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. 

Twin Bridges Investment plans to extend the suburb’s medical corridor to the west with a pair of 54,000-square-foot office buildings.

In its third quarter earnings report from Dec. 9, GameStop officials said it had already closed 590 stores and anticipated “closing a significant number of additional stores.”

The hub will support local package processing and last-mile operations, officials said.

Memphis Jewish Community Center, Campbell Clinic, Trustmark, and New Memphis announce promotions and additions.

A Nashville-based investor has spent 18 months looking “relentlessly” for properties to house his modular AI data centers.

Lakeland sees evidence that new home developments could increase in the suburb during 2026.

The first Mid-South Stella’s Ice Cream opened a few months ago in Midtown Memphis. Co-owner Rebecca Schneider said it felt like “angels were bringing this into fruition.”

There are three things technology can never replace, experts say: relationships, coping skills and sleep. 

Red-light therapy, a type of LED-light therapy, is a treatment that uses wavelengths of red or near-infrared light to stimulate cells into creating more energy.

After more than 40 years of serving Memphis, Westy’s owner Jake Schorr has decided to put the restaurant’s building up for sale.

The Germantown-based center, which started operating as its own clinic last week, will continue to work closely with Baptist.

Prepared to get Gussied Up, and Sweet Magnolia is looking to start a new chapter. 

After searching in several locations around Shelby County, a Bartlett resident has decided to open his Play It Again Sports location in his hometown.