month as opposition mounts.