Airport officials provided highlights for 2025, including three new nonstop destinations and just more than 180,000 aircraft operations.

Online gift-basket retailer Memphis Gift Basket will open its first storefront and small fresh market this summer in Uptown.

Subleases approved at the International Port of Memphis that will create eight to 10 new jobs and tens of millions of dollars in investment, officials said.

Buster’s Liquor co-owner Josh Hammond and the owners of two other nearby liquor stories filed an appeal to the Memphis City Council seeking to negate the Alcohol Commission ruling that granted approval to The Station.

The policy changes, submitted by the DMC Policy Committee in December, align with the newly adopted Downtown Action Plan, which focuses resources on Main Street, invests in activation, infill and blight remediation and to maximize walkability. 

This is the second time Edwards Realty has hosted the contest. This time it chose five winners who will get six months rent-free at the shopping center.

Collierville funeral home plans to remove Brent Taylor’s name from the facility, saying that recent comments from Taylor “do not reflect the values, mission or beliefs of our current leadership.”

Saint Francis Medical Partners, Allen & Hoshall, and Burch, Porter & Johnson, PLLC announce additions. 

Germantown’s Industrial Development Board heard from a handful of residents who oppose a tax incentive for The Standard, the mixed-use development replacing Carrefour at Kirby Woods.

“The debate unfolding in Southaven over xAI’s data center and its gas turbines reflects a familiar clash playing out across the country.”

As federal nutrition guidelines flip decades of advice, Memphis health experts say real change will depend less on a new graphic and more on whether families can afford and access the foods it promotes.

Founded by Memphis natives Clay and Emily Jones, 901PT is redefining physical therapy by slowing down care, focusing on long-term health and helping patients stay active for life.

Shelby County’s metro hospitals were forced to collaborate with rural hospitals as West Tennessee communities lost access to care. But a large federal grant could alleviate some of that pressure.

New data shows Tennessee and Mississippi rank among the nation’s most physically inactive states. 

In a lawsuit filed in New York, Ashley St. Clair alleges xAI’s Grok chatbot allowed users to create sexually exploitive images. 

While people in the Memphis area grapple with the real-world effects of xAI’s “rapid execution” in Mississippi, many see a company that is innovating its way to become a major player in the worldwide AI race. 

“Rebuilding Main Street and creating a vibrant downtown continues to be my main priority,” Stanton’s mayor said. “This funding gives Stanton the ability to move from planning to construction and to invest in the core of our town.”

Lakeland commissioners have approved the city negotiating with a veterans group to locate a new center south of the Interstate 40 and Canada Road interchange.

FedEx Corp. aims to make FedEx Freight a standalone, public company starting in June.

In this edition of Food Files: Fancy Cat Cafe in Southaven offers coffee and cats. Gibson’s Donuts made some upgrades, but “everything is back to normal.” And Carrington Oaks Coffeehouse in Collierville has reopened.

Fleur was meant to be a French/American Southern fusion restaurant located in the former Fancy’s Fish House space in One Beale.

Tanger Outlets in DeSoto County will soon be the new home of Pottery Barn.

Sally Jones Heinz is retiring as executive director of MIFA. “There isn’t an organization like this anywhere in the country,” she said. “It’s the best.”

DMC CEO Chandell Ryan said the city sought the state money with Beale Street in mind — in part to send a signal to the private sector that Beale Street, and the area around it, is worthy of further investment. 

The bank ended 2025 with higher profits and earnings per share, posting results above analyst expectations.