A 2,500-space parking garage will be built in the eastern part of the St. Jude campus, and the Chick-fil-A Downtown is one step closer to construction.

Judy Martin retired from the health department in 2020 after more than 1,500 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine expired; her lawsuit alleged Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris damaged her reputation with a social media post. 

Insight Global moves into TraVure, Chase Bank proposed to be in Cordova and TwelveStone Infusion Clinic is moving into the Wolf River Medical Building. 

Diversified Trust and ATA announce promotions and additions. 

Regional One Health is using community-project funding to bring state-of-the-art technology, updated waiting rooms and renovated workstations to the aging county hospital.

In a leaked recording, a FedEx vice president tells pilots a new contract with the U.S. Postal Service will eliminate daytime flights in 29 cities. 

The U.S. Department of Justice complaint alleges that from 2015 to at least 2020, Patriot avoided providing mortgage services to majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods and discouraged people seeking credit in them from obtaining home loans.

When completed this summer, the Avaline at River Oaks will have 90 assisted-living and 24 memory-care apartments managed by Claiborne Senior Living.

The University of Memphis’ Center for Applied Earth Science has hired a professor known for using data to guide long-term planning for infrastructure.

Recent winter weather coupled with MLGW’s indefinite boil-water advisory is making life a little bit more challenging for restaurants as they have to figure out what to do about food, drinks and even the restrooms. 

“This program will accelerate and amplify this region’s work to create more pathways to prosperity for all, and especially for people who are looking for a second chance,” said Ted Townsend, Chamber president and CEO.

Macy’s plans to lay off both retail and corporate employees.

The $1.5 million sale expands office space for Memphis Tourism, which keeps its office just 120 feet away and allows Memphis in May to remain in its headquarters after a year of big changes in the festival.

“We’re just very grateful that people accepted us for who we are and enjoyed our food and came and supported us,” Dino Grisanti said.

The results showed the company’s “ability to successfully execute on our strategic priorities and navigate the economic headwinds during the year,” according to FHN president and CEO Bryan Jordan.

Freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall have forced many local businesses to close this week, but Global Café has been delivering warm, hearty meals to those in need citywide. 

Owner Jimmy Gentry says the past year has been a ‘mixed bag’ for his Downtown restaurant. 

Victory Packaging leases spaces in the Intermodal Distribution Center, Tropical Smoothie coming to Raleigh, and a new three-tenant retail development planned for Oakland.

Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett and Valentine Insurance announce an addition and a promotion.

Gov. Tate Reeves announced Tuesday, Jan. 16, plans for a special session of the legislature later this week to finalize a development deal that would create around 2,000 new jobs in the north Mississippi county. 

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In December, the average sales price for a house was $262,144, up 6.2%. 

The airport’s deicing facility is active, and airlines are performing deicing operations as needed.

San Marcos Bakery, a pan-dulce and sweet-bread bakery, will be located at 4600 Quince Road in the Colonial Plaza Shopping Center.

Three generations of the Jones family have worked for Sissy’s Log Cabin, a family-owned-and-operated jewelry business born more than 50 years ago inside an actual log cabin in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. 

The project, which will be built at the 3,600-acre Chickasaw Trails Industrial Park on the Mississippi-Tennessee state line, is pending approval by Mississippi officials, sources said.